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Data Services includes fully managed data products for storing, managing, indexing, and querying application data for operational workloads, search and retrieval, and AI use cases.

Data Services provides fully managed data products that help you run application databases, support similarity search and AI retrieval workflows, and build retrieval-augmented generation experiences with your own content. You can use Data Services without handling infrastructure setup, scaling, patching, backups, or ongoing maintenance yourself.

Data Services includes the following product types:

• Managed Databases: Fully managed databases for storing and operating on structured application data.
• Vector Databases: Fully managed vector databases for storing embeddings and powering semantic search, similarity search, and other AI workloads.
• Knowledge Bases: Retrieval-ready data stores that let you ingest your own content and use it for retrieval-augmented generation and other AI experiences.

Latest Updates

Upcoming Changes

• Managed MySQL 8.0 database clusters are scheduled for forced upgrades to MySQL 8.4 beginning 30 October 2026 during each cluster’s maintenance window.

  Learn more on MySQL 8.0 End of Life and Forced Upgrades Beginning 30 October 2026.

• DigitalOcean Managed Caching is being discontinued on 30 June 2025.

  To replace Managed Caching, we are offering Managed Valkey, a Redis-compatible alternative with RDMA and higher throughput. All existing Managed Caching clusters automatically convert to Valkey clusters by 30 June 2025 during your upgrade window, retaining all data.

1 July 2026

• DigitalOcean Managed Weaviate is now in public preview and enabled for all users. Weaviate is a fully managed vector database for retrieval-augmented generation and semantic search workloads.

  Create clusters from the Vector Databases page, the /v2/vector-databases API, or doctl vector-databases. Select Weaviate as the engine and review the public preview disclaimer and legal terms in the create flow. For setup, limits, and pricing, see Managed Weaviate.

28 May 2026

• You can now use the DigitalOcean Control Panel to create, connect to, tag, resize, and restore Managed Weaviate clusters (in private preview). See the Managed Weaviate docs for more information.

19 May 2026

• MySQL 8.4 is now available for database clusters. New clusters use MySQL 8.4 by default. For version support and MySQL 8.0 end of life, see MySQL Limits.

For more information, see the full release notes.