Pricing Plans
Compare DigitalOcean's hosting plans
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Pros & Cons
What We Like
- Developers and startups wanting reliable cloud infrastructure
- Teams valuing excellent documentation and tutorials
- App Platform users wanting PaaS simplicity
- Kubernetes users
- Companies needing PCI compliance
- Users wanting predictable transparent pricing
What Could Be Better
- Need managed WordPress hosting
- Want phone support
- Beginner requiring hand-holding
- Need included email hosting
- Want cPanel included
- Budget-constrained (free support limited)
Rating Breakdown
Value for Money
4.0Performance
4.5Support Quality
3.5Security
4.0Features
4.5Ease of Use
4.5Transparency
4.5Overall Rating
Weighted average of all categories
4.2/5
Technical Specifications
Complete feature breakdown across all 154 data points
Storage & Resources
- Storage
- 25 GB SSD/NVMe
- Storage Type
- SSD/NVMe
- Bandwidth
- 1000 GB
- Websites
- Not specified
- Databases
- Not specified
Performance
- Uptime Guarantee
- 99.99%
- Uptime SLA Credit
- CDN Included
- CDN Provider
- DigitalOcean CDN (additional product, paid)
- HTTP/2
Server Locations
- Location Count
- 15 locations
- Choose Location
- Locations
- New York (NYC1, NYC2, NYC3), San Francisco (SFO2, SFO3), Toronto (TOR1)
Security
- Free SSL
- Wildcard SSL
- Dedicated IP
- DDoS Protection
- DDoS Level
- Standard DDoS protection included on all Droplets
- 2FA
Backups & Malware
- Malware Scanning
- Malware Removal
- Firewall
- Backup Frequency
- Weekly (20% extra) or Daily (30% extra) or Usage-based
- Backup Retention
- 7 days
- On-Demand Backup
- Restore Fee
- Free
Developer Tools
- SSH Access
- Git Deployment
- Cron Jobs
- Redis
- WP-CLI
Language Support
- Node.js
- Python
- Ruby
WordPress
- WP Optimized
- Auto Install
- Auto Updates
- WP Staging
- WooCommerce
- LiteSpeed Cache
- Object Caching
- Multisite
Support
- Live Chat
- Chat Hours
- 24/7 (Standard $99/mo and Premium $999/mo plans)
- Phone Support
- Ticket Support
- Priority Support
- KB Quality
- 5/5
- Channels
- Ticket, Live Chat (paid plans), Knowledge Base, Community Forum, Tutorials
- Languages
- English
- Email Included
- Account Limit
- 0
- Webmail
- Spam Filter
- Forwarding
Pricing Details
- Monthly Price
- $4/mo
- Renewal Price
- $4/mo
- 1st Year Cost
- $48
- 2nd Year Cost
- $48
- Setup Fee
- None
- Monthly Billing
Free Inclusions
- Free SSL
- Free Domain
- Free Migration
- Free CDN
Migration
- Free Migration
Control Panel
- cPanel
- Panel Name
- DigitalOcean Control Panel
- Softaculous
- Site Builder
Compliance
- GDPR
- PCI
- HIPAA
- Certifications
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS
CMS Platforms
- Drupal
- Joomla
- Magento
- Laravel
- Django
- Next.js
- Rails
- Static Sites
Content Policies
- Adult Content
- conditional
- Gambling
- Crypto Sites
- Bandwidth Overage
- Outbound transfer included per plan (500GiB-11TB); $0.01/GiB overage; Inbound always free
- Storage Overage
- Pay for additional Block Storage at $0.10/GiB/month
Business Features
- API Access
- Reseller Hosting
- White Label
Best For (Score)
- Beginners
- 2/5
- Bloggers
- 2/5
- Developers
- 5/5
- eCommerce
- 4/5
- Agencies
- 4/5
- Enterprise
- 4/5
Company Info
- Founded
- 2012
- Headquarters
- United States
- Parent Company
- Independent
- Trustpilot
- 4.6/5 (2,140 reviews)
Our Ratings
- Overall
- 4.2/5
- Value
- 4/5
- Performance
- 4.5/5
- Support
- 3.5/5
- Security
- 4/5
- Features
- 4.5/5
- Ease of Use
- 4.5/5
- Transparency
- 4.5/5
Managed WordPress
- Available
Regional Info
- Best Countries
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, India, Singapore, Canada, Australia
- Currencies
- USD
- Support Languages
- English
- Data Sovereignty
- GDPR, SOC 2, PCI-DSS
External Ratings
- Trustpilot
- 4.6/5
- Reviews Count
- 2,140
- G2 Rating
- 4.6/5
- BBB Rating
- D-
Advanced Technical
- DB Type
- MySQL/PostgreSQL (managed available)
