Providers
DigitalOcean
Developer-focused cloud with Droplets, DOKS managed Kubernetes, S3-compatible Spaces and GPU Droplets with NVIDIA H100, H200 and L40S billed per second.
Last verified: Editorial review www.digitalocean.com
- Full regions
- 3
- Regions in North America, Europe (Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London), Asia and Australia; none
- GA services
- 9
- of 9 listed
- Billing model
- Per second
- USD
- H100 / H200 / L40S
- 3 / 3
- GPU models generally available
Overview
DigitalOcean provides virtual machines (Droplets), managed Kubernetes (DOKS), block storage Volumes, Spaces S3-compatible object storage, managed databases, load balancers, reserved IPs, VPC networking and cloud firewalls. GPU Droplets include NVIDIA H100, H200 and L40S plans with published per-GPU-hour on-demand prices and per-second billing. DigitalOcean does not operate a datacenter region in Türkiye; European regions include Amsterdam, Frankfurt and London.
GPU prices and billing terms read from DigitalOcean documentation (page marked last verified 26 Oct 2026). Audit-logging capabilities were not assessed against primary documentation and are recorded as unverified.
- Headquarters
- New York, United States
- Billing model
- GPU Droplets are billed per second with a minimum charge of 60 seconds or $0.01, whichever is higher; powered-off GPU Droplets continue to bill until destroyed.
- Technologies
- Kubernetes (DOKS)S3 API (Spaces)Terraform
Infrastructure regions
Regions in North America, Europe (Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London), Asia and Australia; none in Türkiye.
| Region | Location | Type | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfurt fra1 | Frankfurt, Germany | Region | Generally available | |
| Amsterdam ams3 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Region | Generally available | |
| London lon1 | London, United Kingdom | Region | Generally available |
Products and services
Compute
Droplets
Generally availableLinux virtual machines in shared and dedicated CPU plans.
Kubernetes
DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS)
Generally availableManaged Kubernetes with node pool autoscaling.
GPU & AI compute
GPU Droplets
Generally availableNVIDIA H100, H200, L40S and other GPU plans with per-second billing.
Block storage
Volumes Block Storage
Generally availableAttachable block storage with snapshots.
Object storage
Spaces Object Storage
Generally availableS3-compatible object storage with an optional CDN.
Backup
Droplet Backups
Generally availableAutomated Droplet backups.
Managed database
Managed Databases
Generally availableManaged PostgreSQL, MySQL and other engines.
Networking
Load Balancers
Generally availableManaged load balancers for HTTP/HTTPS and TCP traffic.
VPC, Reserved IPs and Cloud Firewalls
Generally availablePrivate VPC networks, reassignable reserved IPs and cloud firewalls.
GPU availability
| GPU | Status | Offering | List price |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H100 | Generally available | GPU Droplet — NVIDIA HGX H100 1× or 8× H100 80 GB; 1× plan with 20 vCPU and 240 GiB RAM. | $4.410 / GPU-h On-demand, 1× H100 GPU Droplet. |
| NVIDIA H200 | Generally available | GPU Droplet — NVIDIA HGX H200 1× or 8× H200 141 GB; 1× plan with 24 vCPU and 240 GiB RAM. | $4.470 / GPU-h On-demand, 1× H200 GPU Droplet. |
| NVIDIA L40S | Generally available | GPU Droplet — NVIDIA L40S 1× L40S 48 GB with 8 vCPU and 64 GiB RAM. | $1.570 / GPU-h On-demand, 1× L40S GPU Droplet. |
AMD Instinct MI300X and MI325X, NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada and RTX 6000 Ada GPU Droplets are also listed.
Capability matrix
The same criteria are applied to every provider. Values show documented capabilities, not performance scores.
| Criterion | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|
| Data residency | |
| Infrastructure located in Türkiye Generally available compute and storage capacity physically located in Türkiye (full region or local zone). | No |
| Compute & GPU | |
| Virtual machine instances Self-service virtual machines with selectable CPU/RAM profiles. | Yes |
| Per-second or per-minute billing Standard compute billed at per-second or per-minute granularity rather than per started hour. | Yes Per-second (60 s / $0.01 minimum). |
| Dedicated / single-tenant resources Dedicated hosts, bare metal or organisation-dedicated cloud capacity. | Partial Dedicated CPU Droplets; no single-tenant hosts. |
| NVIDIA H100 instances On-demand or reservable instances with NVIDIA H100 GPUs. | Yes |
| NVIDIA H200 instances On-demand or reservable instances with NVIDIA H200 GPUs. | Yes |
| NVIDIA L40S instances On-demand or reservable instances with NVIDIA L40S GPUs. | Yes |
| Platform & automation | |
| API and Terraform automation Documented API plus an available Terraform provider for infrastructure as code. | Yes |
| Open-source cloud stack (OpenStack-based) The provider publicly states that its IaaS control plane is built on OpenStack or an equivalent open-source stack. | No |
| Kubernetes | |
| Managed Kubernetes Provider-operated Kubernetes control plane. | Yes |
| Kubernetes node autoscaling Worker node count scales automatically within configured limits. | Yes |
| Kubernetes LoadBalancer integration Services of type LoadBalancer provision a provider load balancer automatically. | Yes |
| Kubernetes storage classes (CSI) Persistent volumes provisioned dynamically through a provider storage class. | Yes |
| Storage & data | |
| Block storage volumes Persistent, attachable and expandable block volumes. | Yes |
| Volume snapshots Point-in-time snapshots of block volumes. | Yes |
| S3-compatible object storage Object storage reachable through the S3 API or an S3-compatible API. | Yes Spaces. |
| Managed backup service Scheduled backup and restore for instances or volumes managed by the provider. | Yes |
| Managed database Provider-operated relational database service. | Yes |
| Networking | |
| L4 load balancer (TCP/UDP) Transport-layer load balancing. | Yes |
| L7 load balancer (HTTP/HTTPS) Application-layer load balancing with HTTP health checks. | Yes |
| Reassignable static public IP Static public addresses that can be moved between resources (Floating/Reserved/Elastic IP). | Yes Reserved IPs. |
| Private networks / VPC Isolated tenant networks with custom CIDR ranges. | Yes |
| Virtual router with NAT Managed router or NAT gateway for egress and inter-subnet routing, including static routes. | Unverified |
| Security groups / cloud firewall Stateful, API-managed network access rules. | Yes Cloud Firewalls. |
| Security & auditing | |
| Control-plane audit logging A provider service that records management (API/console) operations against cloud resources. | Unverified |
| User identity attribution in audit events Each audit event identifies the authenticated principal that performed the operation. | Unverified |
Published benchmarks
Comparisons
Frequently asked questions
How are DigitalOcean GPU Droplets billed?
Per second, with a minimum charge of 60 seconds or $0.01. Powered-off GPU Droplets keep billing until they are destroyed.
Sources
- [1] Droplet Pricing (DigitalOcean Documentation) — DigitalOcean Official documentation accessed:
- [2] GPU Droplets Pricing — DigitalOcean Official documentation accessed:
- [3] Regional availability — DigitalOcean Official documentation accessed:
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