Digitalocean Introduces Global Load Balancers, Enhancing Cloud Infrastructure Options
What happened
Between the Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024 captures of Digitalocean's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Managed Databases for Redis® rebranded to 'Caching'; Global Load Balancers now available. Pulse files it as a product change (feature change, feature added) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Sep 28, 2026) lists Droplets at $4, Spaces Object Storage at $5, Volumes Block Storage at $10, Cloudways Managed Hosting at $11 and Kubernetes at $12.
Digitalocean's previous recorded change was "Digitalocean Introduces New Backups Product with Pricing at 20% Weekly or 30% Daily of Droplet Cost" (Q1 2024). Digitalocean has been tracked since 2024-10-01.
In the same window Aws, Vultr and Google Cloud also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Managed Databases · FeatureFeature change
Managed Databases for Redis® rebranded to 'Caching'
- Load Balancers · FeatureFeature added
Global Load Balancers now available
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Managed Databases | Feature | Managed Databases for Redis® rebranded to 'Caching' | Feature change | |
| Load Balancers | Feature | Global Load Balancers now available | Feature added | |
Values as written on Digitalocean's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Digitalocean's pricing page (digitalocean.com) from Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page.
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Digitalocean, pricing history
Full history- Q2 2025decreaseDigitalocean Reduces On-Demand GPU Droplet Pricing by 52%, Now Just $0.76/GPU/hour
- Q1 2025decreaseDigitalocean GPU Droplet Pricing Slashed by 47.5%, Now Just $1.57/GPU/hour
- Q4 2024packagingDigitalocean Introduces GPU Droplets with On-Demand Pricing Starting at $2.99/GPU/hour
- Q3 2024improvedDigitalocean Introduces Global Load Balancers, Enhancing Cloud Infrastructure Options · this change
- Q1 2024packagingDigitalocean Introduces New Backups Product with Pricing at 20% Weekly or 30% Daily of Droplet Cost
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- AwsJan 11Aws Kendra Expands Free Tier to Include GenAI Enterprise Edition, Offering 750 Hours for First 30 Days
- VultrOct 19Vultr drops 4x and 8x NVIDIA A16 GPU tiers, jumping from 2x straight to 16x
- VultrSep 28Vultr: NVIDIA A16 2-GPU tier RAM cut 128GB→120GB
- Google CloudSep 21Looker: Conversational Analytics grace period extended indefinitely
- Google CloudSep 21Google Cloud Looker scraps Sept 30 deadline, extends free CA access indefinitely
Questions about this change
Did Digitalocean raise prices in October 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature change, feature added.
What changed on Digitalocean's pricing page between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024?
Managed Databases for Redis® rebranded to 'Caching'; Global Load Balancers now available. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Digitalocean change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Digitalocean in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Digitalocean Introduces New Backups Product with Pricing at 20% Weekly or 30% Daily of Droplet Cost" in Q1 2024; Digitalocean has been tracked since 2024-10-01.