Operator · New York, NY · founded 2012
DigitalOcean
US developer cloud selling GPU Droplets (virtual machines with 1 or 8 NVIDIA or AMD GPUs) on demand, on spot and on 12-month contracts, plus contract-only Bare Metal GPUs.
GPU types10with a current offer
Current offers5458 readings on file · last 45 days
H100 from$4.41per GPU-hour, on-demand
Entry price$1.57cheapest GPU-hour listed
Countries39 named regions
Trust Score v0.182/100
- Company & track record100
- Infrastructure control100
- Pricing & billing transparency85
- Reliability signals75
- Security & compliance53
- Customer signal—
Scored Sep 29, 2026 from the provider's own pages. Dimensions not yet measured are excluded from the denominator. Criteria ↓
Trust Score · 5 of 6 dimensions measuredThe score, criterion by criterion
Each point comes from something the provider publishes, with the page it was read on and the date. Anything not disclosed earns zero.
Company & track record
weight 15%
100 / 100
| Founding year published | 2012digitalocean.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 4 / 4 |
| Headquarters published | DigitalOcean, LLCdigitalocean.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 3 / 3 |
| Legal entity named | DigitalOcean, LLCdigitalocean.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 4 / 4 |
| Funding or ownership disclosed | Investor Relations page linked from the site footer; listing details not read (investors.digitalocean.com returned a bot challenge)digitalocean.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 4 / 4 |
Infrastructure control
weight 15%
100 / 100
| Capacity model published | operates or rents dedicated capacitydigitalocean.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 10 / 10 |
| Regions published | 9 regions or countriesdigitalocean.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 5 / 5 |
Pricing & billing transparency
weight 20%
85 / 100
| Public prices without an account | yes (read on the pricing page)digitalocean.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 5 / 5 |
| Billing granularity published | per seconddigitalocean.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 4 / 4 |
| Egress policy published | metered: each GPU Droplet includes an outbound transfer allowance (10 TB on RTX/L40S, 15 TB on 1x H100/H200/MI/B300, 60 TB on 8x), pooled per team; overage 0.01 USD/GiB; inbound freedigitalocean.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 4 / 4 |
| Stopped-instance billing published | Full rate. Powered-off GPU Droplets are billed until destroyed because GPU, CPU, RAM, disk and IP stay reserved.digitalocean.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 4 / 4 |
| Public IPv4 policy published | not published for GPU Droplets (v5 CPU Droplets show a separate IPv4 line item at an introductory 0.00 USD)digitalocean.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 0 / 3 |
Reliability signals
weight 20%
75 / 100
| Status page | https://status.digitalocean.com/digitalocean.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 6 / 6 |
| SLA published | 99% monthly uptime per GPU Droplet node; service credits 10% / 25% / 50%digitalocean.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 6 / 6 |
| SLA with a numeric uptime commitment | 99% monthly uptime per GPU Droplet node; service credits 10% / 25% / 50%digitalocean.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 3 / 3 |
| Uptime history published | not discloseddigitalocean.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 0 / 5 |
| Observed availability (30 days) | not measured yet | — |
Security & compliance
weight 15%
53 / 100
| SOC 2 | yes (report type not stated on the trust page)digitalocean.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 5 / 8 |
| ISO 27001 | not discloseddigitalocean.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 0 / 4 |
| HIPAA or GDPR DPA | eligible to process HIPAA workloadsdigitalocean.com · Sep 29, 2026 | 3 / 3 |
Customer signal
weight 15%
not measured
| Aggregated public reviews | not collected yet | — |
provisional v0.1: evidence from the provider's own pages; dimensions not yet measured are excluded from the denominatorFull method →
Prices by GPU · 8 GPU types with a current offerWhat DigitalOcean charges, against the market
Cheapest current on-demand true cost here, next to the market median for the same GPU. Negative means cheaper than the market.
| GPU | Cheapest here | Market median | vs market | Current offers | Modes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H100 | $4.41 | $3.17 | +39% | 2 | reservedon-demand | H100 prices |
| H200 | $4.47 | $4.76 | −6% | 2 | reservedon-demand | H200 prices |
| L40S | $1.57 | $1.26 | +24% | 1 | on-demand | L40S prices |
| B300 | no on-demand | $8.96 | — | 2 | reservedspot | B300 prices |
| MI300X | $2.59 | $2.71 | −4% | 2 | reservedon-demand | MI300X prices |
| MI325X | $3.80 | $2.65 | +44% | 2 | reservedon-demand | MI325X prices |
| MI355X | no on-demand | $5.99 | — | 1 | spot | MI355X prices |
| MI350X | no on-demand | — | — | 2 | reservedspot | MI350X prices |
All offers · 58 readings on fileEvery DigitalOcean offer, with its receipt
Current offers (last 45 days) ranked by true cost, all rental modes, each with its read date. Older readings stay listed below, in grey.
