Cerebrium
vs
DigitalOcean
What's good about each
- Per-second billing, with no charge for idle GPUs
- Cold starts of 2-4 seconds via memory and GPU snapshots
- SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR and ISO 27001 certified
- Ten GPU types, from T4 to B200
- Region pinning for data residency, on US and EU capacity
- 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 | Cerebrium | DigitalOcean | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $22.73 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (CPU only) | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | 74% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Medium VM | $113.94 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CPU only) | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | 58% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Large VM | $227.89 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU only) | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 26% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Block storage | $5.00 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB included | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 50% cheaper on Cerebrium |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | |
| 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
Cerebrium offers 9 GPU models, while DigitalOcean offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cerebrium | DigitalOcean | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
4 configs · 3 configs
|
$3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | 23% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
H200
4 configs · 3 configs
|
$4.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | 6% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
L40S
4 configs · 1 config
|
$1.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | 20% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
|
B200
4 configs
|
$6.01 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs
|
$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
A100
8 configs
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
L4
4 configs
|
$0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium 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 |
Cerebrium 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 | Cerebrium | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Data centers only |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | 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 | Cerebrium | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2012 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 16 |
| Example customers | Tavus, Deepgram, Resemble AI | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai |
| Website | www.cerebrium.ai | digitalocean.com |
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Our data for Cerebrium was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for DigitalOcean on Oct. 1, 2026.