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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (85.8% of reviews)
Small-Business (96.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $4.00
$3.00
DigitalOcean
Star Rating
(734)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (85.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $4.00
Free Trial is available
Browse all 11 pricing plansWPMU DEV
Star Rating
(858)4.9 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (96.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$3.00
Browse all 5 pricing plansDigitalOcean vs WPMU DEV
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found them equally easy to use and set up. However, reviewers preferred the ease of administration and doing business with WPMU DEV overall.
- Reviewers felt that WPMU DEV meets the needs of their business better than DigitalOcean.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that WPMU DEV is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of WPMU DEV over DigitalOcean.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
DigitalOcean
Droplets
Starting at $4.00
Simple, affordable, fast virtual machines
- Deploys in seconds
- Scales up on demand
- Run any workload from mission critical apps to low traffic sites
WPMU DEV
Basic
$3.00
1 site license.
- All WPMU DEV pro plugins
- 5GB CDN
- 5GB backup storage
Free Trial
DigitalOcean
Free Trial is available
WPMU DEV
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.1
639
9.4
667
Ease of Use
9.3
628
9.3
672
Ease of Setup
9.3
487
9.3
537
Ease of Admin
9.2
406
9.4
525
Quality of Support
8.7
522
9.8
661
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.2
379
9.6
517
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
628
9.3
617
Features by Category
Core Conversational Capabilities - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Interaction
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Task & Flow Management - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Deployment & Embedding - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Admin & Configuration - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
System
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring & Improvement - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reliability & Safety - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
9.2
382
Not enough data
9.4
403
Not enough data
9.2
290
Site Management
Not enough data
8.7
300
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.4
397
Site Design
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
246
Performance Reports
Not enough data
9.0
352
Not enough data
8.8
267
Infrastructure Provision
9.1
144
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.4
77
Not enough data
8.3
120
Not enough data
9.3
151
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
131
Not enough data
Management
8.8
153
Not enough data
8.7
153
Not enough data
8.7
146
Not enough data
Functionality
8.4
81
Not enough data
Customization
Not enough data
9.5
42
Not enough data
9.2
40
Not enough data
9.3
41
Not enough data
8.9
46
Support
Not enough data
9.4
44
Not enough data
9.5
46
Not enough data
8.5
37
Not enough data
9.3
32
Not enough data
9.4
40
Not enough data
8.8
35
Performance
Not enough data
9.5
70
Not enough data
9.6
71
Not enough data
9.8
70
Not enough data
8.9
65
Not enough data
9.0
56
Security
Not enough data
9.6
67
Not enough data
9.5
64
Not enough data
9.4
59
Not enough data
9.1
55
Free Resources
Not enough data
7.4
52
Not enough data
8.7
55
Not enough data
9.6
62
Integration - Machine Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Learning - Machine Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security - Domain Registrar
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Convenience and automation - Domain Registrar
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Support and service - Domain Registrar
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Advanced management and features - Domain Registrar
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
6.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Virtual Private Servers (VPS)
7.5
21
Not enough data
7.3
20
Not enough data
7.5
20
Not enough data
Hosting Management
8.4
346
Not enough data
8.9
353
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
285
Not enough data
8.2
240
Not enough data
8.7
267
Not enough data
7.9
216
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
296
Not enough data
8.6
294
Not enough data
Development
8.9
73
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
73
Not enough data
8.8
68
Not enough data
7.9
68
Not enough data
Database
8.7
69
Not enough data
7.9
67
Not enough data
7.9
66
Not enough data
8.6
66
Not enough data
8.9
68
Not enough data
Infrastructure
8.8
69
Not enough data
9.0
70
Not enough data
8.3
68
Not enough data
Configuration
8.8
51
Not enough data
8.7
51
Not enough data
8.6
51
Not enough data
7.4
50
Not enough data
8.7
50
Not enough data
Database Administration
8.7
51
Not enough data
8.4
51
Not enough data
7.8
50
Not enough data
Availability
9.2
51
Not enough data
8.8
50
Not enough data
8.4
51
Not enough data
8.4
50
Not enough data
Security
7.7
47
Not enough data
8.0
48
Not enough data
7.7
46
Not enough data
Data Management
8.6
47
Not enough data
7.5
47
Not enough data
Management
9.3
38
Not enough data
9.1
37
Not enough data
8.5
36
Not enough data
Organization
8.9
37
Not enough data
9.0
37
Not enough data
8.9
36
Not enough data
Development
8.8
36
Not enough data
8.8
34
Not enough data
8.9
36
Not enough data
9.2
35
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
DigitalOcean and WPMU DEV share no categories
Unique Categories
WPMU DEV is categorized as WordPress Hosting, Reseller Hosting, WordPress Management Tools, Managed Hosting, Domain Registrars, and Managed DNS Solutions
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
DigitalOcean
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
WPMU DEV
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
24.5%
Information Technology and Services
19.8%
Internet
6.9%
Marketing and Advertising
5.8%
Computer & Network Security
3.0%
Other
40.0%
Marketing and Advertising
20.4%
Design
10.0%
Information Technology and Services
9.4%
Computer Software
5.9%
Internet
4.9%
Other
49.4%
Discussions
What are droplets in DigitalOcean?
7 Comments
JL
Companies like to rename existing concepts to make them seem more exclusive. A Droplet is what Digital Ocean has decided to name its virtual machines,...Read more
What's your primary use case for DigitalOcean?
2 Comments
TR
I use it for hosting my staging websites for my web dev business as well as hosting my own website. I'm not a big fan of web hosting companies, especially as...Read more
Are digital ocean droplets VPS?
2 Comments
JL
Yes, Droplets are what Digital Ocean calls their VPS's.Read more
Can we get some sort of VPS or dev server for the sites we are currently working on?
4 Comments
MH
Spinning up a dev server on WPMU DEV is like 2 clicks.Read more
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