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
Sesterce
- Wide selection of Nvidia, AMD, and Intel GPUs
- Provides both virtualized GPU instances and dedicated bare-metal clusters
- Specializes in infrastructure for AI/ML model training and inference
- Based in the EU, may ease GDPR compliance
Price comparison
How do DigitalOcean's prices compare against Sesterce?
| Example configuration |
DigitalOcean
|
Sesterce
|
|---|---|---|
| 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 $0.01 / GB | -- |
DigitalOcean GPUs
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidia H100 SXM | 1x H100 | 80GB | 20 | 240GB | $3.39 | Launch |
| Nvidia H100 SXM | 8x H100 | 640GB | 160 | 1920GB | $23.92 | Launch |
Sesterce GPUs
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1x A4000 | 1x A4000 | 16GB | 4 | -- | $0.15 | Source |
| 1x A30 | 1x A30 | 24GB | 16 | -- | $0.33 | Source |
| 1x V100 16G | 1x V100 | 16GB | 6 | -- | $0.39 | Source |
| 1x A5000 | 1x A5000 | 24GB | 6 | -- | $0.49 | Source |
| 1x A6000 | 1x A6000 | 48GB | 28 | 48GB | $0.50 | Source |
| 1x A16 | 1x A16 | 48GB | 6 | -- | $0.51 | Source |
| 1x A40 | 1x A40 | 48GB | 6 | -- | $0.53 | Source |
| 1x RTX 4090 | 1x RTX 4090 | 24GB | 12 | -- | $0.60 | Source |
| 1x L40 | 1x L40 | 48GB | 26 | 192GB | $0.99 | Source |
| 1x RTX 6000 Ada | 1x RTX 6000 | 48GB | 10 | -- | $1.07 | Source |
| 1x A100 40G | 1x A100 | 40GB | 14 | -- | $1.25 | Source |
| 1x A100 80G | 1x A100 | 80GB | 28 | -- | $1.35 | Source |
| 1x L40S | 1x L40S | 48GB | 20 | -- | $1.36 | Source |
| 1x H100 | 1x H100 | 80GB | 28 | 180GB | $1.90 | Source |
| 1x V100 32G | 1x V100 | 32GB | 8 | -- | $2.34 | Source |
| 1x MI300X | 1x MI300X | 192GB | 6 | -- | $3.00 | Source |
| 1x H200 | 1x H200 | 141GB | 44 | 24GB | $3.37 | Source |
| 1x GH200 | 1x GH200 | 96GB | 144 | -- | $4.23 | Source |
| 1x B200 | 1x B200 | 192GB | 31 | 250GB | $4.90 | 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 Sesterce offer:
| Service |
DigitalOcean
|
Sesterce
|
|---|---|---|
| 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
|
Sesterce
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | digitalocean.com | www.sesterce.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | France 🇫🇷 |
| Founded | 2011 | 2018 |
| Data Center Locations | 14 | 43 |
| Example Customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | -- |
|
DigitalOcean
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | digitalocean.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Data Center Locations | 14 |
| Example Customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai |
|
Sesterce
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | www.sesterce.com |
| Headquarters | France 🇫🇷 |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Data Center Locations | 43 |
| Example Customers | -- |
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Our data for DigitalOcean was last updated on March 21, 2025, and for Sesterce on April 17, 2025.