DigitalOcean
vs
Utho
Both sell VPS, managed Kubernetes, databases, object storage and H200 GPUs. DigitalOcean charges less for small VMs and adds an app platform, serverless and AMD GPUs, while Utho charges less for medium VMs from India.
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
- Four Indian locations plus Frankfurt and Los Angeles
- 1 to 6 TB of monthly transfer included per instance, by plan
- Shared, dedicated and memory-optimised instance families
- Tier III and Tier IV facilities operated by Yotta and NTT
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | DigitalOcean | Utho | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | $18.72 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe (Basic 1) | 68% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Medium VM | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | $37.51 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe (Basic 2) | 22% cheaper on Utho |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | $57.55 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 320 GB NVMe (Basic 3) | 66% cheaper on Utho |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | $5.22 /mo 100 GB | 48% cheaper on Utho |
| Object storage | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | $29.22 /mo 1 TB | 32% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| 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 | 1-6 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | Not publicly 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 Utho offers 3. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | DigitalOcean | Utho | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H200
3 configs · 5 configs
|
$3.40 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $2.57 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Different terms |
|
H100
3 configs
|
$3.26 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
B300
2 configs
|
$7.94 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | DigitalOcean only |
MI300X
3 configs
|
$1.91 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
MI355X
1 config
|
$2.97 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | 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 |
|
MI325X
3 configs
|
$2.88 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
9 configs
|
-- | $1.17 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Utho only |
|
L4
5 configs
|
-- | $0.36 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Utho only |
DigitalOcean bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 months); Utho bills reserved (36 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 | Utho |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Utho |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2010 |
| Headquarters | USA | India |
| Locations | 16 | 6 |
| Example customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | Exotel, Ameyo, MyOperator, CallHippo, FIITJEE, Jindal Steel & Power, Cosmos Bank, Park+ |
| Website | digitalocean.com | utho.com |
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Our data for DigitalOcean was last updated on Sept. 27, 2026, and for Utho on Sept. 27, 2026.