DataCrunch vs DigitalOcean

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

DataCrunch

Offers a wide range GPU models including the Nvidia H200
Great documentation, easy to use API
Based in EU, may ease GDPR compliance

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 DataCrunch's prices compare against DigitalOcean?

Example configuration	DataCrunch	DigitalOcean
VM Small	--	$6.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic)
VM Medium	$28.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM	$48.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic)
VM Large	$57.60 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM	$168.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized)
Block Storage	$20.00 / mo 100 GB NVMe	$10.00 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage	--	$20.00 / mo 1 TiB
Load Balancer	--	$12.00 / mo
Managed PostgreSQL	--	$60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage
Managed Redis®*	--	$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

DataCrunch offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
Tesla V100 16GB	1x V100	16GB	6	23GB	$0.39	Launch
RTX A6000 48GB	1x A6000	48GB	10	60GB	$1.01	Launch
L40S	1x L40S	48GB	20	60GB	$1.10	Source
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB	1x RTX 6000	48GB	10	60GB	$1.19	Source
A100 SXM4 40GB	1x A100	40GB	22	120GB	$1.29	Launch
A100 SXM4 80GB	1x A100	80GB	22	120GB	$1.89	Launch
H100 SXM5 80GB	1x H100	80GB	30	120GB	$2.65	Launch
H200 SXM5 141GB	1x H200	141GB	44	185GB	$3.03	Launch
A100 SXM4 80GB	2x A100	160GB	44	240GB	$3.78	Source
A100 SXM4 40GB	4x A100	160GB	88	480GB	$5.16	Source
H100 SXM5 80GB	2x H100	160GB	80	370GB	$5.30	Source
H200 SXM5 141GB	2x H200	282GB	88	370GB	$6.06	Source
A100 SXM4 80GB	4x A100	320GB	88	480GB	$7.56	Source
H100 SXM5 80GB	4x H100	320GB	176	740GB	$10.60	Source
H200 SXM5 141GB	4x H200	564GB	176	740GB	$12.12	Source
A100 SXM4 80GB	8x A100	640GB	176	960GB	$15.12	Source
H200 SXM5 141GB	8x H200	1128GB	176	1450GB	$24.24	Source

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 managed services that DataCrunch and DigitalOcean offer:

Service	DataCrunch	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

	DataCrunch	DigitalOcean
Website	datacrunch.io	digitalocean.com
Headquarters	Finland 🇫🇮	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2018	2011
Data Center Locations	3	14
Example Customers	Sony, Findable, Harvard University, MIT, Korea University	Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai

	DataCrunch
Website	datacrunch.io
Headquarters	Finland 🇫🇮
Founded	2018
Data Center Locations	3
Example Customers	Sony, Findable, Harvard University, MIT, Korea University

	DigitalOcean
Website	digitalocean.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2011
Data Center Locations	14
Example Customers	Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai