Pricing change·Apr 6 → Apr 13, 2026·Week 16, 2026·Cloud & DevOps
Digitalocean Slashes AI Inference Pricing 67% on Gradient Platform
What changed
Freemium change
Sign-up credit offer changed from $200 for 60 days to $5 for 90 days. The 'Get started for free' section replaced with 'Start building today' with no free credit offer shown.
Price decrease
Gradient AI Platform starting price decreased from $0.15/M tokens to $0.05/M tokens, a 67% reduction in the per-token inference rate.
Before and after
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Change 1 of 2 · freemium changed
Sign-up credit offer changed from $200 for 60 days to $5 for 90 days. The 'Get started for free' section replaced with 'Start building today' with no free credit offer shown.
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