Digitalocean sets $0.01 floor on per-second Droplet billing
What happened
Between the Feb 9, 2026 and Feb 18, 2026 captures of Digitalocean's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Droplets per-second billing now has a $0.01 minimum charge: 'Per-sec billing with 60 sec minimum or $0.01, whichever is higher'. Pulse files it as a pricing change (price increase) 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.
It lands 38 days after Digitalocean's previous change, "Digitalocean Introduces Usage-Based Backups Pricing Starting at $0.01/GiB/Month Alongside New Network File Storage Product" (Jan 11, 2026). 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.
- Droplets · PricePrice increase
Droplets per-second billing now has a $0.01 minimum charge: 'Per-sec billing with 60 sec minimum or $0.01, whichever is higher'
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Droplets | Price | Droplets per-second billing now has a $0.01 minimum charge: 'Per-sec billing with 60 sec minimum or $0.01, whichever is higher' | Price increase | |
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 Feb 9, 2026 and Feb 18, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page.
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Digitalocean, the last 90 days
Full history- Apr 3, 2026increaseDigitalOcean: committed GPU Droplet price raised to $1.88/GPU/hour
- Mar 23, 2026decreaseDigitalocean slashes Network File Storage prices 50% with new tiered plans
- Mar 3, 2026increaseDigitalocean GPU Droplets jump 26% to $1.88/hr on multi-month contracts
- Feb 18, 2026increaseDigitalocean sets $0.01 floor on per-second Droplet billing · this change
- Jan 11, 2026packagingDigitalocean Introduces Usage-Based Backups Pricing Starting at $0.01/GiB/Month Alongside New Network File Storage Product
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 February 2026?
Yes. Pulse captured Digitalocean's pricing page on Feb 9, 2026 and again on Feb 18, 2026 and recorded 1 price increase: Droplets: Droplets per-second billing now has a $0.01 minimum charge: 'Per-sec billing with 60 sec minimum or $0.01, whichever is higher'.
What changed on Digitalocean's pricing page between Feb 9, 2026 and Feb 18, 2026?
Droplets per-second billing now has a $0.01 minimum charge: 'Per-sec billing with 60 sec minimum or $0.01, whichever is higher'. Pulse compared the captures it took on Feb 9, 2026 and Feb 18, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Digitalocean change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Digitalocean in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Digitalocean Introduces Usage-Based Backups Pricing Starting at $0.01/GiB/Month Alongside New Network File Storage Product" on Jan 11, 2026; Digitalocean has been tracked since 2024-10-01.