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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    DigitalOcean Droplets

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ADigitalOcean's Droplets is designed to help the user spin up a virtual machine in just 55 seconds. Standard, General Purpose, CPU-Optimized, or Memory-Optimized configurations provide flexibility to build, test, and grow an app from startup to scale.

    $4

    per month

    Vultr

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AVultr is an independent cloud computing platform on a mission to provide businesses and developers around the world with unrivaled ease of use, price-to-performance, and global reach.

    $2.50

    per month

    Pricing
    DigitalOcean DropletsVultr
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $4
    per month
    CPU-Optimized
    $42
    per month
    General Purpose
    $63
    per month
    Memory-Optimized
    $84
    per month
    Storage-Optimized
    $131
    per month
    Block Storage
    $1
    per month
    Cloud Compute
    $2.50
    per month
    Object Storage
    $5
    per month
    Kubernetes Engine
    $10
    per month
    Load Balancers
    $10
    per month
    Managed Databases
    $15
    per month
    Optimized Cloud Compute
    $28
    per month
    Cloud GPU
    $90
    per month
    Bare Metal
    $120
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DigitalOcean DropletsVultr
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing for DigitalOcean Droplets varies depending on the size of the virtual environment and the associated data needs.Pricing is based on specifications chosen in each product category. Bandwidth is also included up to a certain amount per month.
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    Community Pulse
    DigitalOcean DropletsVultr
    Considered Both Products
    DigitalOcean
    Chose DigitalOcean Droplets
    Vultr had better performance in some instances but overall the dashboard was a mess to use a lot of times. When you zoom out from server performance and price, DigitalOcean offered more useful features, and the API was more consistent in some of the use cases we needed.
    Incentivized
    Chose DigitalOcean Droplets
    DigitalOcean Droplets is continuously evolving to be more and more powerful. It has great features and has low cost options, which is really great for developers. Its CDN, Loadbalancer, etc. make it a good place to host a high-traffic application. Moroever, DigitalOcean …
    Incentivized
    Vultr
    Chose Vultr
    We did extensive performance comparisons and testing and Vultr was not only better priced, but much better on the performance and speed.
    Incentivized
    Chose Vultr
    Digital ocean is not an option. I find digital ocean's platform to feel better polished (even if it is not actually). while Vultr has a lot of promise, and definitely delivers, it still feels like an upstart where digital ocean feels more established. this was fine for a while, …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    90%
    Would buy again
    55 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    57 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    60 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    53 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    58 Answers
    Features
    DigitalOcean DropletsVultr
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of DigitalOcean Droplets and Vultr
    Feature
    DigitalOcean Droplets
    -
    Ratings
    Vultr
    2.8
    15 Ratings
    97% below category average
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings2.914 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings2.512 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings2.711 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings2.813 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings2.013 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings2.814 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings3.015 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings4.513 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings2.212 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    DigitalOcean DropletsVultr
    Small Businesses
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
    Score8.9 out of 10
    DigitalOcean Droplets
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9.5 out of 10
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9.5 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    DigitalOcean DropletsVultr
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (7 ratings)
    2.6
    (18 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DigitalOcean DropletsVultr
    Likelihood to Recommend
    DigitalOcean
    DigitalOcean Droplets are the best choice for developers teams that need reliable Linux servers to deploy their projects, the ability to create a droplet for testing purposes then destroy it, and only get charged for the few hours used makes the chances of messing up very slim. DigitalOcean Droplets is a great solution because the servers are scalable and the process of adding more resources like CPU or RAM to an existing droplet takes only a few minutes and once a server is scaled up it can also be scaled down if necessary which is perfect for supporting a temporary peak in traffic for example.
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    Vultr
    I've been with Vultr over 5 years hosting multiple businesses and email related services. I never experienced a significant outage or data loss. Migration has always been successful as well. Support is top tier and IP reputation is clean. I like the choices of OS, ease of platform use and multiple hosting/ region options.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    DigitalOcean
    • Simplicity to scale services--the interface is very quick and effective to use
    • Reliability--this is key for us, as any downtime effects our reputation
    • Keeps the costs down--hosting our own equivalent infrastructure would cost a lot more
    Incentivized
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    Vultr
    • Good performance from servers close to me and my customers
    • Ease of spinning up new servers
    • Great service levels of servers I spin up
    • Notifications of issues or downtime come through quickly, allowing me to handle client queries with knowledge in hand.
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    Cons
    DigitalOcean
    • In terms of an availability zone, they have limitations not available in most of the geographical locations.
    • No live support is available which can cause problem if you have outage.
    • Number of service is quite limited.
    Incentivized
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    Vultr
    • The response times for support tickets is too high and a quicker response time would be appreciated
    • Availability of the VPS solution in Middle east and Africa would help
    • Abilito to connect SIP trunks would make it more easy to run active communictaion platforms on Vultr
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    DigitalOcean
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    We’ve been extremely satisfied with the service for many years. After trying other providers, we’ve found nothing that matches the reliability and performance—so we’re not likely to switch anytime soon.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    DigitalOcean
    Other platforms dashboard console is more difficult to use. DigitalOcean's dashboard is clean, simple, and straightforward
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    Vultr
    easy to use and configure. great bang for the buck. I need an affordable solution to host in the cloud data from systems installed at our client's site with the ability to drill down and change the configuration remotely. Vultr enabled us to do that in an efficient and affordable way.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    DigitalOcean
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    Because of the 24 hour turnaround timing with servers I need immediate reply
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    Implementation Rating
    DigitalOcean
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    Nothing in particular to share that I did not already discuss
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    DigitalOcean
    DigitalOcean Droplets is continuously evolving to be more and more powerful. It has great features and has low cost options, which is really great for developers. Its CDN, Loadbalancer, etc. make it a good place to host a high-traffic application. Moroever, DigitalOcean Droplets has a nonprofit program that helps nonprofit sites to run their infrastructure, which is tremendous and no competitor of DigitalOcean Droplets does that.
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    Vultr
    Linode is a more old-school offering. Linode pricing model and infrastructure rely on classic Virtual Machines. What we like about Vultr is that they offer the same at the front, but in the back, the machines are much more flexible and can be tailor-made to our needs, which of course also impacts the costs of running the infrastructure.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    DigitalOcean
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    Pricing is fair and did not increase
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    DigitalOcean
    • Digital Ocean has been great helping us move web apps to the cloud
    • Digital Ocean has been really helpful when hiring contractors
    • The interface could use some work, but overall its not terrible
    Incentivized
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    Vultr
    • We have experienced a 200% return on using Vultr products with a 100% Customer Satisfaction rating.
    • Vultr gives us the regions to deploy where our small business customers are located.
    • Vultr has helped us scale up our company and our cloud solutions.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Vultr Screenshots

    Screenshot of Vultr's control panel helps users spend less time managing infrastructure.Screenshot of Vultr's services offer additional configuration and inside of the simplified control panel.Screenshot of a display of when peak activity happens on an application. The server health graphs provide insight from the moment the server is created.Screenshot of Vultr's interface, which allows users to deploy high performance servers worldwide from any device.Screenshot of how to reach the 24/7/365 technical support team that is available through Vultr's ticketing system.