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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

    Microsoft Azure

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    DigitalOceanMicrosoft Azure
    Editions & Modules
    1GB-16GB
    $5.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    8GB-160GB
    $60.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Developer
    $29
    per month
    Standard
    $100
    per month
    Professional Direct
    $1000
    per month
    Basic
    Free
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DigitalOceanMicrosoft Azure
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—The free tier lets users have access to a variety of services free for 12 months with limited usage after making an Azure account.
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    Community Pulse
    DigitalOceanMicrosoft Azure
    Considered Both Products
    DigitalOcean
    Chose DigitalOcean
    Initially we started using DigitalOcean due to their pricing point as we were in development phase. Slowly when we used it, we starting liking it a lot as it is very fast & easy to get started, compared to the other Cloud Providers we've used. Also they have blogs and …
    Incentivized
    Chose DigitalOcean
    Vultr is a new player in the game. They don't advertise their hardware model and for that reason, people may not trust them. I have run few benchmarks on Vultr, they performed slightly better than DigitalOcean but they aren't trustworthy. Their transparency index is very low …
    Incentivized
    Chose DigitalOcean
    DigitalOcean offers low prices, much lower than AWS (Azure) however AWS provides much more features and better performance than DigitalOcean. I chose DigitalOcean to save myself some money.
    Incentivized
    Chose DigitalOcean
    I've tried both AWS and Azure and, while they're both great solutions, they are much more challenging to setup and maintain. The idea that my billing could spike because of something unexpected leaves me a tad uneasy. For our solutions I'd rather pay the $10/mo with …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Azure
    I would say that Azure stacks up pretty good and sometimes better in comparison to what Google Cloud Platform has to offer. I don't like GCP for its absurd licensing fees and it's expensive for just Using EC2 Instances. However, DigitalOcean and AWS can offer far better …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Azure
    DigitalOcean's drops are easier to use, reuse and manage.
    Pantheon's interface is easier to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Azure
    We have settled with Microsoft Azure considered its effective administration and the ability to data visualization and analysis, together with the top-notch security/stability.
    Incentivized
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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
    DigitalOceanMicrosoft Azure
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of DigitalOcean and Microsoft Azure
    Feature
    DigitalOcean
    8.3
    33 Ratings
    Microsoft Azure
    8.5
    19 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime9.228 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling9.029 Ratings8.018 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing7.021 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates10.027 Ratings8.017 Ratings
    Monitoring tools10.032 Ratings8.418 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images7.531 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    Operating system support8.331 Ratings8.818 Ratings
    Security controls9.029 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Automation5.03 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    User Ratings
    DigitalOceanMicrosoft Azure
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (33 ratings)
    8.8
    (88 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    9.4
    (28 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.8
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    8.1
    (28 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)