DigitalOcean
vs
Together AI
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
- Per-minute billing with transparent pricing
- High-performance GPUs including H100, H200, and GB200
- Support for 200+ open-source AI models
- Both serverless and dedicated cluster options
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | DigitalOcean | Together AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $60.90 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $12.00 /mo Regional HTTP, 1 node | -- Not listed | |
| 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, while Together AI offers 6. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | DigitalOcean | Together AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs · 4 configs
|
$4.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | 55% cheaper on Together AI |
|
B300
2 configs · 1 config
|
$7.94 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $4.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
H200
3 configs · 4 configs
|
$4.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | 33% cheaper on Together AI |
MI355X
1 config
|
$2.97 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
MI300X
3 configs
|
$1.91 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
L40S
1 config
|
$1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
1 config
|
$1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
B200
4 configs
|
-- | $4.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | Together AI only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Together AI only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Together AI only |
DigitalOcean bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 months); Together AI bills on-demand and reserved (1, 3 or 6 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | DigitalOcean | Together AI |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | 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 | Together AI |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2020 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 16 | 26 |
| Example customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | Pika Labs, Nexusflow, Arcee AI |
| Website | digitalocean.com | together.ai |
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Our data for DigitalOcean was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Together AI on Oct. 1, 2026.