Database Mart
vs
DigitalOcean
What's good about each
- Large selection of VPS and dedicated GPUs
- Affordable pricing and generous free egress allowance
- Regularly offers GPUs at a discount
- US-based data centers and 24/7 customer support
- 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 | Database Mart | DigitalOcean | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.99 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB SSD | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | 14% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Medium VM | $12.99 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 140 GB SSD | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | 73% cheaper on Database Mart |
| Large VM | $23.99 /mo 8 vCPU, 18 GB RAM, 240 GB SSD | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 86% cheaper on Database Mart |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB extra SSD space | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | Identical |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | $12.99 /mo 3 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 100 GB SSD | $60.90 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage | 79% cheaper on Database Mart |
| 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 | 32 TB per instance 100 Mbps (shared) | 500 GB - 12 TB / mo per instance, pooled | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB Upgrade to 320 TB, 1 Gbps (shared) | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | 50% 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
Database Mart offers 24 GPU models, while DigitalOcean offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Database Mart | DigitalOcean | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
4 configs · 3 configs
|
$3.05 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $3.26 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | 6% cheaper on Database Mart |
|
RTX PRO 6000
3 configs
|
$0.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (24 mo) | -- | Database Mart only |
|
RTX 5090
12 configs
|
$0.58 /GPU/hr Reserved (24 mo) | -- | Database Mart only |
|
A100
12 configs
|
$0.66 /GPU/hr Reserved (24 mo) | -- | Database Mart only |
|
RTX 4090
8 configs
|
$0.51 /GPU/hr Reserved (24 mo) | -- | Database Mart only |
|
RTX A6000
12 configs
|
$0.42 /GPU/hr Reserved (24 mo) | -- | Database Mart 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 |
Database Mart bills reserved (1, 3, 12 or 24 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 | Database Mart | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Data centers only |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | -- | 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 | Database Mart | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 | 2012 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 2 | 16 |
| Example customers | EscrichSoft, Zavanti, SparqData | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai |
| Website | www.databasemart.com | digitalocean.com |
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Our data for Database Mart was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for DigitalOcean on Oct. 1, 2026.