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DigitalOcean is a US-based cloud infrastructure provider founded in 2012, built around a single, large Cloud Hosting catalog of 76 plans rather than separate shared, VPS, or dedicated lines. Pricing spans from about $4/month for entry configurations up to over $3,000/month for large deployments, with both SSD and NVMe storage available depending on the plan. Data centers are located across 11 cities, including Bangalore, Singapore, Sydney, London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, and four cities across the US and Canada, giving broad international coverage for a cloud-focused platform.
Support is handled through email, a community forum, and a knowledge base, without listed live chat or phone options, reflecting a self-service approach aimed at developers. Payment methods are unusually broad, including Alipay, Apple Pay, credit card, eCheck, Google Pay, money order, PayPal, and wire transfer. No money-back guarantee is listed, though the platform has offered credit-based free trials. This setup suits developers, startups, and small-to-medium businesses comfortable managing their own cloud infrastructure and configuring resources directly, rather than those seeking a fully managed hosting experience.
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TorontoWith 76 listed Cloud Hosting configurations, resources can be sized closely to a project’s needs and budget.
Eleven locations spanning Asia, Oceania, Europe, and North America support projects with international audiences.
Eight payment options are listed, including Alipay, Apple Pay, Google Pay, eCheck, and wire transfer alongside cards and PayPal.
Cloud Hosting starts from about $4/month, giving an accessible entry point for small projects and testing.
Support channels are limited to email, a community forum, and a knowledge base, without real-time chat or phone contact.
There’s no stated refund window, so new customers should rely on any available trial credit instead.
DigitalOcean’s listed catalog covers Cloud Hosting only, without separate shared hosting or managed WordPress product lines.
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DigitalOcean offers 76 Cloud Hosting plans
| Plan | RAM | CPU | Space | Bandwidth | OS | Price | Rating | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Droplet – 512 MiB | 512 MB | 1 core | 10 GBSSD | 500 GB | Linux | $4.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet – 1 GiB | 1 GB | 1 core | 25 GBSSD | 1 TB | Linux | $6.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet (AMD) – 1 GiB | 1 GB | 1 core | 25 GBNVMe | 1 TB | Linux | $7.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet (Intel) – 1 GiB | 1 GB | 1 core | 35 GBNVMe | 1 TB | Linux | $8.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet – 2 GiB | 2 GB | 1 core | 50 GBSSD | 2 TB | Linux | $12.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet (AMD) – 2 GiB | 2 GB | 1 core | 50 GBNVMe | 2 TB | Linux | $14.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet (Intel) – 2 GiB | 2 GB | 1 core | 70 GBNVMe | 2 TB | Linux | $16.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet – 2 GiB | 2 GB | 2 cores | 60 GBSSD | 3 TB | Linux | $18.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet (AMD) – 2 GiB | 2 GB | 2 cores | 60 GBNVMe | 3 TB | Linux | $21.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet – 4 GiB | 4 GB | 2 cores | 80 GBSSD | 4 TB | Linux | $24.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet (Intel) – 2 GiB | 2 GB | 2 cores | 90 GBNVMe | 3 TB | Linux | $24.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet (AMD) – 4 GiB | 4 GB | 2 cores | 80 GBNVMe | 4 TB | Linux | $28.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet (Intel) – 4 GiB | 4 GB | 2 cores | 120 GBNVMe | 4 TB | Linux | $32.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet (AMD) – 8 GiB | 8 GB | 2 cores | 100 GBNVMe | 5 TB | Linux | $42.00/mo | – | Details |
