DigitalOcean Droplets vs. Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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 DigitalOcean Droplets | Score8.8 out of 10 | N/A | DigitalOcean'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 |
 KVM | Score2.1 out of 10 | N/A | Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a virtualization solution developed by small Israeli software company Qumranet and supported by Red Hat since that company's acquisition in 2008. | N/A |
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| Entry-level Setup Fee | No setup fee | No setup fee | ||||||||||||||
| Additional Details | Pricing for DigitalOcean Droplets varies depending on the size of the virtual environment and the associated data needs. | — | ||||||||||||||
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.9 | 9.3 |