Cleura
vs
DigitalOcean
What's good about each
- All infrastructure located in EU (Sweden and Germany) for full data sovereignty
- OpenStack-based platform with no vendor lock-in
- Transparent pricing with per-second billing
- €50 free trial credit for new users
- Strong focus on compliance and regulated industries
- Simple, developer-first cloud
- Predictable pricing & monthly caps
- AI platform powered by Paperspace GPUs
- Vast library of tutorials & 1-click apps
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cleura | DigitalOcean | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $15.44 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Public) | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | 2.6x more expensive on Cleura |
| Medium VM | $89.86 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Public) | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | 47% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Large VM | $179.72 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Public) | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 7% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Block storage | $11.59 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 14% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Object storage | $31.52 /mo 1 TB | $20.00 /mo 1 TiB | 37% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | |
| Load balancer | $39.92 /mo Octavia LBaaS | $12.00 /mo | 3.3x more expensive on Cleura |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $34.69 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 100 GB - 10 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | $33.33 /TB €0.02875 / GB | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | 3.3x more expensive on Cleura |
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
DigitalOcean offers 10 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Cleura. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cleura | DigitalOcean | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs
|
-- | $3.26 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | DigitalOcean only |
|
B300
2 configs
|
-- | $7.94 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | DigitalOcean only |
|
H200
3 configs
|
-- | $3.40 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | DigitalOcean 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 |
|
RTX 4000 Ada
1 config
|
-- | $0.76 /GPU/hr On-demand | DigitalOcean only |
|
MI350X
2 configs
|
-- | $4.00 /GPU/hr Spot | DigitalOcean only |
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.
Company details
| Fact | Cleura | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Sweden | USA |
| Locations | 6 | 14 |
| Example customers | Miljödata, Clavister, Spintr, Boost.ai | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai |
| Website | cleura.com | digitalocean.com |
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Our data for Cleura was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for DigitalOcean on Sept. 11, 2026.