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
- 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 | Cleura | DigitalOcean | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $15.05 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Public) | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | 60% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Medium VM | $87.58 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Public) | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | 45% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Large VM | $175.16 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Public) | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | Within 5% |
| Block storage | $11.30 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 12% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Object storage | $33.11 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | 40% 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 | $38.91 /mo Octavia LBaaS | $12.00 /mo Regional HTTP, 1 node | 69% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| 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 | $32.48 /TB €0.02875 / GB | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | 69% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
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 |
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.97 /GPU/hr Spot | DigitalOcean only |
|
MI300X
3 configs
|
-- | $1.91 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | 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
|
-- | $2.46 /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.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Cleura | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | 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 | Cleura | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Sweden | USA |
| Locations | 6 | 16 |
| Example customers | Miljödata, Clavister, Spintr, Boost.ai | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai |
| Website | cleura.com | digitalocean.com |
Alternatives to consider
Compare Cleura and DigitalOcean against other cloud providers.
Our data for Cleura was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for DigitalOcean on Oct. 1, 2026.