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DDoS was on my droplet, and I have been charged for outbound traffic.

Posted on December 12, 2025

My droplet has been attacked and outbound traffic was tremendously high. Will I be charged despite the attack?



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Heya, @cccce9f944c949848ba85238abd120

If the outbound transfer exceeds the amount included with your Droplets at the end of the cycle, you will be charged $0.01 per excess gigabyte.

However, if the traffic was generated due to a DDoS attack and exceeds your monthly cap, I recommend that you reach out to our support team and raise this query with them.

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