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DigitalOcean vs. DigitalOcean Droplets

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    DigitalOcean

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ADigitalOcean is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform from the company of the same name headquartered in New York. It is known for its support of managed Kubernetes clusters and “droplets” feature.

    $5

    Starting Price 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
    DigitalOceanDigitalOcean Droplets
    Editions & Modules
    1GB-16GB
    $5.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    8GB-160GB
    $60.00
    Starting Price 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
    DigitalOceanDigitalOcean Droplets
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo 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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    Features
    DigitalOceanDigitalOcean Droplets
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of DigitalOcean and DigitalOcean Droplets
    Feature
    DigitalOcean
    8.3
    33 Ratings
    DigitalOcean Droplets
    -
    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime9.228 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling9.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing7.021 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates10.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools10.032 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images7.531 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support8.331 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls9.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    DigitalOceanDigitalOcean Droplets
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (33 ratings)
    9.9
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)