DigitalOcean
vs
Vultr
Both sell VPS, managed Kubernetes, databases, Nvidia and AMD GPUs at near-identical prices. DigitalOcean adds an app platform and serverless functions, while Vultr adds bare metal, GH200 nodes and datacenters on six continents.
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
- 30+ locations across six continents
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, as VMs or bare metal
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey and Kafka
- Outbound traffic allowance on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | DigitalOcean | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | 17% cheaper on Vultr |
| Medium VM | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | 17% cheaper on Vultr |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 5% cheaper on Vultr |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | Identical |
| Object storage | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | 10% cheaper on Vultr |
| PostgreSQL | $60.90 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | Within 5% |
| Redis | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | Identical |
| Load balancer | $12.00 /mo Regional HTTP, 1 node | $10.00 /mo | 17% cheaper on Vultr |
| Serverless | $34.69 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 500 GB - 12 TB / mo per instance, pooled | 0.5-15 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | Identical |
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 and Vultr each offer 10 GPU models. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | DigitalOcean | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs · 1 config
|
$3.26 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | 29% cheaper on Vultr |
MI300X
3 configs · 1 config
|
$1.91 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Within 5% |
|
MI355X
1 config · 1 config
|
$4.50 /GPU/hr Spot | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | 42% cheaper on Vultr |
|
L40S
1 config · 4 configs
|
$1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.67 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 6% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
|
MI325X
3 configs · 1 config
|
$2.88 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $2.00 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | 31% cheaper on Vultr |
|
B300
2 configs
|
$7.94 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
H200
3 configs
|
$3.40 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
1 config
|
$1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
A100
3 configs
|
-- | $1.49 /GPU/hr Spot | Vultr only |
DigitalOcean bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 months); Vultr bills on-demand and spot. 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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | SAQ-A | Merchant |
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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 16 | 33 |
| Example customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | digitalocean.com | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for DigitalOcean was last updated on Sept. 19, 2026, and for Vultr on Sept. 19, 2026.