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DigitalOcean Droplets vs. VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
DigitalOcean Droplets
Score 8.7 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
VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud brings together VMware vSphere, vSAN, and NSX into a natively-integrated stack of virtual compute, virtual storage, and virtual networking built upon IBM Bluemix bare metal servers.N/A
Pricing
DigitalOcean DropletsVMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud
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
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DigitalOcean DropletsVMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
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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Features
DigitalOcean DropletsVMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud
Server Virtualization
Comparison of Server Virtualization features of Product A and Product B
DigitalOcean Droplets
-
Ratings
VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud
9.0
Ratings
10% above category average
Virtual machine automated provisioning00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Management console00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Live virtual machine backup00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Live virtual machine migration00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Hypervisor-level security00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
User Ratings
DigitalOcean DropletsVMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
9.9
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9.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
DigitalOcean DropletsVMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
There are some other platforms that compete with DigitalOcean Droplets that have more performant servers for a very minimal price decrease. However, DigitalOcean's servers still have great performance, and the experience is better when you consider the developer console, managed options, and uptime that DigitalOcean offers. DigitalOcean is the better all-around package.
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Multiple capabilities that VMware Cloud Foundation on IBM Cloud provides are excellent and very much involved in secure data migration and management, easy to monitor server performance and the virtual capability is on top and the data analytics using the platform are provided in real-time and the reports are the most useful, especially on the critical situations within the business development.
Johnson Martins | TrustRadius Reviewer
Johnson Martins
.NET Software Engineer
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Pros
  • Simplicity to scale services--the interface is very quick and effective to use
  • Reliability--this is key for us, as any downtime effects our reputation
  • Keeps the costs down--hosting our own equivalent infrastructure would cost a lot more
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  • Dashboard understanding is easy.
  • The ability to handle big data.
  • Data extraction tools are very active.
Johnson Martins | TrustRadius Reviewer
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.NET Software Engineer
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Cons
  • In terms of an availability zone, they have limitations not available in most of the geographical locations.
  • No live support is available which can cause problem if you have outage.
  • Number of service is quite limited.
Anuj Rai | TrustRadius Reviewer
Anuj Rai
Senior Associate Technology
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  • Only setting the advanced functionalities.
  • The basic knowledge can not full manipulate the platform.
  • To create reports for big data is sometime very turf.
Johnson Martins | TrustRadius Reviewer
Johnson Martins
.NET Software Engineer
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Usability
Other platforms dashboard console is more difficult to use. DigitalOcean's dashboard is clean, simple, and straightforward
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Alternatives Considered
DigitalOcean Droplets has more advanced options and the devs at our team are extremely geeky and they prefer to have full control on the server via SSH rather than cPanel.
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Laila Abouizza
Backend Developer
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Return on Investment
  • Digital Ocean has been great helping us move web apps to the cloud
  • Digital Ocean has been really helpful when hiring contractors
  • The interface could use some work, but overall its not terrible
Tom Blazek | TrustRadius Reviewer
Tom Blazek
IT Manager
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  • Live virtual capability are excellent.
  • Great tool for the huge volume of data management and migration.
  • Data accessibility is faster and the analytical capability is amazing.
Johnson Martins | TrustRadius Reviewer
Johnson Martins
.NET Software Engineer
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