Hi guys, i am a new user and still have a question about how the billing works, if i create and destroy a one single server 6 times in 1 hour how much that will cost me? still 1 hour or 6 hours?
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I believe, but don’t hold me down to this you’d be charged 6 x 1 hour as each individual droplet will create a new invoice at the end of the month.
I believe it will count as 6 hours, as each droplet will be billed separately.
Quoted from FAQ: Do I have to pay the cost of the server every time I create a new one?
No — you only need to pay for 1 hour of usage. Spinning up a new 512MB server just to test something for a couple of minutes will only cost you $0.0074
Hi there,
Quick update here, as of January 1, 2026, DigitalOcean bills Droplets per second, with a minimum charge of 60 seconds or $0.01 (whichever is higher).
This update means you’re only billed for the exact amount of time your Droplet runs, instead of by the hour as before. You can find the full details in the DigitalOcean changelog.
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