DigitalOcean
vs
Lade
Both run managed containers and Postgres with block storage. DigitalOcean charges less for VMs and egress and adds VPS, Kubernetes and GPUs, while Lade charges less for Postgres at fixed hourly prices.
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
- Simple deployment process with support for multiple programming languages
- High-availability infrastructure with automatic failover
- Managed databases with automated daily backups
- Real-time log collection and monitoring
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | DigitalOcean | Lade | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | $10.00 /mo 1 CPU, 1 GB RAM | 40% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Medium VM | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | $80.00 /mo 2 CPU, 8 GB RAM | 40% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | $9.60 /mo 64 GB | Within 5% |
| Object storage | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $60.90 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage | $40.00 /mo 4 GB RAM, 32 GB storage | 34% cheaper on Lade |
| Redis | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | $10.00 /mo 1 GB RAM | 33% cheaper on Lade |
| Load balancer | $12.00 /mo Regional HTTP, 1 node | Included in plan | |
| Serverless | $34.69 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 500 GB - 12 TB / mo per instance, pooled | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | $50.00 /TB $0.05 / GB | 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. We don't currently list GPU prices for Lade.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | DigitalOcean | Lade |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | -- |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | -- |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | 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 | Lade |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | -- |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 16 | 9 |
| Example customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | -- |
| Website | digitalocean.com | lade.io |
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Our data for DigitalOcean was last updated on Oct. 22, 2026, and for Lade on Sept. 18, 2026.