DigitalOcean — provider assessment
Subject: DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean publishes a clear USD Basic Droplet table and a datacenter catalog. This assessment verifies three Basic Droplets, IPv6 and backup add-on pricing. Per-datacenter price and stock confirmation, independent performance and support evidence remain missing.
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Gesamtscore zurückgehalten
The evidence coverage is insufficient for a single overall score. The dimension results below are evidence assessments, not a universal quality ranking.
Fazit
A straightforward option for small global deployments with simple USD pricing. The overall score is withheld because performance, per-datacenter stock and support reliability are not assessed.
Dimensionen
Assessed dimensions have a score and rationale. Not-assessed dimensions remain visibly unknown; they are not assigned a neutral score.
| Dimension | Status | Score | Begründung und Evidenz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location fit | assessed | 4 / 5 | Ten datacenters are listed, including Singapore, Frankfurt, New York, Amsterdam, London, San Francisco, Toronto, Bangalore and Sydney. This is a region catalog, not per-size stock confirmation. |
| Network performance | not assessed | Gesamtscore zurückgehalten | No independent throughput or latency test was run on a DigitalOcean Droplet. |
| Policies and limitations | assessed | 3 / 5 | IPv6 enablement and backup pricing are documented. Refund, SLA and abuse policies were not reviewed. |
| Price transparency | assessed | 4 / 5 | USD monthly and hourly prices are clear, and weekly/daily backup percentages are documented. Taxes and per-datacenter price differences are not fully captured. |
| Source freshness | assessed | 5 / 5 | The pricing table was read from the live page and the region catalog was last verified 2026-10-09. |
| Specifications | assessed | 4 / 5 | Basic Droplet vCPU, RAM, SSD, transfer and monthly price are published. Storage technology is listed as SSD; measured disk performance is not assessed. |
| Support and reliability | not assessed | Gesamtscore zurückgehalten | No support interaction or independent reliability data was collected. |
Stärken
- Simple USD monthly pricing for Basic Droplets.
- Ten datacenters in the dataset, including Singapore and Frankfurt.
- IPv6 is free and can be enabled at creation.
- Weekly backup pricing is documented at 20% of the Droplet price.
Schwächen und Grenzen
- Per-size stock and per-datacenter price confirmation are not captured.
- No independent performance test was run.
- Snapshot pricing and availability are unknown.
- Prices exclude taxes, which vary by location and account.
Geeignet für
- Small global websites and staging environments
- Buyers who prefer simple USD pricing
- Singapore, US or EU small deployments
Nicht geeignet für
- Buyers who need exact per-datacenter stock confirmation
- CPU-heavy or large database workloads
- Teams that require VAT-inclusive quotes
Bekannte Unbekannte
- Per-size stock by datacenter
- Snapshot pricing
- Independent network performance
- Support reliability
Grenzen
- Provider-stated evidence only; no Droplet was purchased or benchmarked.
- The dataset covers three Basic Droplets, not the full DigitalOcean catalog.
Correction path: use the source links and verification dates to challenge a claim. Do not treat an old snapshot as current.
Alternativen
Hetzner CPX12
Per-datacenter EUR/USD pricing with more included EU traffic.
Linode 2 GB
Adds Osaka and Tokyo availability and fixed backup add-on prices.
Zitierte Evidenz
- DigitalOcean Backups pricinghttps://docs.digitalocean.com/products/backups/details/pricing/
- DigitalOcean Droplet pricinghttps://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets
- How to enable IPv6 on Dropletshttps://docs.digitalocean.com/products/networking/ipv6/how-to/enable/
- DigitalOcean regional availabilityhttps://docs.digitalocean.com/platform/regional-availability/
- VPSTab review and evaluation methodology v1https://github.com/niceyayale/vpstab/blob/feat/phase-0-foundation/docs/product/review-methodology.md