| GPU | Configuration | Mode | Region | Stock | List | True cost | Read | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L40S | 1× L40S | On-demand | — | Stock unknown | $1.57 | $1.57 | 21:10 UTCfresh | Receipt |
| MI300X12-month commitment | 1× MI300X | Reserved | — | Stock unknown | $1.91 | $1.91 | 21:10 UTCfresh | Receipt |
| MI300X | 1× MI300X | On-demand | — | Stock unknown | $2.59 | $2.59 | 21:10 UTCfresh | Receipt |
| MI325X12-month commitment | 1× MI325X | Reserved | — | Stock unknown | $2.88 | $2.88 | 21:10 UTCfresh | Receipt |
| MI350X | 1× MI350X | Spot | — | Stock unknown | $3.00 | $3.00 | 21:10 UTCfresh | Receipt |
| H100SXM12-month commitment | 1× H100 SXM | Reserved | — | Stock unknown | $3.26 | $3.26 | 21:10 UTCfresh | Receipt |
| H20012-month commitment | 1× H200 | Reserved | — | Stock unknown | $3.40 | $3.40 | 21:10 UTCfresh | Receipt |
| MI325X | 1× MI325X | On-demand | — | Stock unknown | $3.80 | $3.80 | 21:10 UTCfresh | Receipt |
| H100SXM | 1× H100 SXM | On-demand | — | Stock unknown | $4.41 | $4.41 | 21:10 UTCfresh | Receipt |
| H200 | 1× H200 | On-demand | — | Stock unknown | $4.47 | $4.47 | 21:10 UTCfresh | Receipt |
| MI355X | 1× MI355X | Spot | — | Stock unknown | $4.50 | $4.50 | 21:10 UTCfresh | Receipt |
| MI350X12-month commitment | 1× MI350X | Reserved | — | Stock unknown | $4.76 | $4.76 | 21:10 UTCfresh | Receipt |
| B300 | 1× B300 | Spot | — | Stock unknown | $6.17 | $6.17 | 21:10 UTCfresh | Receipt |
| B30012-month commitment | 1× B300 | Reserved | — | Stock unknown | $7.94 | $7.94 | 21:10 UTCfresh | Receipt |
14 fresh offers · prices per GPU-hour · true cost includes the add-ons the provider publishesOpen in the comparison tool →
True cost & billing · read Sep 29, 2026What the hourly price does not say
Billing granularity, minimums, what a stopped machine costs, traffic, addresses, deposits and identity checks, as published by the provider.
Billing
- Billing granularity
- per second
- Minimum charge
- Docs: 60 seconds or 0.01 USD, whichever is higher. The GPU pricing page FAQ instead says 'per second with a 5-minute minimum billing period' (sources disagree).
- Stopped instance
- Full rate. Powered-off GPU Droplets are billed until destroyed because GPU, CPU, RAM, disk and IP stay reserved.
- Egress
- metered: each GPU Droplet includes an outbound transfer allowance (10 TB on RTX/L40S, 15 TB on 1x H100/H200/MI/B300, 60 TB on 8x), pooled per team; overage 0.01 USD/GiB; inbound free
- Public IPv4
- not published for GPU Droplets (v5 CPU Droplets show a separate IPv4 line item at an introductory 0.00 USD)
- Billing model
- both
- Minimum deposit
- None for cards (postpaid monthly; auto-charge when the balance reaches the tier threshold, 25 USD at Tier 1). PayPal: 5 USD authorization. Crypto: one-time 25 USD authorization credited to future charges. Optional prepayment tiers of 50 / 250 / 1,000 / 4,000 USD raise limits.
