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
Vercel
- Superb developer experience, from git push to deployed globally in seconds
- First class support for Next.js and other frontend frameworks
- Great API to issue custom domains for SaaS projects
- Very active community and plenty of learning resources
Price comparison
How do DigitalOcean's prices compare against Vercel?
| Example configuration |
DigitalOcean
|
Vercel
|
|---|---|---|
| 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 | $151.38 / mo 1440h compute, 50 GB storage, 10 GB read/mo 5 GB write/mo |
| Managed Redis®* | $15.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | $90.72 / mo 10 req/s @ $0.35 per 100k reqs |
| Serverless 25M Executions | $34.69 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | $108.75 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration |
| Free egress allowance | 100 GB - 10 TB / mo per instance | 100 GB - 1 TB, depends on plan |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $10.00 $0.01 / GB | $150.00 $0.15 / GB (Edge) |
DigitalOcean offers GPUs in the following configurations:
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidia H100 | 1x H100 | 80GB | 20 | 240GB | $6.74 | |
| Nvidia H100x8 | 8x H100 | 640GB | 160 | 1920GB | $47.60 | |
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 Vercel offer:
| Service |
DigitalOcean
|
Vercel
|
|---|---|---|
| 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
|
Vercel
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | digitalocean.com | vercel.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2011 | 2015 |
| Data Center Locations | 14 | 18 |
| Example Customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | Box, Runway, Sonos, eBay, The Washington Post |
|
DigitalOcean
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | digitalocean.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Data Center Locations | 14 |
| Example Customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai |
|
Vercel
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | vercel.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Data Center Locations | 18 |
| Example Customers | Box, Runway, Sonos, eBay, The Washington Post |
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Our data for DigitalOcean was last updated on Oct. 2, 2024, and for Vercel on Sept. 28, 2024.