DigitalOcean
vs
Oracle 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
- 10 TB of free egress each month
- Same compute and storage prices in every region
- Flexible shapes with CPU and memory sized separately
- Oracle Database inside AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
- Always Free tier with Arm VMs and databases
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | DigitalOcean | Oracle Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | $3.33 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex, 12.5% burstable) | 45% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Medium VM | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | $44.64 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | 7% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | $89.28 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | 47% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | $4.25 /mo 100 GB (Balanced) | 57% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Object storage | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | $26.49 /mo 1 TB | 24% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| PostgreSQL | $60.90 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage | $119.65 /mo 2 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (PostgreSQL.VM.Standard.E5.Flex) | 49% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Redis | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | $27.94 /mo 2 GB RAM (OCI Cache, Valkey) | 46% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Load balancer | $12.00 /mo Regional HTTP, 1 node | Free Network Load Balancer | Free on Oracle Cloud |
| Serverless | $34.69 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | $31.57 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | 9% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Egress allowance | 500 GB - 12 TB / mo per instance, pooled | 10 TB / mo | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | $8.50 /TB $0.0085 / GB (North America, Europe) | 15% cheaper on Oracle 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 Oracle Cloud offers 15. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | DigitalOcean | Oracle Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs · 1 config
|
$4.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | $10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 56% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
|
B300
2 configs · 1 config
|
$7.94 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $15.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
H200
3 configs · 1 config
|
$4.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | $10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 55% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
MI355X
1 config · 1 config
|
$2.97 /GPU/hr Spot | $8.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
MI300X
3 configs · 1 config
|
$2.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 57% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
|
L40S
1 config · 1 config
|
$1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 55% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
|
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 |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $14.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
-- | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
DigitalOcean bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 months); Oracle Cloud bills on-demand. 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 | Oracle Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Yes |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | SAQ-A | Yes |
| FedRAMP | -- | High, US Government Cloud |
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 | Oracle Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 16 | 45 |
| Example customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | Bosch, Uber, Marriott, Telefónica Colombia |
| Website | digitalocean.com | www.oracle.com |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for DigitalOcean was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Oracle Cloud on Oct. 1, 2026.