DigitalOcean features: tier-by-tier list (2026)
Predictable Droplet IaaS plus App Platform. Cheap entry tier but data transfer overages and managed services add up at scale.
Core capabilities (13)
Blocking in Iran and Russia
[ edit ] Digital Ocean was blocked throughout Iran as part of its attempt to cut off use of the Lantern internet censorship circumvention tool. [ 48 ] According to Russian law, any host keeping its citizens' personal data needs to be located in Russian
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DigitalOcean community
[ edit ] As of 2021, [update] DigitalOcean is hosting publicly available community forums and tutorials on open source and system administration topics.
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Hacktoberfest 2020 controversy
[ edit ] DigitalOcean was widely criticized for its role in creating a perverse incentive when it promoted Hacktoberfest 2020 with free t-shirts for contributions to open source projects, resulting in massive spurious pull requests on open source GitHub reposi
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Digital Ocean was blocked throughout Iran as part
Digital Ocean was blocked throughout Iran as part of its attempt to cut off use of the Lantern internet censorship circumvention tool.
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According to Russian law, any host keeping its
According to Russian law, any host keeping its citizens' personal data needs to be located in Russian territory.
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Network File Storage
Starting at $0.15 /per GiB/month Shared file storage Standard tier: $0.15 per GiB-month High performance tier: $0.30 per GiB-month Starting from 50 GiB Flat pricing across all supported regions View Network File Storage pricing
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Platform benefits
All the capabilities you need to build and scale your apps, included at no additional cost. Build and deploy 3 static sites for free Data transfer within and across VPCs in a data center is free. Ingress data transfer is free.
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Experience a 186% return on investment
A Total Economic Impact study by Forrester found that an organization experiences benefits of $2.37 million over three years versus costs of $829,000, adding up to a net present value (NPV) of $1.55 million and an ROI of 186%.
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Still have questions
Have a complex setup or additional questions around pricing? Contact our sales team to get more information on DigitalOcean pricing.
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Based on multi-month contractual commitment
Based on multi-month contractual commitment. On-demand pricing from $ 0.76 /GPU/hour.
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You ve got unique business needs and we
You ve got unique business needs and we ve got powerful solutions to meet those needs.
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Data transfer within and across VPCs in a
Data transfer within and across VPCs in a data center is free. Ingress data transfer is free.
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Use 90,000 GiB-seconds per month for free with
Use 90,000 GiB-seconds per month for free with DigitalOcean Functions. There are no additional charges for function invocations
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AI features (9)
Products and business model
[ edit ] DigitalOcean offers virtual private servers (VPS), or "droplets" using DigitalOcean terminology, using KVM as the hypervisor [ 51 ] and can be created in various sizes (divided in two classes: standard and optimized), in 13 different data cent
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In early 2017, DigitalOcean expanded their feature set
In early 2017, DigitalOcean expanded their feature set by adding load balancers to their offering.
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DigitalOcean can be managed through a web interface
DigitalOcean can be managed through a web interface or using doctl command line.
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DigitalOcean also offers block and object-based storage and
DigitalOcean also offers block and object-based storage and since May 2018 Kubernetes -based container service.
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Reviewers have noted that DigitalOcean requires users to
Reviewers have noted that DigitalOcean requires users to have some experience in sysadmin and DevOps . In his review for ScienceBlogs , writer Greg Laden warned: "DigitalOcean is not for everybody.
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AI Platform
Starting at $0.05 /M tokens Simplified AI agent creation and LLM integration Create custom AI Agents Integrate leading LLMs into your workflows No infrastructure management View AI Platform pricing
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GPU Droplets
Starting at $1.88 /GPU/hour* * Based on multi-month contractual commitment. On-demand pricing from $ 0.76 /GPU/hour. Scalable machines for your AI/ML workloads.
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Additional GPU Options
Prices vary Explore more GPU compute options for every purpose. Simple provisioning interface Build, train, and deploy large models Scale AI/ML workloads on demand View additional GPUs pricing
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For AI agents: The documentation index is at
For AI agents: The documentation index is at https://docs.digitalocean.com/llms.txt .
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Reporting and analytics (1)
In 2017, in partnership with Stripe , DigitalOcean
In 2017, in partnership with Stripe , DigitalOcean sponsored the Libscore tool to freely provide the developer community with open access to analytics on web development tools.
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See DigitalOcean pricing in detail
This page lists what DigitalOcean does. For per-seat math, tier comparison, and the full hidden-fee list, see the DigitalOcean pricing breakdown.
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Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DigitalOcean
- https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing
- https://www.digitalocean.com/docs
Features evolve. Confirm directly with the vendor before purchase decisions. This list was last refreshed on 2026-05-27.
Frequently asked questions
What features does DigitalOcean include?
This page tracks 23 verified DigitalOcean features across 3 categories, sourced from DigitalOcean's official site and Wikipedia.
Which tier do I need for DigitalOcean?
DigitalOcean's feature availability varies by plan. Compare the public DigitalOcean tiers, calculator, and hidden fees on the DigitalOcean pricing page.
How does DigitalOcean compare on features to alternatives?
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