| CPU-Optimized – 4 GiB | 4 GB | 2 cores | 25 GBSSD | 4 TB | Linux | $42.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet – 8 GiB | 8 GB | 4 cores | 160 GBSSD | 5 TB | Linux | $48.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet (Intel) – 8 GiB | 8 GB | 2 cores | 160 GBNVMe | 5 TB | Linux | $48.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet (AMD) – 8 GiB | 8 GB | 4 cores | 160 GBNVMe | 5 TB | Linux | $56.00/mo | – | Details |
| General Purpose – 8 GiB | 8 GB | 2 cores | 25 GBSSD | 4 TB | Linux | $63.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet (Intel) – 8 GiB | 8 GB | 4 cores | 240 GBNVMe | 6 TB | Linux | $64.00/mo | – | Details |
| General Purpose (Intel) – 8 GiB | 8 GB | 2 cores | 30 GBNVMe | 4 TB | Linux | $76.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet (AMD) – 16 GiB | 16 GB | 4 cores | 200 GBNVMe | 8 TB | Linux | $84.00/mo | – | Details |
| CPU-Optimized – 8 GiB | 8 GB | 4 cores | 50 GBSSD | 5 TB | Linux | $84.00/mo | – | Details |
| Memory-Optimized – 16 GiB | 16 GB | 2 cores | 50 GBSSD | 4 TB | Linux | $84.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet – 16 GiB | 16 GB | 8 cores | 320 GBSSD | 6 TB | Linux | $96.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet (Intel) – 16 GiB | 16 GB | 4 cores | 320 GBNVMe | 8 TB | Linux | $96.00/mo | – | Details |
| Memory-Optimized (Intel) – 16 GiB | 16 GB | 2 cores | 50 GBNVMe | 4 TB | Linux | $99.00/mo | 4.0 | Details |
| CPU-Optimized (Intel) – 8 GiB | 8 GB | 4 cores | 50 GBNVMe | 5 TB | Linux | $109.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet (AMD) – 16 GiB | 16 GB | 8 cores | 320 GBNVMe | 6 TB | Linux | $112.00/mo | – | Details |
| General Purpose – 16 GiB | 16 GB | 4 cores | 50 GBSSD | 5 TB | Linux | $126.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet (Intel) – 16 GiB | 16 GB | 8 cores | 480 GBNVMe | 9 TB | Linux | $128.00/mo | – | Details |
| Storage-Optimized – 16 GiB | 16 GB | 2 cores | 300 GBSSD | 4 TB | Linux | $131.00/mo | – | Details |
| Storage-Optimized (Intel) – 16 GiB | 16 GB | 2 cores | 300 GBNVMe | 4 TB | Linux | $131.00/mo | – | Details |
| General Purpose (Intel) – 16 GiB | 16 GB | 4 cores | 60 GBNVMe | 5 TB | Linux | $151.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet (AMD) – 32 GiB | 32 GB | 8 cores | 400 GBNVMe | 10 TB | Linux | $168.00/mo | 4.4 | Details |
| CPU-Optimized – 16 GiB | 16 GB | 8 cores | 100 GBSSD | 6 TB | Linux | $168.00/mo | – | Details |
| Memory-Optimized – 32 GiB | 32 GB | 4 cores | 100 GBSSD | 6 TB | Linux | $168.00/mo | – | Details |
| Basic Droplet (Intel) – 32 GiB | 32 GB | 8 cores | 640 GBNVMe | 10 TB | Linux | $192.00/mo | – | Details |
| Memory-Optimized (Intel) – 32 GiB | 32 GB | 4 cores | 100 GBNVMe | 6 TB | Linux | $198.00/mo | – | Details |
| CPU-Optimized (Intel) – 16 GiB | 16 GB | 8 cores | 100 GBNVMe | 6 TB | Linux | $218.00/mo | – | Details |
| General Purpose – 32 GiB | 32 GB | 8 cores | 100 GBSSD | 6 TB | Linux | $252.00/mo | – | Details |
| Storage-Optimized (Intel) – 32 GiB | 32 GB | 4 cores | 600 GBNVMe | 6 TB | Linux | $262.00/mo | – | Details |
| Storage-Optimized – 32 GiB | 32 GB | 4 cores | 600 GBSSD | 6 TB | Linux | $262.00/mo | – | Details |
| General Purpose (Intel) – 32 GiB | 32 GB | 8 cores | 120 GBNVMe | 6 TB | Linux | $302.00/mo | – | Details |
| CPU-Optimized – 32 GiB | 32 GB | 16 cores | 200 GBSSD | 7 TB | Linux | $336.00/mo | 4.4 | Details |
| Memory-Optimized – 64 GiB | 64 GB | 8 cores | 200 GBSSD | 7 TB | Linux | $336.00/mo | – | Details |
| Memory-Optimized (Intel) – 64 GiB | 64 GB | 8 cores | 200 GBNVMe | 7 TB | Linux | $396.00/mo | – | Details |
| CPU-Optimized (Intel) – 32 GiB | 32 GB | 16 cores | 200 GBNVMe | 7 TB | Linux | $437.00/mo | – | Details |
| General Purpose – 64 GiB | 64 GB | 16 cores | 200 GBSSD | 7 TB | Linux | $504.00/mo | – | Details |