- Elasticsearch
Access & Limits
- SSH Tier
- All plans (root access)
- Instant Activation
Additional Pricing
- Exclusions
- No money-back guarantee; Pay-as-you-go with per-second billing (60-second minimum); Can destroy resources anytime; Unused credits remain in account
- Payment Methods
- Credit Card, Debit Card, PayPal, Google Pay, Apple Pay
- Auto Renewal
- SSL Provider
- Self-managed (Let's Encrypt recommended) or Load Balancer SSL
- Dedicated IP Cost
- $4/mo
Support Details
- Priority Cost
- $$24/mo Developer, $99/mo Standard, $999/mo Premium
- Community Forum
- Outsourced
Affiliate Program
- Affiliate Available
- Commission Type
- Recurring percentage
- Commission Amount
- 10% recurring commission for 12 months per referred customer; 30-day cookie; No minimum payout; Via Impact Radius
Additional Policies
- File Hosting
- Proxy/VPN
- BW Overage Cost
- $0.01
- Suspension Policy
- Violation of ToS; fraud detection; non-payment after grace period; abuse reports
- Downloadable Backups
Additional Platforms
- PrestaShop
- Ghost
- Shopify Migration
- Wix Migration
- Squarespace Migration
- Webflow Export
Editorial Notes
- Best For
- Developers and startups wanting reliable cloud infrastructure; Teams valuing excellent documentation and tutorials; App Platform users wanting PaaS simplicity; Kubernetes users; Companies needing PCI compliance; Users wanting predictable transparent pricing; API-first automation workflows
- Avoid If
- Need managed WordPress hosting; Want phone support; Beginner requiring hand-holding; Need included email hosting; Want cPanel included; Budget-constrained (free support limited); Need many global locations (only 15 vs Vultr's 32)
- Known Issues
- No phone support; Free support tier limited (24hr+ response); No managed WordPress; Billing issues reported causing resource deletion without warning; Backups and support plans add significant cost; No cPanel/Plesk included; GPU droplets require commitments; Some report occasional hardware failures; Limited data center count (15) vs some competitors
- USP
- Best-in-class documentation and tutorials with App Platform PaaS and developer-first approach
- Ideal Customer
- Developer or startup wanting reliable cloud infrastructure with excellent documentation and transparent pricing
Competition
- Competitors
- Vultr, Linode, AWS Lightsail
- Best Alternative To
- AWS Lightsail
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean is excellent for developers who want reliable cloud infrastructure with outstanding documentation. It has strong ratings on both G2 (4.6) and Trustpilot (4.6), making it a trusted choice.
DigitalOcean is publicly traded on NYSE (DOCN) since March 2021. Major institutional investors include Access Industries (28%), BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street.
DigitalOcean Droplets start at $4/month. Per-second billing (with 60-second minimum) ensures you only pay for usage. CPU-optimized and GPU droplets available for higher workloads.
Partially. While unmanaged, DigitalOcean has the best documentation and tutorials in the industry. Beginners with some technical interest can learn, but absolute beginners should consider managed hosting.
No, DigitalOcean does not include email hosting. You must set up your own mail server or use third-party email services like Mailgun, SendGrid, or Google Workspace.
Yes, with one-click WordPress installation available. However, it's unmanaged - you handle security updates, optimization, and maintenance yourself. App Platform offers more managed options.
DigitalOcean guarantees 99.99% uptime for Droplets with SLA credits if uptime falls below this. Some products like App Platform have 99.95% SLA.
Yes, DigitalOcean uses pay-as-you-go billing with per-second granularity (60-second minimum). You can destroy resources anytime with no contracts or cancellation fees.
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