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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    DigitalOcean

    Score8.9 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

    Google Cloud Platform

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Cloud Platform is a suite of cloud computing services used to build apps or take advantage of cloud infrastructural services, achieve legacy infrastructure modernization, or manage enterprise data and analytic needs.

    $0

    (25+ apps are currently available at no cost)

    Pricing
    DigitalOceanGoogle Cloud Platform
    Editions & Modules
    1GB-16GB
    $5.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    8GB-160GB
    $60.00
    Starting Price Per Month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DigitalOceanGoogle Cloud Platform
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    DigitalOceanGoogle Cloud Platform
    Considered Both Products
    DigitalOcean
    Chose DigitalOcean
    The target segment of DigitalOcean is application developers and small teams working in startups for easily configuring and deploying infrastructure in the cloud. We selected DigitalOcean for some of our usecases as it is cost effective and easy to integrate with compared to …
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    Google
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    DigitalOceanGoogle Cloud Platform
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of DigitalOcean and Google Cloud Platform
    Feature
    DigitalOcean
    8.3
    33 Ratings
    Google Cloud Platform
    8.9
    1 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime9.228 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling9.029 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing7.021 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates10.027 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Monitoring tools10.032 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images7.531 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Operating system support8.331 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Security controls9.029 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Automation5.03 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    DigitalOceanGoogle Cloud Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (33 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 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)
    -
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