What's good about...
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
FluidStack
- Deploy GPU workloads without having to manage infrastructure
- Affordable prices, wide range of GPU options
- Clusters can be reserved to lock-in savings
- 24/7 support with a 15-minute response time
Price comparison
How do DigitalOcean's prices compare against FluidStack?
| Example configuration |
DigitalOcean
|
FluidStack
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | $6.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | -- |
| VM Medium | $48.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | -- |
| VM Large | $168.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | -- |
| Block Storage | $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 | $10.00 $0.01 / GB | -- |
DigitalOcean offers GPUs in the following configurations:
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidia H100 | 1x H100 | 80GB | 20 | 240GB | $6.74 | |
| Nvidia H100x8 | 8x H100 | 640GB | 160 | 1920GB | $47.60 | |
FluidStack offers GPUs in the following configurations:
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidia A4000 | 1x A4000 | 16GB | 36 | 128GB | $0.40 | |
| Nvidia A5000 | 1x A5000 | 24GB | 36 | 128GB | $0.55 | |
| Nvidia A40 | 1x A40 | 48GB | 32 | 128GB | $0.60 | |
| Nvidia A6000 | 1x A6000 | 48GB | 48 | 128GB | $0.80 | |
| Nvidia L40 | 1x L40S | 48GB | 32 | 48GB | $1.25 | |
| Nvidia A100 PCIe 40GB | 1x A100 | 40GB | 32 | 128GB | $1.65 | |
| Nvidia A100 PCIe 80GB | 1x A100 | 80GB | 48 | 256GB | $1.80 | |
| Nvidia H100 PCIe | 1x H100 | 80GB | 48 | 256GB | $2.89 | |
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 of the managed services that DigitalOcean and FluidStack offer:
| Service |
DigitalOcean
|
FluidStack
|
|---|---|---|
| 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
|
DigitalOcean
|
FluidStack
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | digitalocean.com | www.fluidstack.io |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 |
| Founded | 2011 | 2017 |
| Data Center Locations | 14 | 4 |
| Example Customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | Character.ai, Playground, Samsung Research, Krisp, Codeway |
|
DigitalOcean
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | digitalocean.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Data Center Locations | 14 |
| Example Customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai |
|
FluidStack
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | www.fluidstack.io |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Data Center Locations | 4 |
| Example Customers | Character.ai, Playground, Samsung Research, Krisp, Codeway |
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Our data for DigitalOcean was last updated on Oct. 2, 2024, and for FluidStack on Sept. 25, 2024.