DigitalOcean Droplets are Linux-based virtual machines (VMs). Each Droplet you create is a new server you can use. Choose from a variety of Droplet plans to get right resources (like CPU, RAM, and storage) for your workload.
Compute
Validated on 24 Jan 2025 • Last edited on 31 Jan 2025
Build your application the way you want with our suite of compute products including VMs, managed containers, PaaS, and serverless functions.
DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) is a managed Kubernetes service that lets you deploy Kubernetes clusters without the complexities of handling the control plane and containerized infrastructure. Clusters are compatible with standard Kubernetes toolchains and integrate natively with DigitalOcean Load Balancers and volumes.
App Platform is a platform as a service (PaaS) offering that lets you publish code directly to DigitalOcean servers without worrying about the underlying infrastructure, runtimes, or dependencies.
DigitalOcean Functions is a function as a service (FaaS) offering that lets you run your local serverless code in the cloud using Node.js, Python, Go, or PHP without managing any backend infrastructure.
Cloudways is a managed cloud hosting platform where teams can build, deploy, and scale web applications.
Latest Updates
Upcoming Changes
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Starting 1 January 2026, Droplets are billed per-second, with a minimum charge of 60 seconds or $0.01, whichever is higher.
3 November 2025
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An Ubuntu 25.10 (
ubuntu-25-10-x64) base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
31 October 2025
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You can use 8-GPU configuration GPUs in a multi-node set up in DOKS clusters, where the GPUs are connected via a dedicated high speed networking fabric. These GPUs are available by contract only. To learn how to set up multi-node GPUs, see How to Use Multi-Node GPUs.
20 October 2025
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Using DigitalOcean NFS shares as shared storage in DigitalOcean Kubernetes clusters is now in general availablity. This feature is available on Kubernetes versions 1.31 and higher. You can create and use the shares with DOKS clusters only in the regions where the DigitalOcean NFS shares are available. For more information, see Use NFS Storage.
For more information, see the full release notes.