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DigitalOcean Droplets vs. VMware vSOM (discontinued)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    VMware vSOM (discontinued)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AVSOM from VMware was a solution that delivered vSphere server virtualization, and also added capacity management and performance monitoring features. It is discontinued as of February 2019. Users were migrated to VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus and VMware vRealize Operations Standard.N/A
    Pricing
    DigitalOcean DropletsVMware vSOM (discontinued)
    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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    Pricing Offerings
    DigitalOcean DropletsVMware vSOM (discontinued)
    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 vSOM (discontinued)
    Server Virtualization
    Comparison of Server Virtualization features of DigitalOcean Droplets and VMware vSOM (discontinued)
    Feature
    DigitalOcean Droplets
    -
    Ratings
    VMware vSOM (discontinued)
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    Virtual machine automated provisioning00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Management console00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Live virtual machine migration00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Hypervisor-level security00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    DigitalOcean DropletsVMware vSOM (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (7 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)