| Storage-Optimized – 64 GiB | 64 GB | 8 cores | 1.2 TBSSD | 7 TB | Linux | $524.00/mo | – | Details |
| Storage-Optimized (Intel) – 64 GiB | 64 GB | 8 cores | 1.2 TBNVMe | 7 TB | Linux | $524.00/mo | – | Details |
| General Purpose (Intel) – 64 GiB | 64 GB | 16 cores | 240 GBNVMe | 7 TB | Linux | $605.00/mo | – | Details |
| CPU-Optimized – 64 GiB | 64 GB | 32 cores | 400 GBSSD | 9 TB | Linux | $672.00/mo | – | Details |
| Memory-Optimized – 128 GiB | 128 GB | 16 cores | 400 GBSSD | 8 TB | Linux | $672.00/mo | – | Details |
| Memory-Optimized (Intel) – 128 GiB | 128 GB | 16 cores | 400 GBNVMe | 8 TB | Linux | $792.00/mo | – | Details |
| CPU-Optimized (Intel) – 64 GiB | 64 GB | 32 cores | 400 GBNVMe | 9 TB | Linux | $874.00/mo | – | Details |
| CPU-Optimized – 96 GiB | 96 GB | 48 cores | 600 GBSSD | 11 TB | Linux | $1,008.00/mo | – | Details |
| General Purpose – 128 GiB | 128 GB | 32 cores | 400 GBSSD | 8 TB | Linux | $1,008.00/mo | – | Details |
| Memory-Optimized – 192 GiB | 192 GB | 24 cores | 600 GBSSD | 9 TB | Linux | $1,008.00/mo | – | Details |
| Storage-Optimized (Intel) – 128 GiB | 128 GB | 16 cores | 2.3 TBNVMe | 8 TB | Linux | $1,048.00/mo | – | Details |
| Storage-Optimized – 128 GiB | 128 GB | 16 cores | 2.3 TBSSD | 8 TB | Linux | $1,048.00/mo | 4.6 | Details |
| Memory-Optimized (Intel) – 192 GiB | 192 GB | 24 cores | 600 GBNVMe | 9 TB | Linux | $1,188.00/mo | – | Details |
| General Purpose (Intel) – 128 GiB | 128 GB | 32 cores | 480 GBNVMe | 8 TB | Linux | $1,210.00/mo | – | Details |
| General Purpose – 160 GiB | 160 GB | 40 cores | 500 GBSSD | 9 TB | Linux | $1,260.00/mo | – | Details |
| CPU-Optimized (Intel) – 96 GiB | 96 GB | 48 cores | 600 GBNVMe | 11 TB | Linux | $1,310.00/mo | 4.6 | Details |
| Memory-Optimized – 256 GiB | 256 GB | 32 cores | 800 GBSSD | 10 TB | Linux | $1,344.00/mo | – | Details |
| Storage-Optimized – 192 GiB | 192 GB | 24 cores | 3.5 TBSSD | 9 TB | Linux | $1,572.00/mo | – | Details |
| Storage-Optimized (Intel) – 192 GiB | 192 GB | 24 cores | 3.5 TBNVMe | 9 TB | Linux | $1,572.00/mo | – | Details |
| Memory-Optimized (Intel) – 256 GiB | 256 GB | 32 cores | 800 GBNVMe | 10 TB | Linux | $1,584.00/mo | – | Details |
| CPU-Optimized (Intel) – 120 GiB | 120 GB | 60 cores | 750 GBNVMe | 12 TB | Linux | $1,639.00/mo | – | Details |
| General Purpose (Intel) – 192 GiB | 192 GB | 48 cores | 720 GBNVMe | 9 TB | Linux | $1,814.00/mo | 4.4 | Details |
| Storage-Optimized (Intel) – 256 GiB | 256 GB | 32 cores | 4.7 TBNVMe | 10 TB | Linux | $2,096.00/mo | – | Details |
| Storage-Optimized – 256 GiB | 256 GB | 32 cores | 4.7 TBSSD | 10 TB | Linux | $2,096.00/mo | – | Details |
| General Purpose (Intel) – 240 GiB | 240 GB | 60 cores | 900 GBNVMe | 10 TB | Linux | $2,269.00/mo | – | Details |
| Memory-Optimized (Intel) – 384 GiB | 384 GB | 48 cores | 1.2 TBNVMe | 11 TB | Linux | $2,376.00/mo | – | Details |
| Storage-Optimized (Intel) – 384 GiB | 384 GB | 48 cores | 7 TBNVMe | 11 TB | Linux | $3,144.00/mo | – | Details |
Prices are monthly starting prices as listed by DigitalOcean; check the final price at checkout.
DigitalOcean is headquartered in United States (US).
DigitalOcean was founded in 2012, which makes it 14 years old.
DigitalOcean plans start from $4.00 per month.
Yes, DigitalOcean accepts PayPal.
No, DigitalOcean does not offer monthly billing.
No, DigitalOcean does not offer a money-back guarantee.
DigitalOcean is located in 11 data centers: Bangalore (Bengaluru), India; Singapore, Singapore; Sydney, Australia; London, United Kingdom (UK); Amsterdam, Netherlands; Frankfurt, Germany; Atlanta, United States (US); Richmond, United States (US); New York City, United States (US); San Francisco, United States (US); Toronto, Canada.
DigitalOcean offers support via Email / Tickets, Knowledge Base, Support Forum.
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