DigitalOcean
vs
Netlify
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
- Specialized in Jamstack architectures: JS, APIs and Markup
- Extensive functionality such as forms, edge functions and analytics
- Pro plan bills per team, not per seat, with unlimited members
- Free plan includes 300 credits per month with a hard spend limit
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | DigitalOcean | Netlify | 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 | -- Not listed | |
| 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 | $69.44 /mo 25M invocations, 1 GB RAM (minimum), 150 ms duration · Compute billed at 10 credits / GB-hour | 50% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Egress allowance | 500 GB - 12 TB / mo per instance, pooled | Covered by plan credits (~15 GB) | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | $133.33 /TB 20 credits / GB ($0.13 / GB) | 92% 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 Netlify.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | DigitalOcean | Netlify |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | Enterprise only |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | SAQ-A | 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 | Netlify |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 16 | 16 |
| Example customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | Twilio, Mattel, Google, Riot Games, Mailchimp |
| Website | digitalocean.com | netlify.com |
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Our data for DigitalOcean was last updated on Oct. 21, 2026, and for Netlify on Sept. 18, 2026.