DigitalOcean Droplets start at $4/mo (Basic) with hourly billing. Most popular: Premium Intel 2vCPU/4GB at $24/mo. Additional products include App Platform ($5/mo), GPU Droplets ($2.50/hr), Managed Databases ($15/mo), and Kubernetes (free control plane). New users get $200 free credit for 60 days.
Transparent, predictable pricing. Hourly billing with monthly caps. No hidden fees.
SSD-based virtual machines with hourly billing (Source: DigitalOcean official pricing, March 2026)
| CPU | RAM | SSD | Transfer | $/mo | $/hr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 vCPU | 512MB | 10GB | 500GB | $4 | $0.006 | Deploy |
| 1 vCPU | 1GB | 25GB | 1TB | $6 | $0.009 | Deploy |
| 1 vCPU | 2GB | 50GB | 2TB | $12 | $0.018 | Deploy |
| 2 vCPU | 2GB | 60GB | 3TB | $18 | $0.027 | Deploy |
| 2 vCPU | 4GB | 80GB | 4TB | $24 | $0.036 | Deploy |
| 4 vCPU | 8GB | 160GB | 5TB | $48 | $0.071 | Deploy |
Control plane is free. Pay only for worker nodes.
Kubernetes control plane: FREE
Worker nodes use standard Droplet pricing. A 3-node cluster with Basic $6 Droplets = $18/month total.
Create Cluster →S3-compatible storage with built-in CDN
Additional: $0.02/GB storage, $0.01/GB transfer
Attach additional SSD storage to Droplets
100GB = $10/mo, 1TB = $100/mo
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