3NV
vs
DigitalOcean
What's good about each
- 20 TB monthly traffic included on cloud VMs, 100 TB on dedicated servers
- vCPU, RAM, and NVMe priced and sized independently
- EN 50600 certified facility, Estonian operator, EU jurisdiction
- Own AS214132 with dual 25 Gb/s uplinks on bare metal
- Monthly price caps on bundled Droplet plans
- Nvidia and AMD GPU Droplets, plus bare metal
- Outbound traffic allowance shared across the whole account
- Large tutorial library and 1-click app marketplace
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | 3NV | DigitalOcean | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $9.45 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB NVMe | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | 37% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Medium VM | $51.44 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe (Standard) | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | 7% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Large VM | $102.88 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe (Pro) | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 39% cheaper on 3NV |
| Block storage | $10.27 /mo 100 GB NVMe | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | Within 5% |
| Object storage | $39.94 /mo 1 TB stored | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | 50% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $60.90 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | Included with cloud instances | $12.00 /mo Regional HTTP, 1 node | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $34.69 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | 20 TB / mo per instance, 100 TB per dedicated server | 500 GB - 12 TB / mo per instance, pooled | |
| Egress | Not publicly listed 20 TB per instance, then metered per TB | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
DigitalOcean offers 10 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from 3NV. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | 3NV | DigitalOcean | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs
|
-- | $3.26 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | DigitalOcean only |
|
B300
2 configs
|
-- | $7.94 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | DigitalOcean only |
|
H200
3 configs
|
-- | $3.40 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | DigitalOcean only |
MI300X
3 configs
|
-- | $1.91 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | DigitalOcean only |
|
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $4.50 /GPU/hr Spot | DigitalOcean only |
|
L40S
1 config
|
-- | $1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | DigitalOcean only |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
1 config
|
-- | $1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | DigitalOcean only |
|
MI325X
3 configs
|
-- | $2.88 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | DigitalOcean only |
|
RTX 4000 Ada
1 config
|
-- | $0.76 /GPU/hr On-demand | DigitalOcean only |
|
MI350X
2 configs
|
-- | $3.00 /GPU/hr Spot | DigitalOcean only |
DigitalOcean bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | 3NV | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Data centers only |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | SAQ-A |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | 3NV | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2024 | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Estonia | USA |
| Locations | 1 | 16 |
| Example customers | Swyke, indexing.co, Zentria, Addy | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai |
| Website | 3nv.io | digitalocean.com |
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Our data for 3NV was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for DigitalOcean on Sept. 23, 2026.