Civo
vs
DigitalOcean
Both sell VPS, Kubernetes and B300 GPUs. Civo charges less for object storage and Postgres, while DigitalOcean runs serverless functions and AMD GPUs.
What's good about each
- Free egress and ingress
- Kubernetes control plane at no cost
- Deploy to locations in Europe and Asia
- GPUs from L40S to B300, reservable for up to 36 months
- API serving open models from the UK
- 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 | Civo | DigitalOcean | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.43 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (xSmall) | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | 10% cheaper on Civo |
| Medium VM | $43.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | 9% cheaper on Civo |
| Large VM | $139.05 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU Optimized Small) | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 17% cheaper on Civo |
| Block storage | $10.88 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 8% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Object storage | $10.86 /mo 1 TB | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | 46% cheaper on Civo |
| PostgreSQL | $43.45 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe (Small) | $60.90 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage | 29% cheaper on Civo |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | $10.86 /mo 10,000 concurrent requests | $12.00 /mo Regional HTTP, 1 node | 10% cheaper on Civo |
| 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 | Free and unlimited | $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
Civo offers 6 GPU models, while DigitalOcean offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Civo | DigitalOcean | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
B300
4 configs · 2 configs
|
$6.49 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $7.94 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | 18% cheaper on Civo |
|
H100
10 configs · 3 configs
|
$2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | 32% cheaper on Civo |
|
H200
10 configs · 3 configs
|
$3.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | 22% cheaper on Civo |
|
L40S
20 configs · 1 config
|
$1.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | 18% cheaper on Civo |
|
B200
3 configs
|
$3.79 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
A100
40 configs
|
$0.69 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
MI300X
3 configs
|
-- | $1.91 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | DigitalOcean only |
|
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.97 /GPU/hr Spot | 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 |
Civo bills on-demand and reserved (6, 12, 24 or 36 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 | Civo | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Data centers only |
| HIPAA | -- | 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 | Civo | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 | 2012 |
| Headquarters | UK | USA |
| Locations | 6 | 16 |
| Example customers | Defense.com, TensorGo, Limitless Technologies, Techdome, KubeNine | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai |
| Website | civo.com | digitalocean.com |
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Our data for Civo was last updated on Oct. 7, 2026, and for DigitalOcean on Oct. 7, 2026.