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
RunPod
- Affordable GPUs in various configurations
- Packed with features: hot-reloading, managed containers, logging & monitoring
- Available in 30+ regions across the world
Price comparison
How do DigitalOcean's prices compare against RunPod?
Example configuration | DigitalOcean | RunPod |
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VM Small | $6.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | $43.20 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) |
VM Medium | $48.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | $86.40 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) |
VM Large | $168.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | $172.80 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) |
Block Storage | $10.00 / mo 100 GB | $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 $0.01 / GB | Free and unlimited |
DigitalOcean offers GPUs in the following configurations:
Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
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Nvidia H100 SXM | 1x H100 | 80GB | 20 | 240GB | $3.39 | Launch |
Nvidia H100 SXM | 8x H100 | 640GB | 160 | 1920GB | $23.92 | Launch |
RunPod offers GPUs in the following configurations:
Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A30 | 1x A30 | 24GB | 8 | 31GB | $0.22 | Source |
RTX A4000 | 1x A4000 | 16GB | 4 | 20GB | $0.32 | Source |
A4500 | 1x A4500 | 20GB | 4 | 29GB | $0.34 | Source |
A5000 | 1x A5000 | 24GB | 4 | 24GB | $0.36 | Source |
A40 | 1x A40 | 48GB | 9 | 50GB | $0.39 | Source |
RTX4090 | 1x RTX 4090 | 24GB | 5 | 30GB | $0.69 | Source |
A6000 | 1x A6000 | 48GB | 8 | 62GB | $0.76 | Source |
A6000 Ada | 1x A6000 | 48GB | 14 | 58GB | $0.88 | Source |
L40 | 1x L40S | 48GB | 16 | 250GB | $0.99 | Source |
L40S | 1x L40S | 48GB | 12 | 62GB | $1.03 | Source |
A100 PCIe | 1x A100 | 80GB | 8 | 117GB | $1.64 | Source |
A100 SXM | 1x A100 | 80GB | 16 | 125GB | $1.89 | Source |
MI250 | 1x MI250 | 128GB | -- | -- | $2.10 | Source |
H100 PCIe | 1x H100 | 80GB | 24 | 188GB | $2.69 | Source |
H100 SXM | 1x H100 | 80GB | 16 | 125GB | $2.99 | Source |
MI300X | 1x MI300X | 192GB | 24 | 283GB | $2.99 | Source |
H200 SXM | 1x H200 | 141GB | -- | -- | $3.99 | Source |
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 managed services that DigitalOcean and RunPod offer:
Service | DigitalOcean | RunPod |
---|---|---|
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
DigitalOcean | RunPod | |
---|---|---|
Website | digitalocean.com | www.runpod.io |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2011 | 2022 |
Data Center Locations | 14 | 24 |
Example Customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | AfterShoot, Replika, Otovo, Data Science Dojo, Abzu |
DigitalOcean | |
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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 |
RunPod | |
---|---|
Website | www.runpod.io |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2022 |
Data Center Locations | 24 |
Example Customers | AfterShoot, Replika, Otovo, Data Science Dojo, Abzu |
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More comparisonsOur data for DigitalOcean was last updated on Dec. 12, 2024, and for RunPod on Nov. 9, 2024.