What's good about...

Civo logo Civo

  • Offers many managed services, from databases to GPUs to object storage to containers
  • Create a Kubernetes cluster with just a few clicks
  • Competitive pricing, free egress

Civo logo DigitalOcean

  • Wide range of managed services: from databases to serverless to Kubernetes
  • Many VPS configurations available (GPUs, high memory, dedicated CPU)
  • Plenty of datacenter locations around the world
  • There's lots of guides, docs and community tutorials online

Price comparison

How do Civo's prices compare against DigitalOcean?

Example configuration Civo DigitalOcean
VM Small $5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM $6.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic)
VM Medium $40.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM $48.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic)
VM Large $160.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM $168.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized)
Block Storage $10.00 / mo 100 GB $10.00 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage $10.00 / mo 1 TB, unlimited data transfer $20.00 / mo 1 TiB
Load Balancer $10.00 / mo Single node $12.00 / mo
Managed PostgreSQL $40.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM $60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage
Managed Redis®* $20.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM $15.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM
Serverless 25M Executions -- $34.69 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Free egress allowance -- 100 GB - 10 TB / mo per instance
1 TB of egress beyond allowance Free and unlimited $10.00 $0.01 / GB

Civo offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
L40S Medium 1x L40S 48GB 8 64GB $1.79
A100-40 Small 1x A100 40GB 8 64GB $1.79
A100-80 Small 1x A100 80GB 12 128GB $2.38
L40S Medium (2x) 2x L40S 96GB 16 128GB $3.57
A100-40 Medium 2x A100 80GB 16 128GB $3.57
A100-80 Medium 2x A100 160GB 24 256GB $4.76
L40S Large 4x L40S 192GB 32 255GB $7.14
A100-40 Large 4x A100 160GB 32 255GB $7.14
A100-80 Large 4x A100 320GB 48 512GB $9.52
L40S Extra Large 8x L40S 384GB 64 512GB $14.29
A100-40 Extra Large 8x A100 320GB 64 512GB $14.29
A100-80 Extra Large 8x A100 640GB 96 1024GB $19.05
H100 1x H100 80GB -- -- On Request
GH200 1x GH200 96GB -- -- On Request

DigitalOcean offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
Nvidia H100 SXM 1x H100 80GB 20 240GB $3.39 Launch
Nvidia H100 SXM 8x H100 640GB 160 1920GB $23.92 Launch

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer?

Here are some of the managed services that Civo and DigitalOcean offer:

Service Civo DigitalOcean
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN) --
Container Registry --
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers --
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
Object Storage
Serverless Cron Jobs --
Serverless Functions --
Static Sites --
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Civo
Website civo.com
Headquarters United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Founded 2015
Data Center Locations 5
Example Customers TrueFoundry, Fermyon, Defense.com™
DigitalOcean
Website digitalocean.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2011
Data Center Locations 14
Example Customers Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai

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Our data for Civo was last updated on Oct. 16, 2024, and for DigitalOcean on Oct. 2, 2024.