DigitalOcean
vs
Zerops
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
- Agent workspace runs inside the project's private network
- Bring your own agent subscription, no seat fees
- Root access and SSH inside full Linux system containers
- AMD EPYC bare metal in Prague, New York and Seattle
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | DigitalOcean | Zerops | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | $3.60 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | 40% cheaper on Zerops |
| Medium VM | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | $26.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM | 45% cheaper on Zerops |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | $52.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | 69% cheaper on Zerops |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | Identical |
| Object storage | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | $13.00 /mo 1 TB | 35% cheaper on Zerops |
| PostgreSQL | $60.90 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage | $18.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage | 70% cheaper on Zerops |
| Redis | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | $3.60 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | 76% cheaper on Zerops |
| Load balancer | $12.00 /mo Regional HTTP, 1 node | Included in plan | |
| Serverless | $34.69 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 500 GB - 12 TB / mo per instance, pooled | 100 GB / mo on the free plan, 3 TB / mo on the paid plan | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB | 50% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
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. We track no GPU listings from Zerops. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | DigitalOcean | Zerops | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
B300
2 configs
|
$7.94 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
H100
3 configs
|
$3.26 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
H200
3 configs
|
$3.40 /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 4000 Ada
1 config
|
$0.76 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
MI350X
2 configs
|
$2.46 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | DigitalOcean only |
DigitalOcean bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 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 | Zerops |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | -- |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Yes |
| 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 | Zerops |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2024 |
| Headquarters | USA | Czechia |
| Locations | 16 | 3 |
| Example customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | -- |
| Website | digitalocean.com | zerops.io |
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Our data for DigitalOcean was last updated on Oct. 4, 2026, and for Zerops on Sept. 18, 2026.