Good tools, pricing is just average. We use VPSs and managed databases for Wordpress websites and MERN saas applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Support is bad. Impossible to reach anyone. Hit our "droplet limit" and it took 24 hours for someone to respond. Sent a calendar link to talk about it next week, nothing sooner available. Hardware is also aging and not really updated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DigitalOcean has been a great fit for my MERN CRM.

Predictable pricing, quick Droplet spin-ups, and clear docs made deployment simple. I run Node services on Droplets behind a load balancer, store files in Spaces, and use Managed Databases for MongoDB. Performance is solid, scaling up or down takes minutes, and snapshots/backups are painless. The VPC setup keeps internal traffic private, monitoring and alerts are straightforward, and their control panel is fast. Support has been responsive the few times I needed it. For a small team shipping a CRM, it hits the sweet spot of cost, reliability, and ease of use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't think there are downsides to using DigitalOcean. I avoided the AWS outage and I'm happy I chose DO. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DigitalOcean stands out for its simplicity, reliability, and developer-friendly environment. The UI is clean and intuitive, making it easy to deploy and manage droplets even for those who aren’t full-time sysadmins.

Their documentation is top-tier—comprehensive, well-organized, and beginner-friendly, which really speeds up troubleshooting and learning. Pricing is transparent and affordable, especially for small businesses and startups looking to scale gradually.

I also appreciate their growing ecosystem of products like Spaces, Managed Databases, and Kubernetes support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There’s not much to dislike, but if I had to point something out, it would be that some advanced features and monitoring tools are more limited compared to larger cloud providers like AWS or GCP. While that keeps things simpler, power users might miss certain enterprise-grade options or integrations. That said, for the vast majority of use cases, DigitalOcean more than delivers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Very affordable hosting platform! I tried researching many different platforms to host n8n and this proves to be the best one! It was also very simple to set up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Can’t really tell as I haven’t explored it that much. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like best about DigitalOcean is its intuitive and clean interface, which makes managing servers and deployments incredibly straightforward - even for users who aren’t cloud experts. The pricing is also very transparent and affordable, allowing me to scale projects without worrying about unexpected costs. On top of that, the platform’s performance is consistently reliable, with fast server response times and minimal downtime, which is essential for my work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While I’m generally very satisfied with DigitalOcean, if I had to mention a downside, it would be that some advanced features and integrations found in larger cloud providers are missing or require more manual setup. Additionally, more detailed documentation or tutorials for certain use cases would be helpful for users looking to expand their projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can be dead simple. You can get a Droplet running in minutes without having to worry about setting up an internal network, user permissions, etc. Just put your SSH key, and at the end you get a public IP address and a compute node. Selection of droplet combinations are also straightforward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Currently, Spaces could use more granular permissions and privileges. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DigitalOcean helped us create Droplets, allowing us to manage our custom integrations. It is very easy to implement, create, and provision the Droplets in minutes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We have been using DigitalOcean services for almost a year, and everything is working fine as expected. There is nothing we dislike about DO. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of use and simplicity of user experience. I want infrastructure to host my application and I can log in, spin up a droplet, and start working very easily. I am comparing to using the AWS console which is overwhelming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I ran into a problem with SMTP ports being blocked by default which is understandable but it was not clear until I researched it. I bypassed it by using AWS SES api, but it took some figuring out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DigitalOcean has very good selection of services. You can create VPS server of all sizes and quantities. For instance, you can create a vps host (with 1cpu and 10gb hard disk) for as little as $4 per month. It can go all the way up to $1630/mo with 60 CPUs.

You can create GPU droplets as well.

Other think is about almost 100% uptime. Initially there some speed issues over the past. It could kick in once or twice in a month. But I think DigitalOcean has worked on this. I created an uptime monitoring service (which also is from DigitalOcean). It says, last outage was around 175 days ago. That is very nice.

It's website is neatly structured. Great ease of use.

Customer support is also very good. Very responsive. I am using the free plan. In this plan, they reply you within 24 hours. Every time I opened a ticket, they would promptly answer it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike a couple of things about DigitalOcean. Centos 10 was released on December 12, 2024. But it is not available yet in DigitalOcean as of today (7th May). Other providers like Vultr has it already. The selection of linux distributions is also limited. Compared to Vultr, DigitalOcean does not have that much choice of linux distributions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1 - Very Easy to setup and manage droplets that is we can spin up servers or apps in just few minutes.

2 - Simple and Clean UI

3 - Transparent pricing we always know what we are spending

4 - Great documentation and community support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1 - It has limited advanced services when comapred to aws.

2 - Load balancer and monitoring features are basic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.