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Last verified 22 Jun 2026

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Build your application the way you want with our suite of compute products including VMs, managed containers, PaaS, and serverless functions.

Droplets

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 the right resources (like CPU, RAM, and storage) for your workload.

DigitalOcean Kubernetes

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

App Platform is a fully managed Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that deploys applications from Git repositories or container images. It automatically builds, deploys, and scales components while handling all underlying infrastructure.

Functions

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

Cloudways is a managed cloud hosting platform where teams can build, deploy, and scale web applications.

Latest Updates

Upcoming Changes

App Platform’s XL build resources (8 CPUs and 20 GiB of memory during builds) are now enabled for all apps by default. The xl-build flag is now deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Remove xl-build from your app spec to avoid potential errors once the flag is fully retired.

2 July 2026

DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) now runs a node readiness controller in public preview. The controller watches node conditions and holds NoSchedule taints on nodes until required components, including GPU drivers on GPU nodes, report healthy, which prevents pods from scheduling onto nodes that are not yet ready. DOKS deploys and manages the controller automatically.

For GPU node pools, you can also customize which GPU health metrics gate scheduling, without redeploying any components.

1 July 2026

The Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (ubuntu-26-04-x64) base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.

30 June 2026

Private Droplets are now generally available in all regions. Private Droplets have no public network interface and no public IP address, using VPC-only networking with automatic integration with VPC NAT gateway, VPC peering, and VPC private DNS. See the Private Droplets documentation for setup instructions and limitations.

For more information, see the full release notes.