AceCloud
vs
DigitalOcean
Both rent H100 and H200 GPUs beside managed Kubernetes and databases. AceCloud runs from India and the US, while DigitalOcean adds AMD GPUs, an app platform and spot pricing.
What's good about each
- Good range of high-performance NVIDIA GPUs
- On-demand billing with instance hibernation to optimize savings
- Operates 10+ data centers globally including locations in India and USA
- Offers 24/7 support with 99.99% uptime SLA
- Free credits for new users (₹20,000/$200 for 30 days)
- 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 | AceCloud | DigitalOcean | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GiB RAM (C3a.medium) | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | 60% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Medium VM | $60.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (C3a.xlarge) | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | 20% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Large VM | $119.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (C3a.2xlarge) | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 29% cheaper on AceCloud |
| Block storage | $9.00 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 10% cheaper on AceCloud |
| Object storage | $10.24 /mo 1 TB | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | 49% cheaper on AceCloud |
| PostgreSQL | $75.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (DB.2.8) | $60.90 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage | 19% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Redis | $75.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (DB.2.8) | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | 80% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Load balancer | $16.00 /mo | $12.00 /mo Regional HTTP, 1 node | 25% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $34.69 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 500 GB - 12 TB / mo per instance, pooled | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $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
AceCloud offers 9 GPU models, while DigitalOcean offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | AceCloud | DigitalOcean | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
12 configs · 3 configs
|
$3.31 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $3.26 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | Within 5% |
|
H200
18 configs · 3 configs
|
$3.66 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $3.40 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | 7% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
|
L40S
20 configs · 1 config
|
$1.87 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | 16% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
9 configs · 1 config
|
$1.04 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
RTX PRO 6000
21 configs
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
A100
9 configs
|
$1.65 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
L4
15 configs
|
$0.60 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
B300
2 configs
|
-- | $7.94 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | DigitalOcean only |
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.97 /GPU/hr Spot | DigitalOcean only |
|
MI300X
3 configs
|
-- | $1.91 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | DigitalOcean only |
AceCloud bills on-demand and reserved (1, 6 or 12 months); 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 | AceCloud | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Data centers only | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Data centers only |
| HIPAA | US data centers only | 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 | AceCloud | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 | 2012 |
| Headquarters | India | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 16 |
| Example customers | Spherum, IIT Madras, Inflolabs, VjJTechnologies | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai |
| Website | acecloud.ai | digitalocean.com |
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Our data for AceCloud was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for DigitalOcean on Oct. 1, 2026.