I am interested in hosting my website with DigitalOcean, but have a question first; If I need to stop paying for a couple months, will I lose my data, and if so, is there a way to save it?
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Yes. Accounts with unpaid balances are deleted after a grace period to allow the user to resolve the billing issue.
If you wish to save your data your best option is to create a snapshot of your droplet and then delete the droplet from your account. The storage of your snapshot will still be charged at a rate of $0.05 per GB per month
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