DigitalOcean Review
DigitalOcean in its own words
DigitalOcean, Inc. is an American cloud infrastructure provider headquartered in New York City with data centers worldwide. DigitalOcean provides developers cloud services that help to deploy and scale applications that run simultaneously on multiple computers. As of January 2018, DigitalOcean was the third-largest hosting company in the world in terms of web-facing computers. DigitalOcean also marked its presence in Deloitte Technology Fast 500 List in 2018.
DigitalOcean was founded in 2012.
It is headquartered in the USA.
It offers VPS, Database, Storage and Networking hosting products.
- Canada
- Germany
- India
- Netherlands
- Singapore
- UK
- USA
Features and Usability
Features not included in the VPS price are marked as missing below.
Last updated on August 23 2019.
In VPSBenchmark's opinion
DigitalOcean Extra Services
In addition to features included in the VPS plan, DigitalOcean also offers the following services (possibly for a fee):
| Backups | Block storage | Object storage | Load balancer | Floating IP addresses |
| Teams | Managed databases | Serverless | DDoS protection | Kubernetes |
| GPU instances |
VPS Instance Provisioning Time
For each DigitalOcean VPS trial, we measured how long it took to provision the server.
See also VPS provisioning times for all providers.
| Average Provisioning Time | Min Provisioning Time | Max Provisioning Time | Number of VPS Samples |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27s | 18s | 50s | 8 |
Admin UI Screenshots
Cloud Storage Prices
For a comparison of storage features and prices from all providers, please check the Cloud Storage page.
| Storage Type | Price / GB / month | Restriction | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block | $0.100 |
Volumes are encrypted at rest, replicated multiple times and can be resized live.
https://www.digitalocean.com/products/block-storage/ |
|
| Snapshots | $0.050 |
Snapshots are created on users requests and are images of block storage disk volumes.
https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/images/snapshots/ |
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| Object | $0.020 | 250GB minimum |
Object storage is called "Spaces" at DO. $5 for 250GB/month that include 1TB of outbound transfer (CDN included) https://www.digitalocean.com/products/spaces/ |
| Backups | $0.050 | Prices vary depending on droplet size. |
Prices vary depending on droplet size: backups are 20% of droplet storage cost. When backups are enabled, DO will create a disk image of the droplet once per week and will keep it for 4 weeks. https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/images/backups/ |
This provider offers the following promotion:
Sign up using the following link and get $100 credit over 60 days.
Compare all DigitalOcean plans in the Screener
The Screener shows all DigitalOcean plans side by side with their grades in 5 categories.
DigitalOcean Plans
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $5.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 25 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 1.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 1000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 53
Performance Test Results
We conducted 6 different types of tests during the latest trial for DigitalOcean - Standard 1GB 1 core. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the Standard 1GB 1 core plan
This plan was tested 3 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the Standard 1GB 1 core plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 06 2020 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6140 CPU @ 2.30GHz | C |
| Dec 03 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6140 CPU @ 2.30GHz | C |
| Apr 16 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630L v2 @ 2.40GHz | D |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $10.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 50 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 2.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 2000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 37
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for DigitalOcean - Standard 2GB 1 core. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the Standard 2GB 1 core plan
This plan was tested 3 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the Standard 2GB 1 core plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 14 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6140 CPU @ 2.30GHz | D |
| Aug 20 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 v4 @ 2.20GHz | D |
| Mar 21 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 v4 @ 2.20GHz | E |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $15.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 60 |
| Num Cores | 3 |
| Memory GB | 1.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 3000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 47
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for DigitalOcean - Standard 1GB 3 cores. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the Standard 1GB 3 cores plan
This plan was tested 3 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the Standard 1GB 3 cores plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 26 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6140 CPU @ 2.30GHz | D |
| Jul 08 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 v4 @ 2.20GHz | C |
| Jan 22 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650L v3 @ 1.80GHz | D |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $20.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 80 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 4.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 4000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 59
Performance Test Results
We conducted 6 different types of tests during the latest trial for DigitalOcean - Standard 4GB 2 cores. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the Standard 4GB 2 cores plan
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the Standard 4GB 2 cores plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 06 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6140 CPU @ 2.30GHz | C |
| Oct 25 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6140 CPU @ 2.30GHz | B |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $40.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 25 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 4.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 4000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 70
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for DigitalOcean - CPU Optimized 4GB. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the CPU Optimized 4GB plan
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the CPU Optimized 4GB plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 03 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8168 CPU @ 2.70GHz | B |
| Apr 01 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8168 CPU @ 2.70GHz | B |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $60.00 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 25 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 8.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 4000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | Yes |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 58
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for DigitalOcean - General Purpose 2 cores. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the General Purpose 2 cores plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the General Purpose 2 cores plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 05 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8168 CPU @ 2.70GHz | C |
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