Packaging change·Jun 29 → Jul 6, 2026·Week 28, 2026·Cloud & DevOps
DigitalOcean launches Evaluations: LLM-as-a-Judge pricing, pay per token used
What changed
New plan
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
Before and after
Jun 29, 2026 vs Jul 6, 2026Pulse.
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What changed
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
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