Droplet Features
We offer CPU and GPU plans for various Linux-based Droplets. Droplets integrate with other DigitalOcean offerings, like autoscale pools, tags, reserved IPs, volumes, cloud firewalls, DigitalOcean Load Balancers, and more.
Droplet Details
Generated on 10 Apr 2026
DigitalOcean Droplets are Linux-based virtual machines (VMs) that run on top of virtualized hardware. Each Droplet you create is a new server you can use, either standalone or as part of a larger, cloud-based infrastructure.
Droplet Pricing
Billing and pricing information for CPU and GPU Droplets, including bandwidth charges.
Droplet Availability
Regional datacenter availability for Droplets.
Droplet Limits
Limits and known issues for Droplets.
More Details
Private Droplets
Private Droplets provide VPC-only networking with no direct public connectivity and automatic integration with VPC NAT gateway, peering, and private DNS.
Image Deprecation Policy
Information on the distribution versions we provide and our policies on updating and deprecating images.
Droplet Policies
Droplet access and user responsibility.
Package Mirrors
Mirrors of upstream Linux package archives (Debian, Ubuntu) are available at mirrors.digitalocean.com.
Live Migrations
An overview of what live migrations are and how they affect users.
CPU Droplet SLA
The service-level agreement for CPU Droplets.
GPU Droplet SLA
The service-level agreement for GPU Droplets.