Canopy Wave
vs
DigitalOcean
What's good about each
- Iceland data centers running on hydro and geothermal power
- 2-8 TB of local NVMe included per node
- GPU rental and open-model inference on one account
- 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 | Canopy Wave | DigitalOcean | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | |
| Block storage | $7.00 /mo 100 GB (Shared Storage) | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 30% cheaper on Canopy Wave |
| Object storage | $40.00 /mo 1 TB | $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 | -- Not listed | $12.00 /mo Regional HTTP, 1 node | |
| 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
Canopy Wave offers 5 GPU models, while DigitalOcean offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Canopy Wave | DigitalOcean | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs · 3 configs
|
$3.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | 26% cheaper on Canopy Wave |
|
B300
1 config · 2 configs
|
-- On request | $7.94 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | |
|
H200
3 configs · 3 configs
|
$4.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | 11% cheaper on Canopy Wave |
|
B200
3 configs
|
-- On request | -- | Canopy Wave only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Canopy Wave 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 |
Canopy Wave bills on-demand; 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 | Canopy Wave | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | 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 | Canopy Wave | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2024 | 2012 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 2 | 16 |
| Example customers | UC San Diego, Pax Historia, Foundry BioSciences | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai |
| Website | canopywave.com | digitalocean.com |
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Our data for Canopy Wave was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for DigitalOcean on Sept. 23, 2026.