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
Shadeform
- Launch instances anywhere with a single console and API
- Leverage a multi-cloud set up, without the hassle
- You can reserve instances in advance to ensure GPU availability
- Free to use, zero mark-up fees
Price comparison
How do DigitalOcean's prices compare against Shadeform?
Example configuration | DigitalOcean | Shadeform |
---|---|---|
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 offers GPUs in the following configurations:
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 |
Shadeform does not charge any fees to use their marketplace. You pay the same price as using the cloud providers directly.
Here are some example configurations:
GPU | VRAM | Price range (per hour) |
---|---|---|
Nvidia A4000 | 16 GB | $0.30-0.80 |
Nvidia A6000 | 48 GB | $0.57-1.93 |
Nvidia V100 | 16 GB | $0.69-3.06 |
Nvidia L40S | 48 GB | $0.99-1.15 |
Nvidia A100 | 40 GB | $1.29-3.19 |
Nvidia H100 | 80 GB | $2.48-5.99 |
You can view the full list here.
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 Shadeform offer:
Service | DigitalOcean | Shadeform |
---|---|---|
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 | Shadeform | |
---|---|---|
Website | digitalocean.com | shadeform.ai |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2011 | 2023 |
Data Center Locations | 14 | -- |
Example Customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | University of California Berkeley, Magic Studio, Neets.ai, MK1 |
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 |
Shadeform | |
---|---|
Website | shadeform.ai |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2023 |
Data Center Locations | -- |
Example Customers | University of California Berkeley, Magic Studio, Neets.ai, MK1 |
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More comparisonsOur data for DigitalOcean was last updated on Oct. 2, 2024, and for Shadeform on Aug. 16, 2024.