DigitalOcean
vs
Thalassa Cloud
Both sell VPS, managed Kubernetes, Postgres, object storage. DigitalOcean charges less for VMs and adds GPUs and an app platform, while Thalassa Cloud charges less for Postgres and hosts everything in the Netherlands.
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
- European cloud with data residency in the Netherlands
- Full Terraform support and API-first platform
- Billed by the minute, with monthly invoicing in Euro
- Direct engineer support in Dutch and English
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | DigitalOcean | Thalassa Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | $9.14 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM | 34% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Medium VM | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | $122.14 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | 61% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | $248.47 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM | 32% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | $19.90 /mo 100 GB NVMe | 50% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Object storage | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $60.90 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage | $24.67 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (db-pgp.medium) | 59% cheaper on Thalassa Cloud |
| Redis | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $12.00 /mo Regional HTTP, 1 node | $16.66 /mo HA Network Load Balancer | 28% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Serverless | $34.69 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 500 GB - 12 TB / mo per instance, pooled | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | -- Not listed |
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. We don't currently list GPU prices for Thalassa Cloud.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | DigitalOcean | Thalassa Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | -- |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | -- |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | -- |
| PCI DSS | SAQ-A | -- |
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 | Thalassa Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2024 |
| Headquarters | USA | Netherlands |
| Locations | 16 | 1 |
| Example customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | ContainerInfra, RepliKate, Balean, BrainHive, BaseTide |
| Website | digitalocean.com | thalassa.cloud |
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Our data for DigitalOcean was last updated on Oct. 21, 2026, and for Thalassa Cloud on Sept. 18, 2026.