
Digitalocean
DigitalOcean is a cloud infrastructure provider that offers cloud services to help developers deploy and scale applications. They provide virtual servers, storage, and networking to simplify cloud computing.
Pricing Change History
18 changesAI/ML section gains two new priced products: DigitalOcean Harness Runtime ($0.0535/hr, AI coding agent sandboxes) and Action Gateway ($0.10/1,000 calls, tool/MCP access gateway).
GPU Droplets starting price (multi-month contractual commitment) increased from $1.88/GPU/hour to $1.91/GPU/hour; on-demand pricing unchanged at $0.76/GPU/hour.
New AI/ML product 'Evaluations' launched: LLM-as-a-Judge evaluation runs on any LLM, dedicated endpoint, or inference routing policy; priced 'Prices vary', billed only for candidate + judge token usage
AI/ML product section renamed from 'AI Platform' to 'Inference'; description changed from 'Simplified AI agent creation and LLM integration' to 'AI models for every use case'; feature bullets updated. Price unchanged at $0.05/M tokens.
New Security section added to pricing page with Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) starting at $0/month, featuring agentless design, prioritized findings, guided remediation, and unified visibility.
GPU Droplets committed price increased from $1.49/GPU/hour to $1.88/GPU/hour under multi-month contractual commitment. On-demand pricing remains $0.76/GPU/hour.
Quarterly roll-up · includes Mar 23 weekly, Mar 2 weekly, Feb 16 weekly
Network File Storage introduced tiered pricing: Standard tier at $0.15/GiB/month (50% reduction from $0.30) and High Performance tier at $0.30/GiB/month
GPU Droplets starting price increased from $1.49 to $1.88 per GPU per hour (26% increase) for multi-month contractual commitment
Droplets per-second billing now has a $0.01 minimum charge: 'Per-sec billing with 60 sec minimum or $0.01, whichever is higher'
Gradient™ AI Platform (formerly GenAI Platform) price decreased from $0.198/M tokens to $0.15/M tokens (24% decrease) GenAI Platform renamed to Gradient™ AI Platform with expanded description to include LLM integration
GPU Droplets on-demand pricing decreased from $1.57/GPU/hour to $0.76/GPU/hour (52% decrease) GPU Droplets committed pricing decreased from $1.99/GPU/hour to $1.49/GPU/hour (25% decrease)
GPU Droplets on-demand pricing decreased from $2.99/GPU/hour to $1.57/GPU/hour (47.5% decrease) GenAI Platform introduced at $0.198/M tokens for simplified AI agent creation with pre-built components and reduced complexity
GPU Droplets section added to main pricing page with on-demand pricing starting at $2.99/GPU/hour VPC pricing benefits expanded with explicit overage costs: Public Internet Egress Overage at $0.01/GiB and Private VPC Egress Overage at $0.01/GiB
Global Load Balancers now available Managed Databases for Redis® rebranded to 'Caching'
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Captured| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Functions | Free |
| Virtual Private Cloud | Free |
| App Platform | Free |
| Container Registry | Free |
| Support Plans | Free |
| Uptime Monitoring | Free |
| Cloud Security Posture Management | Free |
| Droplets | $4 /mo |
| Spaces Object Storage | $5 /mo |
| Volumes Block Storage | $10 /mo |
| Cloudways Managed Hosting | $11 /mo |
| Kubernetes | $12 /mo |
| Load Balancers | $12 /mo |
| Managed Databases | $15 /mo |
| GPU Droplets | $0.76 per GPU/hour (on-demand) + $1.91 per GPU/hour (committed) |
| Network File Storage | $0.15 per GiB/month (standard tier) + $0.3 per GiB/month (high performance tier) |
| DigitalOcean Harness Runtime | $5.35 per 100 sandbox-hours |
| Inference | $0.05 per M tokens |
| Evaluations | Contact |
| Action Gateway | $0.1 per 1,000 tool calls |
| Backups | $0.01 per GiB/month (usage-based) |
| Additional GPU Options | Contact |
Company Facts
How Digitalocean compares with its peers
| Company | Entry price | Last change |
|---|---|---|
A Aws![]() | $0.32 subscription | Jan 11, 2026 |
M Microsoft Azure![]() | Free | — |
V Vultr![]() | $10 /mo + usage | Oct 19, 2026 |
H Heroku![]() | $5 /mo | Jul 3, 2026 |
D Digital.ai![]() | Contact | — |
Digitalocean pricing FAQ
- How much does Digitalocean cost?
- Digitalocean pricing starts at $4/mo on Droplets. Digitalocean lists 22 plans on its pricing page; the Functions plan is free.
- Does Digitalocean have a free plan?
- Yes. Digitalocean's Functions plan is free; paid plans start at $4/mo on Droplets.
- What pricing model does Digitalocean use?
- Digitalocean uses subscription + usage pricing across 22 plans, with a free tier.
- When did Digitalocean last change its pricing?
- Sep 28, 2026: Digitalocean launches AI Harness Runtime and Action Gateway pricing tiers.
- How often has Digitalocean changed its pricing?
- Pulse has recorded 18 pricing changes for Digitalocean since it started tracking on Oct 1, 2024; the pricing page was last captured on Sep 28, 2026.
- Who are Digitalocean's pricing peers?
- Pulse compares Digitalocean with Aws, Microsoft Azure, Vultr, Heroku and Digital.ai.




