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Droplets are flexible Linux-based virtual machines that run on top of virtualized hardware. Each Droplet you create is a new cloud server you can use.

Free $200/60-day account credit - good toward any DigitalOcean services.

Get started quickly. One-click installs for popular distros and open source apps.

Get the resources you need without the billing surprises

All Droplet plans are billed hourly up to a monthly cap with flat pricing across all data centers.

STARTER

Shared vCPU

Standard

Virtual machines with shared-CPU configurations designed for running workloads that can handle variable levels of CPU performance.

Designed for

Applications such as low traffic web servers, blogs, small databases, dev/test servers, microservices, repository hosting, etc.

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PERFORMANCE

Dedicated vCPU

General Purpose

Virtual machines with a healthy balance of memory and dedicated compute hyper-threads from best-in-class processors.

Designed for

A wide range of production workloads, like web application hosting, e-commerce sites, medium-sized databases, and enterprise applications.

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CPU-Optimized

Compute-optimized virtual machines with dedicated hyper-threads from best-in-class Intel CPUs for workloads that rely on CPU more than RAM.

Designed for

CPU-intensive applications like CI/CD, video encoding, machine learning, ad serving, batch processing, and active front-end web servers.

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Save up to 55% compared to other cloud providers

DigitalOcean 2VCPU High-CPU Droplet

4GB RAM

INCLUDED

25GB SSD

INCLUDED

$40

PER MONTH

AWS 2 vCPU c5.large instance

4GB RAM

INCLUDED

25GB SSD

ADDED ($2.5/mo)

$62.22

PER MONTH

55%

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Google 2 vCPU High-CPU-2 instance

4GB RAM

ADDED ($6.76/mo)

25GB SSD

ADDED ($3.85/mo)

$47.24

PER MONTH

18%

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AWS and GCE prices based on Jan'18 on-demand instances in US regions configured with equal RAM and SSD, not including additional cost of transfer bandwidth.