CoreWeave
vs
DigitalOcean
What's good about each
- Nvidia nodes from A100 up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Bare-metal nodes under a managed Kubernetes control plane
- No charge for the Kubernetes control plane or Slurm
- Free egress and no object storage request fees
- 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 | CoreWeave | DigitalOcean | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | |
| Block storage | $7.00 /mo 100 GB (Distributed File Storage) | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 30% cheaper on CoreWeave |
| Object storage | $61.44 /mo 1 TB (Hot) | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | 67% 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 | -- 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 | 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
CoreWeave offers 11 GPU models, while DigitalOcean offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | CoreWeave | DigitalOcean | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 3 configs
|
$6.16 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | 28% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
|
B300
1 config · 2 configs
|
$4.48 /GPU/hr Spot | $11.19 /GPU/hr Spot | 60% cheaper on CoreWeave |
|
H200
2 configs · 3 configs
|
$6.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | 29% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
|
L40S
2 configs · 1 config
|
$2.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | 30% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
|
B200
2 configs
|
$4.26 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
3 configs
|
$1.20 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave only |
|
A100
2 configs
|
$1.21 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave only |
MI300X
3 configs
|
-- | $1.91 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | DigitalOcean only |
|
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $4.50 /GPU/hr Spot | DigitalOcean only |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
1 config
|
-- | $1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | DigitalOcean only |
CoreWeave bills on-demand and spot; 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 | CoreWeave | 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 | CoreWeave | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 | 2012 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 55 | 16 |
| Example customers | OpenAI, Cohere, Mistral AI, NovelAI | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai |
| Website | coreweave.com | digitalocean.com |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for CoreWeave was last updated on Sept. 22, 2026, and for DigitalOcean on Sept. 22, 2026.