DigitalOcean
vs
Leaseweb
Both sell VPS, managed Kubernetes, object storage, a CDN and GPUs. DigitalOcean adds managed databases, an app platform and AMD GPUs, while Leaseweb charges less for VMs and egress and sells bare metal.
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
- 20+ data centers across four continents
- 30 TB outgoing traffic included on every VPS
- DDoS protection and 10 Gbps uplink standard on VPS
- S3-compatible object storage in 6 regions
- 99.99% SLA on GPU cloud, high durability on object storage
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | DigitalOcean | Leaseweb | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | $4.06 /mo 4 vCPU, 6 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe (VPS 1) | 32% cheaper on Leaseweb |
| Medium VM | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | $9.14 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 200 GB NVMe (VPS 2) | 81% cheaper on Leaseweb |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | $14.22 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM, 300 GB NVMe (VPS 3) | 92% cheaper on Leaseweb |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | $8.77 /mo 100 GB Network SSD, up to 5K IOPS | 12% cheaper on Leaseweb |
| Object storage | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | $19.58 /mo 1 TB stored | Within 5% |
| 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 | VPS includes 30 TB per instance. Incoming is free. 1 TB free pooled traffic per month | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | $2.49 /TB 1 TB outgoing beyond free allowance · Drops to €1.00/TB at 100 TB. | 75% cheaper on Leaseweb |
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 Leaseweb offers 8. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | DigitalOcean | Leaseweb | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs · 7 configs
|
$3.26 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $1.88 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Different terms |
|
H200
3 configs · 4 configs
|
$3.40 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $2.22 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Different terms |
|
L40S
1 config · 6 configs
|
$1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.73 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Different terms |
|
B300
2 configs
|
$7.94 /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
5 configs
|
-- | $0.88 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Leaseweb only |
|
L4
20 configs
|
-- | $0.41 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Leaseweb only |
|
T4
11 configs
|
-- | $0.22 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Leaseweb only |
DigitalOcean bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 months); Leaseweb bills on-demand and reserved (1 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 | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Leaseweb Canada colocation only |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | Leaseweb USA only |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | SAQ-A | Physical security 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 | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 1997 |
| Headquarters | USA | Netherlands |
| Locations | 16 | 10 |
| Example customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | Adjust, Crytek, Rijksmuseum, XDA Developers, Remerge, Jodel, International Paralympic Committee |
| Website | digitalocean.com | www.leaseweb.com |
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Our data for DigitalOcean was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Leaseweb on Oct. 1, 2026.