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CTO Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Great Cloud Computing Service for any Business" November 21, 2022 5.0 Pros I like the simplicity of the interface to manage our instances (droplets). The marketplace offers fast deployments of a variety of web apps and cloud software that speed up our development processes. Cons The only con I have experienced with Digital Ocean was a slow response from customer support when having trouble disabling the 2-factor authentication. Aside from that, DigitalOcean customer support has been helpful and kind. Review Source JL Josh L. Co Founder Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Perfect for small & large businesses" August 28, 2024 5.0 Pros DigitalOcean is amazing for small businesses - and also for scaling. Their startups program offers new businesses with a massive $2,000+ in credits for their first year, and their pricing after that is very reasonable. Cons There aren't many cons to DigitalOcean - they offer everything we need, having more data centres in different areas might be one place to improve. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Mechanical engineer Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Personal Experience " February 15, 2022 5.0 I'm an email marketer, and I use DigitalOcean droplets to create virtual private servers to host my SMTP server, which allows me to send emails to my list. Pros It is one of the simplest ways to set up a VPS, and you can choose from a variety of operating systems such as Ubuntu. There are numerous droplets to choose from, each with a different price. The best part is the free trial period that they provide when you register, which allows you to try everything they offer for free. Cons What I dislike the most is that it has a bad reputation, so if you decide to use it as your email marketing server, you should be aware that it will be blacklisted the majority of the time. Furthermore, they make no effort to prevent spammers from using their services. Review Source R Reviewer Student Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Best for Web Hosting and Deployment" April 27, 2025 4.0 Pros Digital Ocean, one of the best web hosting platform for Web applications. For me student like specializing in Computer science have most hands on practical development with Web application for both university study projects and real world projects. The best part is affordable price and deployment feature and its tutorial step by step. I have hosted and deployed various web app for project show case and real world deployment for my projects. Cons One of the feature the least like in app platform development which auto deploy feature is good in most cases but some cases require to mange and modify configurations directly to the deployed instance. In such cases instance restart from scratch and changes are lost. They need to make option for those use cases. Review Source R Reviewer Owner Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Good solid Cloud provider" May 6, 2025 4.0 Pros Simple Cloud Service that is easy to setup and use for a reasonable price. It just works Cons Lacks the depth of tooling and range of services compared with the larger providerss Review Source R Reviewer PhD Candidate Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Great produce" June 6, 2025 5.0 The overall experience in terms of quality of service was great. Highly recommended especially for startups that do not have the capital to host servers. Pros Seamless hosting of my website that was scalable on the go with convenient pricing strategy that fits budget for small ventures to enterprise level. Highly recommended. Cons Though the pricing strategy is flexible, it can be a bit pricy for small ventures that are not generating revenues. Review Source R Reviewer CEO Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Cheap but with some limits" February 19, 2025 4.0 I have use it his service 10 years ago, with almost more than hundreds of loads and experience of many of his services. Pros Is easy to implement a short project, the prices is low, I think is the number 1 for create vps and web apps like Wordpress with 1 click button. Cons The process for move to other public cloud are confuse and in some case impossible. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer MERN stack developer Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "My journey with digital ocean to learn Docker" February 28, 2025 3.0 It gave me understanding on many features such as VPS, NGINX and I mainly use it to practice docker and Kubernetes. Pros It has easy interface and provides one click deployment. Cons There was no free option available, still prices where decent. Review Source Iddy I. Solution Architect Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "A Developer-Friendly Cloud with Simplicity and Affordable Pricing" February 25, 2025 5.0 DigitalOcean is a great choice for developers who want a simple, affordable, and fast cloud hosting solution. Pros is its simplicity, affordability, and developer-friendly environment. Cons DigitalOcean doesn’t offer a free tier services. Review Source Vansh K. Software Developer Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Easy to use and easy Deployments." January 31, 2025 5.0 Provisioning the \`Cloud Services is simple with Digital Ocean, I have been implementing ERPNext Solutions on Digital Ocean, it is easy to provision the server and then do the installation. Whether it is doing backup or restore the Server. It is much easier with Digital Ocean platform. Anyone can learn Digital Ocean without much efforts. Pros Digital Ocean Platform is easy to use and easy to deploy, User interface is simple and provisioning services are on