What's good about...
DigitalOcean
- Wide range of managed services: from databases to serverless to Kubernetes
- Many VPS configurations available (GPUs, high memory, dedicated CPU)
- Plenty of datacenter locations around the world
- There's lots of guides, docs and community tutorials online
Replicate
- Run AI/ML models without worrying about infrastructure and scaling
- Excellent web UI to explore and try out models without code
- Train and deploy custom models using Cog
Price comparison
How do DigitalOcean's prices compare against Replicate?
Example configuration |
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VM Small | $6.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | -- |
VM Medium | $48.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | -- |
VM Large | $168.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | -- |
Block Storage | $10.00 / mo 100 GB | -- |
Object Storage | $20.00 / mo 1 TiB | -- |
Load Balancer | $12.00 / mo | -- |
Managed PostgreSQL | $60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage | -- |
Managed Redis®* | $15.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | -- |
Serverless 25M Executions | $34.69 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- |
Free egress allowance | 100 GB - 10 TB / mo per instance | -- |
1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $10.00 | -- |
Replicate uses a metered billing model. You only pay as long as your code is running, billed by the second based on the hardware selected.
Replicate offers GPUs in the following configurations:
Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
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Nvidia T4 | 1x T4 | 16GB | 4 | 16GB | $0.81 | |
Nvidia A40 (Small) | 1x A40 | 48GB | 4 | 16GB | $2.07 | |
Nvidia A40 (Large) | 1x A40 | 48GB | 10 | 72GB | $2.61 | |
Nvidia A100 (40GB) | 1x A100 | 40GB | 10 | 72GB | $4.14 | |
Nvidia A100 (80GB) | 1x A100 | 80GB | 10 | 144GB | $5.04 | |
2x Nvidia A40 (Large) | 2x A40 | 96GB | 20 | 144GB | $5.22 | |
2x Nvidia A100 (40GB) | 2x A100 | 80GB | 20 | 144GB | $8.28 | |
2x Nvidia A100 (80GB) | 2x A100 | 160GB | 20 | 288GB | $10.08 | |
4x Nvidia A40 (Large) | 4x A40 | 192GB | 40 | 288GB | $10.44 | |
4x Nvidia A100 (40GB) | 4x A100 | 160GB | 40 | 288GB | $16.56 | |
4x Nvidia A100 (80GB) | 4x A100 | 320GB | 40 | 576GB | $20.16 | |
8x Nvidia A40 (Large) | 8x A40 | 384GB | 48 | 680GB | $20.88 | |
8x Nvidia A100 (80GB) | 8x A100 | 640GB | 80 | 960GB | $40.32 | |
Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.
Which services do they offer?
Here are some of the managed services that DigitalOcean and Replicate offer:
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Block Storage | -- | |
Content Delivery Network (CDN) | -- | |
Container Registry | -- | |
GPU-powered Servers | ||
Load Balancer | -- | |
Managed Containers | -- | |
Managed Kubernetes | -- | |
Managed MySQL | -- | |
Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
Managed Redis®* | -- | |
Object Storage | -- | |
Serverless Cron Jobs | -- | |
Serverless Functions | -- | |
Static Sites | -- | |
Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
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Website | digitalocean.com | replicate.com |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2011 | 2019 |
Data Center Locations | 14 | -- |
Example Customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | BuzzFeed, PhotoAI, Magnific, Unsplash, HeadshotPro |
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Website | digitalocean.com |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2011 |
Data Center Locations | 14 |
Example Customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai |
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Website | replicate.com |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2019 |
Data Center Locations | -- |
Example Customers | BuzzFeed, PhotoAI, Magnific, Unsplash, HeadshotPro |
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More comparisonsOur data for DigitalOcean was last updated on July 24, 2024, and for Replicate on Sept. 7, 2024.