DigitalOcean
vs
Elastx
What's good about each
- 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
- Three availability zones, all in Sweden
- ISO 27001, 27017, 27018 and 14001 certified
- 24/7 support included at no extra cost
- Datacenters run on 100% renewable electricity
- A100, L4, L40S and RTX PRO 6000 GPUs
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | DigitalOcean | Elastx | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | $26.12 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB disk | 77% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Medium VM | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | $126.43 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 120 GB disk | 62% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | $252.86 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 240 GB disk | 34% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | $28.32 /mo 100 GB SSD (4000 IOPS) | 65% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Object storage | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | $69.87 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | 71% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| PostgreSQL | $60.90 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage | $182.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk | 67% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Redis | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | $182.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk (Valkey) | 92% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Load balancer | $12.00 /mo Regional HTTP, 1 node | $38.59 /mo v1-lb-1 | 69% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Serverless | $34.69 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 500 GB - 12 TB / mo per instance, pooled | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | $49.85 /TB 1 TB external traffic | 80% 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, while Elastx offers 4. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | DigitalOcean | Elastx | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
L40S
1 config · 1 config
|
$1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | 29% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
|
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 |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
1 config
|
$1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
-- | $2.77 /GPU/hr On-demand | Elastx only |
|
A100
2 configs
|
-- | $3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | Elastx only |
|
L4
1 config
|
-- | $0.98 /GPU/hr On-demand | Elastx only |
DigitalOcean bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 months); Elastx bills on-demand. 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 | DigitalOcean | Elastx |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | -- |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Yes |
| 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 | DigitalOcean | Elastx |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2012 |
| Headquarters | USA | Sweden |
| Locations | 16 | 3 |
| Example customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | -- |
| Website | digitalocean.com | elastx.se |
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Our data for DigitalOcean was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Elastx on Sept. 22, 2026.