DigitalOcean
vs
VoltageGPU
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
- Intel TDX VMs with H100, H200 and RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs
- Tenant-generated Intel and NVIDIA attestation
- Per-second billing with the unused first hour refunded
- EU-based company with a published DPA, which may ease compliance
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | DigitalOcean | VoltageGPU | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | $64.80 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 10 GB (Small sandbox) | 91% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Medium VM | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | $194.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 54 GB RAM (Confidential CPU Small, AMD SEV-SNP) | 75% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | $388.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 107 GB RAM (Confidential CPU Medium, AMD SEV-SNP) | 57% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| 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 VoltageGPU offers 3. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | DigitalOcean | VoltageGPU | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs · 3 configs
|
$4.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.22 /GPU/hr On-demand | 29% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
|
H200
3 configs · 2 configs
|
$4.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | $8.08 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 45% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
|
B300
2 configs
|
$6.17 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | DigitalOcean only |
MI355X
1 config
|
$4.50 /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 |
|
MI325X
3 configs
|
$2.88 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
MI350X
2 configs
|
$3.00 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
-- | $3.80 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | VoltageGPU only |
DigitalOcean bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 months); VoltageGPU bills on-demand. 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 | VoltageGPU |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | -- |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | -- |
| 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 | VoltageGPU |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2025 |
| Headquarters | USA | France |
| Locations | 16 | -- |
| Example customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | -- |
| Website | digitalocean.com | voltagegpu.com |
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Our data for DigitalOcean was last updated on Oct. 28, 2026, and for VoltageGPU on Oct. 28, 2026.