DigitalOcean server pricingUS company

There is no Korean region, and the nearest is Singapore. Bills in USD with a monthly cap. A good fit for developers and small teams who want simple pricing and good docs.

At a glance

Operated by
DigitalOcean, LLC
Regions
16
Billing currency
USD
Billing unit
Per second (60-second minimum), with a monthly cap
VAT
Korean 10% VAT is added, and it is waived if you enter a valid business registration number.
Nearest region
sgp1
Internet egress
Each Droplet plan includes outbound transfer, pooled across all Droplets in the team. Beyond the allowance a per-GiB charge applies, and inbound transfer is always free.

Strengths

  • Simple pricing
  • Good documentation
  • Every plan includes transfer

Weaknesses

  • No Seoul region (nearest is Singapore)
  • Billed in USD

Products and things to know

Virtual servers (Droplets)

Rent VPS servers by the hour.

How billing works

A Droplet is billed for every second it exists, with a minimum of 60 seconds or $0.01, whichever is higher. Monthly usage is capped at 672 hours (28 days). Source

Data transfer out

Each plan includes outbound transfer, with overage at $0.01 per GiB. Inbound transfer is free. Source

The transfer allowance is pooled across all Droplets in a team, does not roll over and cannot be moved between teams. Source

Traffic over the VPC private network does not count toward transfer. Outbound traffic dropped by a DigitalOcean firewall is not billed. Source

Easy-to-miss costs

A powered-off Droplet keeps being billed because its compute stays reserved. Destroy it to end billing. Source

Turning on backups for basic plans adds 20% or 30% of the Droplet's monthly cost to your bill. Source

Snapshots are charged per GB per month, with a minimum charge of $0.01. Source

Korea region

There is no Korean region, and the nearest is Singapore (SGP1). Source

Managed databases (Managed Databases)

Managed databases.

How billing works

Cluster pricing is listed per node size as hourly and monthly rates, and storage grows in 10GiB steps. Source

High availability and backups

For automatic failover you add a standby node to the primary, and it is charged at the same rate as the primary. Source

Standby nodes can be added or removed at any time, and you can route read traffic to them. Source

Object storage (Spaces)

Object storage.

How billing works

A Spaces subscription starts at $5 per month and includes 250GiB of storage and 1,024GiB of outbound transfer across all buckets. Source

Billing starts when you create your first bucket and ends when you destroy all buckets, prorated hourly. Source

Data transfer out

Some pairings are free, such as Spaces in SGP1 to Droplets in SGP1. Source

With the VPC-local DNS resolver, Droplets reach Spaces over the internal network and it does not count toward transfer. Source

Easy-to-miss costs

Storage beyond the allotment costs $0.02 per GiB per month, and outbound transfer beyond it costs $0.01 per GiB. Source

Traffic from Droplets to Spaces does not count against Spaces transfer but does count against the Droplets' outbound allowance. Source

Limits

The Cold Storage class has a minimum retention period and is billed per GiB stored and per GiB retrieved. Source

Monthly price for common specs

SpecProductRegionMonthly priceSource
2 vCPU / 4GBBasic (shared CPU) 2 vCPU, 4GiBshared-CPU, 80 GB disk; 4,000GB transfer includedNew York City, United States€21.38$24.00 flat monthly, VAT excludedOfficial pricingChecked 2026-10-20
4 vCPU / 8GBBasic (shared CPU) 4 vCPU, 8GiBshared-CPU, 160 GB disk; 5,000GB transfer includedNew York City, United States€42.76$48.00 flat monthly, VAT excludedOfficial pricingChecked 2026-10-20
PostgreSQL 2 vCPU / 4GBPostgreSQL single node 2 vCPU, 4GiBPostgreSQL, shared-CPU, Single nodeNew York City, United States€54.25$60.90 flat monthly, VAT excludedOfficial pricingChecked 2026-10-20
MySQL 2 vCPU / 4GBMySQL single node 2 vCPU, 4GiBMySQL, shared-CPU, Single nodeNew York City, United States€54.25$60.90 flat monthly, VAT excludedOfficial pricingChecked 2026-10-20

The cheapest product that meets the spec (on-demand).

Shown in EUR, US East prices. Exchange rate used: 1 USD = ₩1,329.49 (as of 2026-10-19); 1 EUR = ₩1,492.35 (as of 2026-10-19). Prices exclude tax. Local taxes such as VAT or GST depend on your country. Korea-based buyers pay 10% VAT.

excluding tax.

Object storage

CompanyProductStorage priceWrite requestsRead requestsInternet egressSource
DigitalOceanUS companySpaces Cold StorageClass cold€0.006236/GB-mo$0.007/GB-mo--€0.008909/GB$0.01/GBOfficial pricingChecked 2026-10-20
DigitalOceanUS companySpaces Object StorageClass standard€0.01782/GB-mo$0.02/GB-mo--€0.008909/GB$0.01/GBOfficial pricingChecked 2026-10-20

Regions

Asia (2)

  • Singaporesgp1Prices shown for
  • Bangalore, Indiablr1
North America (10)
  • New York City, United Statesnyc1
  • New York City, United Statesnyc2
  • New York City, United Statesnyc3
  • San Francisco, United Statessfo2
  • San Francisco, United Statessfo3
  • Toronto, Canadator1
  • Atlanta, United Statesatl1
  • Richmond, United Statesric1
  • Kansas City, United Statesmkc1
  • Memphis, United Statesmem1

Europe (3)

  • Amsterdam, Netherlandsams3
  • London, United Kingdomlon1
  • Frankfurt, Germanyfra1

Oceania (1)

  • Sydney, Australiasyd1

Source: docs.digitalocean.com. Checked: 2026-10-20

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Collection status

Status: OK. Last success: 2026-10-20 12:09 KST

Products collected: 93 servers, 30 databases, 6 storage