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
Vultr
- Good selection VPS configurations (GPU, dedicated, high memory)
- Offers managed services (databases, Kubernetes, object storage)
- Competitive pricing, generous egress
- 30+ data center locations around the world
Price comparison
How do DigitalOcean's prices compare against Vultr?
| Example configuration |
DigitalOcean
|
Vultr
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | $6.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | $5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) |
| VM Medium | $48.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | $40.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) |
| VM Large | $168.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | $160.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) |
| Block Storage | $10.00 / mo 100 GB | $10.00 / mo 100 GB |
| Object Storage | $20.00 / mo 1 TiB | $6.00 / mo 1 TB |
| Load Balancer | $12.00 / mo | $10.00 / mo |
| Managed PostgreSQL | $60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage | $60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage |
| Managed Redis®* | $15.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | $15.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM |
| Serverless 25M Executions | $34.69 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- |
| Free egress allowance | 100 GB - 10 TB / mo per instance | 2 TB / mo for most services |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $10.00 $0.01 / GB | $10.00 $0.01 / GB |
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 | |
Vultr offers GPUs in the following configurations:
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A16 | 1x A16 | 16GB | 6 | 64GB | $0.51 | Launch |
| A16 | 2x A16 | 96GB | 12 | 128GB | $1.02 | Launch |
| A40 | 1x A40 | 48GB | 24 | 120GB | $1.86 | Launch |
| A16 | 4x A16 | 192GB | 24 | 256GB | $2.05 | Launch |
| L40S | 1x L40S | 48GB | 16 | 240GB | $2.23 | |
| A100 80GB | 1x A100 | 80GB | 12 | 120GB | $2.60 | Launch |
| A16 | 8x A16 | 384GB | 48 | 486GB | $4.09 | Launch |
| GH200 | 1x GH200 | 96GB | 72 | 480GB | $4.34 | |
| A40 | 4x A40 | 192GB | 96 | 480GB | $7.44 | Reserve |
| A16 | 16x A16 | 768GB | 96 | 960GB | $9.19 | Launch |
| HGX A100 | 8x A100 | 5120GB | 112 | 2048GB | $12.90 | |
| H100 | 8x H100 | 5120GB | 224 | 2048GB | $19.99 | |
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 Vultr offer:
| Service |
DigitalOcean
|
Vultr
|
|---|---|---|
| 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
|
Vultr
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | digitalocean.com | www.vultr.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2011 | 2014 |
| Data Center Locations | 14 | 32 |
| Example Customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
|
DigitalOcean
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | digitalocean.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Data Center Locations | 14 |
| Example Customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai |
|
Vultr
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | www.vultr.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Data Center Locations | 32 |
| Example Customers | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
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Our data for DigitalOcean was last updated on Oct. 2, 2024, and for Vultr on Sept. 28, 2024.