Droplets
DigitalOcean Droplets are virtual machine instances providing foundational cloud compute with configurable CPU, memory, storage, and networking.
Droplets offer:
- Flexible instance options: shared CPU, dedicated CPU, and GPU droplets
- Persistent block storage: attachable Volumes
- Networking: VPC, Floating IPs, Load Balancers, Firewall rules
- Managed features: Backups, Snapshots, Monitoring, Alerts
- Developer-friendly tooling: API, CLI, Marketplace apps
DigitalOcean focuses on simplicity, fast provisioning, and predictable pricing, making Droplets suitable for web applications, microservices, backend APIs, databases, container hosts, and stateful workloads requiring direct OS access.
$48
Monthly Price
Starting price
5 TB
Bandwidth
Monthly transfer
1 Gbps
Network
Port speed
99.99%
SLA Uptime
Guaranteed
Features
Platform capabilities
Managed Services
Additional platform offerings
Security & Compliance
Enterprise-grade protection
Security Features
Compliance
Regions
15 locations worldwide
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Pricing
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