few clicks Cons It is not advance as many other cloud platforms are today Review Source R Reviewer CEO, CMO and Co-Founder Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Cost savings, flexible and scalable solution to try." November 19, 2024 4.0 This is a software that helps us easily compete and succeed. Fast monetization. Pros This IaaS eliminates the responsibility of owning, deploying, maintaining and managing physical infrastructure. The features are reliable and easy to use to everyone. Cons Low internet speed or fluctuating supply would really cost the user. We really struggled before realizing this. Review Source François B. Digital project manager Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Very good hoster" November 6, 2024 5.0 Very good experience, there are good options but marketplace's images needs to be updated or deleted. Very good hoster to build website or apps. Pros Easy to create droplets with a lot of options Good panel with simples options, good for beginners Cons Price is a little bit high for some products (Databases for example) Marketplace's apps are not up to date for many (example: Airbyte) Review Source Dylan C. Software Developer Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "My new favourite cloud provider. " January 2, 2024 5.0 Porting my app to DigitalOcean was an absolute breeze. We went looking for a platform as a service provider that could replace Heroku without losing all the zero-config creature comforts we have come to expect, and DigitalOcean has more than met the mark. We are confident that we will have every need met throughout our scaling journey, and that the pricing will be fair all the way up. Pros DigitalOcean is the simplest and most cost-effective platform-as-a-service provider I have ever used. Their simplicity does not come at additional cost unlike Heroku, and they have all the tooling and infrastructure to manage your every cloud need. Their documentation is spectacular, and their support is second to none. Cons If there are any cons to using DigitalOcean, I haven't encountered them yet. My experience so far has been absolutely flawless and I am a very happy customer. Review Source R Reviewer Técnico Informático Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "IAAS Con precio competitivo" April 19, 2023 3.0 Para situaciones tan críticas como servidores virtuales en las empresas, hay que valorar si merece la pena pagar por un IAAS lider en el mercado. Si no lo vas a utilizar en entorno de producción, recomiendo DigitalOcean sin duda. En mi caso lo utilizo como entorno de pruebas.Hay que valorar el uso que le vas a dar y calcular la diferencia de precio entre DigitalOcean, AWS o Azure, ya que si no es mucha la diferencia, siempre recomendaré los líderes en IAAS.Probé DigitalOcean como servidor en la nube de copias de seguridad y funciona perfectamente. El servicio de soporte es correcto. Ahora mismo administro 3 VPS de DigitalOcean y hasta la fecha no he tenido problemas graves Pros Evidentemente lo que más me ha gustado es el precio. Si quieres ahorrar unos euros a final de año con una infraestructura como servicio DigitalOcean puede ser tu solución. Hasta ahora no hemos tenido tiempo de inactividad con el servicio. Pueden ayudarte con la configuración inicial y la solución de los errores del servidor virtual. Cuando no es problema de ellos normalmente también suelen ayudarte, a diferencia de un hosting web.Hay que tener experiencia con servidores para configurar ciertos ajustes. Una vez aprendes, dispones de un servidor donde puedes instalar, gestionar y almacenar lo que quieras. Cons En algunas ocasiones no te avisa de los importes que quedan por pagar, y hay que tener cuidado con ello ya que es posible que te borren todos los datos del servidor si no pagas en los plazos estipulados.No tiene tantas funcionalidades como AWS y Azure. Cuesta un poco al principio adecuarte a la interfaz, pero es intuitiva y se te quedan rápido las cosas. Review Source R Reviewer Owner Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Fast, Secure, Inexpensive and Easy to Use" January 23, 2024 5.0 Very easy to use, predictable billing, stable servers, no unexpected surprises. Pros I originally went with DigitalOcean because it integrated well with SpinupWP. I have found that DigitalOcean is very stable, has a very easy to use interface and is a cost effective solution to moving off of shared hosting like Siteground, iPower, GoDaddy, etc. and having more resources and control. Probably not for everybody, but if you are hosting many projects and want speed and control it is a top choice. Cons I really have not found anything I dislike about DigitalOcean, in fact to this point I have still not had to contact their customer support. Review Source R Reviewer Programador informatico Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "DigitalOcean un servidor virtual en toda regla." February 23, 2023 4.0 Nuestra experiencia general con DigitalOcean es muy satisfactoria, necesitabamos un servidor virtual para nuestra empresa y nos habian hablado muy bien de DigitalOcean. Fue muy facil y rapido poner en funcionamiento el servidor, y en cuanto a su funcionamiento, la verdad es que no tenemos ninguna queja. Si necesitas un servidor virtual en tu organizacon, recomiendo DigitalOcean como una muy buena opcion. Pros Lo que mas nos ha gustado de DigitalOcean es lo rapido y sencillo que es crear un servidor virtual con DigitalOcean. En nuestra organizacion lo hemos utilizado como un servidor virtual, y la verdad es que estamos encantados de lo bien que cumple esta funcion. Funciona agilmente y su balanceo de carga es genial. Cons Lo unico que nos ha molestado un poco es que al querer aumentar las caracteristicas de nuestro VPS el precio ha sido un poco elevado, pero en cuanto