- Free credits
- 5 USD signup credit, valid 90 days, payment method required
Account
- Payment
- card · PayPal · crypto (yes: stablecoins from over 400 wallets (coins and chains not named); access limited and not available to all customers in all locations; one-time 25 USD authorization credited)
- Sign-up
- email, payment method before creating any resource (card with pre-authorization, PayPal with 5 USD authorization, Google Pay, Apple Pay, Alipay, Link, crypto wallet with 25 USD authorization, or ACH)
- Identity check
- card verification
- Support
- ticket, email, live chat (Standard and Premium), Slack (Premium), video calls (Premium)
- Enterprise support
- not published
- SLA
- 99% monthly uptime per GPU Droplet node; service credits 10% / 25% / 50%
- Status page
- status.digitalocean.com ↗
- Published uptime
- not published
Infrastructure
- Regions
9 named regions in 3 countries
NYC2 (United States) · NYC3 (United States) · TOR1 (Canada) · AMS3 (Netherlands) · ATL1 (United States) · RIC1 (United States) · MKC1 (United States) · MEM1 (United States) · SFO3 (United States)- Countries
- United States, Canada, Netherlands
- Platform
- API, CLI, serverless, SSH, custom Docker images, persistent volumes, spot or interruptible, bare metalTerraform: officialKubernetes: managedInterconnect: 8x H100 support NVIDIA Fabric Manager (NVLink); L40S has no NVLink; 25 Gbps private / 10 Gbps public per Droplet; multi-node 'fabric-contracted' slugs with fabric type not publishedClusters: Multi-node GPU Droplets require support to enable them for the team; multi-node fabric plans by contract only; Bare Metal GPUs can run in multi-node clusters (contract)
- Storage
- ephemeral · included · Per-Droplet NVMe boot disk (500 GiB to 2,046 GiB, persists for the Droplet's life) and, on H100/H200/MI-series/B300, a non-persistent NVMe scratch disk (5 TiB on 1x, 40 TiB on 8x)volume · 0.10 USD/GiB-month · Volumes Block Storage, 1 GiB to 16 TiB, charged hourly while the volume exists, attached or not
- Migration out
- Data lives on the Droplet boot disk, detachable Volumes or Spaces object storage; images are standard Linux VMs so Docker images and code move unchanged. Scratch disks are non-persistent. Egress beyond the allowance costs 0.01 USD/GiB.
Security & compliance
- SOC 2
- yes (report type not stated on the trust page)
- ISO 27001
- not published
- HIPAA
- eligible to process HIPAA workloads
- GDPR / DPA
- not published
- Other
- SOC 3 and Global PRP certifications; eligibility to process DORA workloads
- Legal entity
- DigitalOcean, LLC
- Funding
- Investor Relations page linked from the site footer; listing details not read (investors.digitalocean.com returned a bot challenge)
Read on the provider's own pages · 27 pages read · facts marked "not published" were looked for and not foundPages read ↓
Assessment · documents read Sep 29, 2026DigitalOcean, in short
What stood out when we read the documents: strengths, weaknesses, who it suits, and what we could not find.
Strengths
- Per-GPU prices for on-demand, spot and 12-month reserved plans published on one page, with per-Droplet 8x prices in the docs
- Broad AMD line-up: MI300X and MI325X on demand, MI350X and MI355X on spot, MI300X reserved at 1.91 USD/GPU-h
- Self-serve spot B300 at 8.00 USD/GPU-h and spot MI355X at 2.97 USD/GPU-h (public preview)
- Generous inclusions: vCPU, RAM, NVMe boot disk, 5 TiB scratch per GPU and 15 TB transfer per GPU on H100/H200
- Integrated platform: managed Kubernetes with GPU nodes, Volumes, Spaces, official Terraform provider, doctl CLI
- Published GPU Droplet SLA (99%) with service credits; SOC 2, SOC 3, HIPAA eligibility
- Wide payment choice: cards, PayPal, Google Pay, Apple Pay, Alipay, Link, ACH, stablecoin wallets
Weaknesses
- On-demand H100 at 4.41 USD/GPU-h and H200 at 4.47 USD/GPU-h
- Powered-off GPU Droplets are billed at full rate until destroyed
- GPU Droplets cannot be resized
- Egress above the included allowance metered at 0.01 USD/GiB
- Crypto payment has limited availability and covers stablecoins only
- Bare Metal GPU prices and B300/MI350X contract terms not published; multi-node needs support or sales
- GPU SLA is 99%, with credits capped at 50%
- Minimum billing stated inconsistently (5 minutes on the pricing page, 60 seconds in docs)
Ideal for
- Teams already on DigitalOcean that want GPUs next to Kubernetes, databases and object storage
- AMD Instinct users (MI300X through MI355X)
- Buyers who need invoices, SOC 2 or HIPAA eligibility and card or PayPal payment
Not published
- Company HQ and listing details: investors.digitalocean.com blocked the browser and the about page does not state HQ
- Which on-demand plan corresponds to the 11.19 USD per GPU/hour figure in the product FAQ
- Whether 12-month reserved prices apply to 1x, 8x or both configurations
