DigitalOcean vs Hot Aisle
Both Hot Aisle and DigitalOcean offer AMD MI300X GPUs. Hot Aisle specializes in bare metal AMD GPU servers with competitive pricing, while DigitalOcean provides a range of cloud services including AMD-powered GPUs.
What's good about...
DigitalOcean
- Simple, developer-first cloud
- Predictable pricing & monthly caps
- AI platform powered by Paperspace GPUs
- Vast library of tutorials & 1-click apps
Hot Aisle
- Simple, competitive pricing at $2.99/GPU/h
- Self-serve platform with bare metal access
- SOC2 Type 2 and HIPAA compliant
- Hosted in a Tier 5 facility 100% powered by renewable energy
Price comparison
How do DigitalOcean's prices compare against Hot Aisle?
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Block Storage
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Load Balancer
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Managed PostgreSQL
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Managed Redis®*
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Serverless 25M Executions
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Free egress allowance
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance
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Hot Aisle Pricing Details
Hot Aisle offers three tiers: Small (1x MI300X), Medium (2-4x MI300X), and Large (8x MI300X bare metal). VMs are priced at $2.99/GPU/hr, billed by the minute. The 8x bare metal tier is $3.39/GPU/hr with a one-month minimum commitment.
CPU cores scale with GPU count:
- Small (1x): 8 or 13 cores
- Medium (2x): 26 cores
- Medium (4x): 52 cores
- Large (8x): 64 or 102 cores
The full specs are available here.
GPU Fleet Overview
Billing Options
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H100Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that DigitalOcean and Hot Aisle offer:
Company details
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| Website | digitalocean.com | hotaisle.xyz |
| Headquarters |
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United States of America
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| Founded | 2011 | 2023 |
| Data Center Locations | 14 | 1 |
| Example Customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | -- |
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Our data for DigitalOcean was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Hot Aisle on Sept. 11, 2026.