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.
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Latest Updates
19 August 2025
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Rocky 10 (
rockylinux-10-x64
) base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
18 August 2025
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The AlmaLinux 10 (
almalinux-10-x64
) base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
8 August 2025
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NVIDIA H200 GPUs are now available in 1- and 8-GPU configurations for GPU Droplets via the control panel and via the API using slugs
gpu-h200x1-141gb
(1 GPU) andgpu-h200x8-1128gb
(8 GPUs). Learn more about GPU Droplet plans.
For more information, see the full release notes.