Packaging change·Oct 5 → Jan 1, 2026·Q4 2025·Cloud & DevOps
Digitalocean Introduces Usage-Based Backups Pricing Starting at $0.01/GiB/Month Alongside New Network File Storage Product
What changed
Package change
Backups pricing expanded to include usage-based option starting at $0.01/GiB per month alongside existing percentage-based pricing (20% for weekly, 30% for daily)
New plan
Network File Storage added as a new storage product at $0.30/GiB/month with 50 GiB minimum, 10 GiB increments, and snapshots billed at $0.06 per GiB/month
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Backups pricing expanded to include usage-based option starting at $0.01/GiB per month alongside existing percentage-based pricing (20% for weekly, 30% for daily)
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