a funcionamiento estamos encantados. Review Source R Reviewer Digital Marketer Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "DigitalOcean Review" January 17, 2023 5.0 My overall experience has been top-notch, we have never had any problem using it from day one and i highly recommend it. Pros What I like most about DigitalOcean are its ease of use and user-friendly interface. DigitalOcean provides a simple and intuitive control panel that makes it easy for users to create and manage their resources, such as Droplets, spaces, load balancers, and more. This can be beneficial for users who are new to cloud computing or who want to avoid the complexity of other cloud providers. Cons The only throwback I have with DigitalOcean is that it may not have as many features and services as some of the larger cloud providers, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. DigitalOcean focuses mainly on providing simple, easy-to-use solutions for developers and small to medium-sized businesses, and may not have as many specialized services or advanced features as some of the larger providers. But am sure they are working on adding more features soon. Review Source Saha R. Web graphic designer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "DigitalOcean" December 6, 2022 5.0 Digital ocean saves the cost of hosting both for my company and for the clients and this keeps me happy especially as I get the best speed performance too. I recommend digital ocean Pros Currently, Digital ocean is my number one recommended VPS provider. It provides reliable and flexible hosting features which can fully be managed by the user himself.Although it does require advanced knowledge in cloud computing, but did its best to maintain everything simple and straightforward.The company offers step-by-step article guides for all its products. This keeps the customer well-oriented.All of the servers are hosted in secure and trusted countries and this ensures an accurate distribution of data, hence providing more speed and enthusiasm for users and site owners.It offers flexible pricing plans which are easily scalable (depending on the user's needs) and what entices me more is the pay-as-you-go pricing model which enables me to pay for only what I use. This is quite different from all these web hosting companies who will trick you to pay for some hosting commitments.I run more than three WordPress websites on a single droplet ( 2Cores CPU, 2 Gb RAM, and Ubuntu 18.04), and after testing three different themes and a number of plugins; the speed performance results are still amazing.The Digital ocean user interface is very neat & organized. This helps to facilitate feature placement recognition. The company also provides a built-in commands terminal which makes it easier to run the server installation process as well as any other reacquired components.The company support staff is very friendly. Cons I have no issues with its quality of service so far, maybe there might be some in the future. But as for now, everything works to my expectations. Review Source R Reviewer Ph.D. Student Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Affordable but has some problems" September 5, 2022 4.0 My overall experience with them is good but I suggest DigitalOcean users to back up their droplets frequently to another service provider. If they lock your account, the customer service is hard to reach and if they wouldn't restore your access, you are risking losing your data. Pros The user interface is really easy to use, with a few clicks it allows you to create a droplet across the globe. Also, it is easy to manage access controls and overall network/firewall rules. They provide affordable S3 like data storage solution called "Spaces". If you are switching from Amazon S3, the best thing about Spaces is it compatible with official S3 libraries which eliminates the implementation process as you can use the same infrastructure for Spaces too. Cons They should revise Spaces product page/documentation. I had to reach customer support to verify that spaces is just a subscription service so it comes with unlimited buckets. This information is not provided on their product page. Also, their customer service is really hard to reach, and they are not helpful. The worst thing about their service is their automated bots. They can lock your account without a valid reason, and it really hard to convince them to undo it. Review Source Daniel K. Founder Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Digital Ocean is in my top 5 for hosting solutions " January 20, 2022 5.0 Digital Ocean accomodates all kind of public. I use it's services for my small to medium business websites, for hosting, databases and backup. I also deploy my internal tools there. It's affordable, reliable and also plays nice with others. Pros You can depend on Digital Ocean. It's server are very sturdy, you can choose from a very wide range of options and everything is documented. Cons It's complicated to setup properly, but it's getting better every day. This is not Digital Ocean's fault, Cloud Computing is though. Review Source Adeyeye G. CEO Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Adeyeye George Review" December 7, 2021 5.0 Honestly I will use digitalocean till the earth collapse or me collapse. Using digitalocean is like eating cookies... It's great using digitalocean. Pros The Load Balancer is a live saving. It's a great tool for distributing traffic's across servers. I love the server monitoring. It gives us good insight on what's happening on our server. VPS deployment is as fast as a lightening. Within a twinkling of an eye I can deploy multiple servers without delay. Cons The feature am expecting digital ocean to add next is using multiple IP on Cpanel. Like controlling two