Report this

What is the reason for this report?

Will I be charaged if my droplet is on?

Posted on February 16, 2015

Title says it all



This textbox defaults to using Markdown to format your answer.

You can type !ref in this text area to quickly search our full set of tutorials, documentation & marketplace offerings and insert the link!

These answers are provided by our Community. If you find them useful, show some love by clicking the heart. If you run into issues leave a comment, or add your own answer to help others.

Yes!

Droplets are billed hourly starting from the time your create them and ending when you destroy them.

Yes, as long as the hardware is active on your account, you will be charged for it, whether you’re using it or not. This is pretty much standard though. As long as your occupying or have something reserved, you’ll be billed for it.

The developer cloud

Scale up as you grow — whether you're running one virtual machine or ten thousand.

Get started for free

Sign up and get $200 in credit for your first 60 days with DigitalOcean.*

*This promotional offer applies to new accounts only.