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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon Web Services

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AAmazon Web Services (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing services. With over 165 services offered, AWS services can provide users with a comprehensive suite of infrastructure and computing building blocks and tools.

    $100

    per month

    DigitalOcean Droplets

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ADigitalOcean's Droplets is designed to help the user spin up a virtual machine in just 55 seconds. Standard, General Purpose, CPU-Optimized, or Memory-Optimized configurations provide flexibility to build, test, and grow an app from startup to scale.

    $4

    per month

    Pricing
    Amazon Web ServicesDigitalOcean Droplets
    Editions & Modules
    Free Tier
    $0
    per month
    Basic Environment
    $100 - $200
    per month
    Intermediate Environment
    $250 - $600
    per month
    Advanced Environment
    $600-$2500
    per month
    Basic
    $4
    per month
    CPU-Optimized
    $42
    per month
    General Purpose
    $63
    per month
    Memory-Optimized
    $84
    per month
    Storage-Optimized
    $131
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon Web ServicesDigitalOcean Droplets
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAWS allows a “save when you commit” option that offers lower prices when you sign up for a 1- or 3- year term that includes an AWS service or category of services.Pricing for DigitalOcean Droplets varies depending on the size of the virtual environment and the associated data needs.
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    DigitalOcean
    Chose DigitalOcean Droplets
    DigitalOcean Droplets is continuously evolving to be more and more powerful. It has great features and has low cost options, which is really great for developers. Its CDN, Loadbalancer, etc. make it a good place to host a high-traffic application. Moroever, DigitalOcean …
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    Features
    Amazon Web ServicesDigitalOcean Droplets
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Web Services and DigitalOcean Droplets
    Feature
    Amazon Web Services
    8.3
    68 Ratings
    DigitalOcean Droplets
    -
    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime9.364 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling9.065 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.761 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates7.557 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools7.065 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images6.758 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support8.463 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls8.366 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation8.717 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon Web ServicesDigitalOcean Droplets
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (80 ratings)
    9.9
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.2
    (24 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)