servers directly from 1 cpanel account. Review Source R Reviewer Applications Developer Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Intuitive Tools for Creating Infrastructure" October 1, 2020 5.0 I've been really happy with DigitalOcean. I started out just messing around with a small side project to stay sharp. I'm now running a server for an API, another server for a frontend app, and a managed DB that the API pulls from. Connecting these was easy and connecting my domains to different servers was easy. I have loved working in DigitalOcean and I love that the prices are low enough that I could play around without any real intent of making a profitable project, and that breathing space let me run the servers and resources for long enough that I actually have something up and running pretty nicely with just a few hours here and there to tinker. Pros \- Great UI - you can do everything in the browser without using CLI - create new web servers, managed databases, bucket storage - API matches Amazon S3 - familiar methods of interacting with resources - Pricing is great, 200GB bucket storage runs $5/mo, Servers start at $5 month, managed DB at $15/mo. - CDN for fast delivery across the globe - Easy to understand your bill and not get bit. You can create an image of your server and then kill the server, so you are not being charged server prices ($$/month) and just image prices (pennies/month). This makes it easy to put a project on hold and come back in the future without paying a ton to host something that's just waiting for you. - One-click to spin up a provisioned Ubuntu droplet, LAMP stack or dozens of preconfigured server images. I especially liked this feature because I'm not a linux genius and getting Apache and PHP setup can take me hours of tears and frustration. Instead, you can just select an image that interests you and 30 seconds later you have a server ready to go. - Floating IPs let you lock in a permanent IP address even though you may start and stop servers and their individual IPs might change - Domain management. This is a key feature. If you move your nameservers to DO, it's stupid easy to create subdomains and point them to your DO servers. - Easy to resize/upgrade a server, add RAM or disk space. - Tons of Q&A, any time I had a question someone else had already asked it and received a clear answer. Cons There is the occasional UI bug, and sometimes I get an email about a region having some temporary hold on creating new servers. Nothing that lasts more than a few minutes, and usually its something like "We are temporarily disabling the ability to create new servers in the NYC3 Region" but existing resources don't go down and if I desperately needed to start a new server I could just use any other region and move it to the NYC3 region later if necessary. Review Source R Reviewer Fullstack dev Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "from good to perfect" August 28, 2023 4.0 Digital ocean was my first IaaS and it is so easy to start learning how it works, i have deploy 4 backend servers and i feel confortable when i think of creating more of them in digital ocean, so the only thing that is left is funtions (like AWS with lambda funtions) Pros I love GUI, how easy it´s to deploy a react app with a droplet o a backend with nodejs Cons I had some issues with my spaces and contacted customer service around 3 time and they didn´t give a solution Review Source Kunal D. Consultant Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Best Cloud Hosting for Developers with Wonderful User Interface and Tutorials" June 29, 2021 5.0 Overall I am quite happy with the way DigitalOcean is. Currently my site is hosted on DigitalOcean and loads quickly. A faster loading site means more visitors and more visitors means more income generating possibilities. Spinning new servers from images save lot of time. Pros Things that I like about DigitalOcean are 1) You get power of cloud computing at some discount compared to Amazon and Google. 2) Nice and intuitive dashboard. 3) You can provision new servers in around 60 seconds. 4) Developer friendly. 5) Ability to collaborate with teams. 6) Predictable pricing. 7) Scale up as you grow. 8) Can enable IPv6 for the server. 9) Get to know various monitoring metrics like CPU and RAM consumption, disk usage, bandwidth consumption in the dashboard at a minimal interval of 5 minutes. You can see these usage for last 14 days. 10) Take backups and snapshots incase of anything goes wrong. 11) Easy to configure Firewall. 12) Can increase disk space easily by adding Block Storage to the droplets. 13) DigitalOceans Spaces can be used to offload static files for as low as $5 for 1TB CDN bandwidth and reduce load on server. 14) DigitalOcean has one of the best knowledge base and how to articles to get you started or get out if you are stuck. 15) Create alerts to receive email notification 16) Get email notification when monthly spending reaches your defined threshold. Cons Things that I don't like about DigitalOcean are 1) You have to turn off the droplet to scale up or scale down. 2) Information regarding DDoS attacks on droplets should also me made available in the control panel. 3) Backups and Snapshots costs extra and are pricy. 4) Does not accept prepaid cards for payments. Review Source R Reviewer Intern Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Techie’s best choice " February 14, 2022 5.0 I am using digitalocean since 3 years I an extremely satisfied Pros The software comes with a free one year subscription if you have github pro which is insanely good and the power and speed the virtual machines have i think no other machines have in the world Cons The product is designed in such a way leaves no cons back Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.