DigitalOcean
vs
Impossible Cloud
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
- Flat per-TB storage pricing with no egress fees
- European jurisdiction and data sovereignty, GDPR compliant
- ISO 27001, SOC 2, and PCI DSS certified data centers
- Bare metal NVIDIA DGX GPU servers
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | DigitalOcean | Impossible Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | $7.99 /mo 1 TB stored | 60% cheaper on Impossible Cloud |
| PostgreSQL | $60.90 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $12.00 /mo Regional HTTP, 1 node | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | $34.69 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 500 GB - 12 TB / mo per instance, pooled | No egress fees | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | Free No egress or API request charges | Free on Impossible Cloud |
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 Impossible Cloud offers 4. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | DigitalOcean | Impossible Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs · 1 config
|
$3.26 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $2.95 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | 10% cheaper on Impossible Cloud |
|
B300
2 configs · 14 configs
|
$7.94 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $7.26 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | 9% cheaper on Impossible Cloud |
|
H200
3 configs · 1 config
|
$3.40 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $3.11 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | 9% cheaper on Impossible Cloud |
MI355X
1 config
|
$2.97 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
MI300X
3 configs
|
$1.91 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
L40S
1 config
|
$1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
1 config
|
$1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
MI325X
3 configs
|
$2.88 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
RTX 4000 Ada
1 config
|
$0.76 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $8.42 /GPU/hr Reserved (7 mo) | Impossible Cloud only |
DigitalOcean bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 months); Impossible Cloud bills reserved (3, 6, 7, 8, 12, 24, 36, 48 or 60 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 | DigitalOcean | Impossible Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Data centers only |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | SAQ-A | Data centers only |
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 | Impossible Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2021 |
| Headquarters | USA | Germany |
| Locations | 16 | 3 |
| Example customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | -- |
| Website | digitalocean.com | www.impossiblecloud.com |
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Our data for DigitalOcean was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Impossible Cloud on Oct. 2, 2026.