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DigitalOcean Droplets vs. Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    DigitalOcean Droplets

    Score8.7 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

    Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Cloud Virtual Private Cloud has a network of 27 regions and 200+ countries and territories, boasting little to no downtime for its users. It is automatically configured or can be done by the user and allows you to bring your own IP addresses to reduce downtime caused by migration.

    $0

    per ingress traffic

    Pricing
    DigitalOcean DropletsGoogle Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $4
    per month
    CPU-Optimized
    $42
    per month
    General Purpose
    $63
    per month
    Memory-Optimized
    $84
    per month
    Storage-Optimized
    $131
    per month
    egress traffic
    $0 - 0.15
    per GB
    ingress traffic
    $0
    based on services that process ingress traffic: Load Balancers, Cloud NAT, Protocol forwarding.
    Premium Tier (egress rates)
    $0- $0.23
    per month per GB of data delivered
    Standard Tier (egress rates)
    $0.045, $0.065, $0.085
    per month per GB of data delivered: 150-500TB, 10-150TB, 0-10TB
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DigitalOcean DropletsGoogle Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing for DigitalOcean Droplets varies depending on the size of the virtual environment and the associated data needs.—
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    User Ratings
    DigitalOcean DropletsGoogle Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (7 ratings)
    8.4
    (8 ratings)