- Bare Metal GPU prices and contract terms (sales only)
- IPv4 charge for GPU Droplets not stated
- Snapshot support and pricing for GPU Droplets not verified
- SOC 2 report type, ISO 27001 status and GDPR DPA not read on primary pages
- Crypto: which stablecoins and chains are accepted
- Official SDKs not verified on a captured page
- MI325X on-demand availability: priced as on-demand, but the availability doc places MI325X only under contract plans
Observations
Per-GPU-hour prices visible without an account for reserved, spot and on-demand plans
Banner: 'New pricing is effective as of August 1, 2026'
Product page FAQ quotes on-demand up to 11.19 USD per GPU/hour, a figure not matched by any listed plan
8x on-demand prices appear only in the docs; the pricing page shows per-GPU prices with a 1-or-8 selector
Bare metal page is a sales form with specs only
Pages read
- digitalocean.com/pricing/gpu-droplets — On-demand, spot and 12-month reserved per-GPU prices, billing FAQ, payment FAQ
- digitalocean.com/products/gpu-droplets — Specs table, datacenters, FAQ (99% SLA, price range
- docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/details/pricing/ — 1x and 8x per-Droplet prices, spot prices, minimum charge, powered-off billing, bandwidth overage
- docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/details/features/ — GPU Droplet slugs and configurations, spot and contract configs, multi-node fabric slugs
- docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/details/gpu-availability/ — Datacenters per GPU model and mode
- docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/details/spot-gpu-capacity/ — Current spot capacity
- docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/concepts/spot-vs-on-demand/ — Spot reclamation and pricing rules
- docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/details/limits/ — No resize, network limits, multi-node enablement, NVLink note
- docs.digitalocean.com/products/bare-metal-gpus/details/pricing/ — Contract billing, payment via Paperspace
- digitalocean.com/products/bare-metal-gpus — Bare metal configurations
- docs.digitalocean.com/products/volumes/details/pricing/ — Block storage price
- docs.digitalocean.com/platform/billing/bandwidth/ — Transfer pooling and overage
- docs.digitalocean.com/platform/billing/pay-bills/ — Monthly billing, prepayment tiers, card brands
- docs.digitalocean.com/platform/billing/manage-payment-methods/ — Payment methods incl. stablecoin wallets, PayPal 5 USD and crypto 25 USD authorizations
- docs.digitalocean.com/platform/billing/signup-credit/ — 5 USD credit for 90 days
- docs.digitalocean.com/support/why-do-i-need-to-enter-a-payment-method/ — Identity verification via payment information
- docs.digitalocean.com/platform/regional-availability/ — Datacenter list and cities
- digitalocean.com/sla/gpu-droplets — 99% uptime, service credits
- digitalocean.com/trust — SOC 2, SOC 3, HIPAA, DORA, Global PRP
- docs.digitalocean.com/platform/support-plans/ — Support tiers and prices
- docs.digitalocean.com/reference/terraform/ — Terraform provider
- docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/ — CLI
- docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/details/features/ — GPU worker nodes in DOKS
- docs.digitalocean.com/platform/billing/ — Billing cycle, Serverless Inference prepayment
- digitalocean.com/about — Founded 2012
- status.digitalocean.com/ — Status page
- sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1582961/000158296126000019/docn-20251231.htm — Headquarters
Questions about DigitalOcean
What GPUs does DigitalOcean offer?
DigitalOcean has 10 GPU types with a fresh offer today, for example H100 from $4.41, H200 from $4.47, L40S from $1.57, MI300X from $2.59, MI325X from $3.80 per GPU-hour on-demand. The full list with prices and market medians is on this page.
How does DigitalOcean bill?
Billing granularity: per second. Minimum charge: Docs: 60 seconds or 0.01 USD, whichever is higher. The GPU pricing page FAQ instead says 'per second with a 5-minute minimum billing period' (sources disagree). Stopped instance: Full rate. Powered-off GPU Droplets are billed until destroyed because GPU, CPU, RAM, disk and IP stay reserved.
How trustworthy is DigitalOcean?
Its Trust Score is 82/100 (v0.1), read from its own documents. Strong on company & track record, infrastructure control. Weaker on security & compliance. The score measures transparency and published guarantees, not customer satisfaction; every criterion and its source is listed above.
Where are DigitalOcean's data centres?
9 named regions in 3 countries: United States, Canada, Netherlands.
How do you pay DigitalOcean, and are there credits?
Payment by card, crypto. Free credits: 5 USD signup credit, valid 90 days, payment method required. Identity check: card verification.