# DigitalOcean Evaluations – DigitalOcean Documentation

> DigitalOcean Evaluations measure model, Inference Router, and agent performance using dataset evaluations and simulations.



## Getting Started with DigitalOcean Evaluations

Quickstarts and intermediate tutorials to get started.

- [DigitalOcean Evaluations Quickstart](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/evaluations/getting-started/quickstart/index.html.md): Create and run dataset evaluations and simulations to measure model, Inference Router, and agent performance.

## DigitalOcean Evaluations How-Tos

How to accomplish specific tasks in detail, like creation/deletion, configuration, and management.

- [How to Create a Dataset Evaluation](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/evaluations/how-to/create-dataset-evaluations/index.html.md): Create and run a dataset evaluation to measure the performance of a model, Inference Router, or supported agent against a fixed evaluation dataset.
- [How to Create a Simulation](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/evaluations/how-to/create-simulation/index.html.md): Create and run a simulation to test agent behavior across generated, multi-turn conversations.
- [How to Create, Upload, and Manage an Evaluation Dataset](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/evaluations/how-to/manage-evaluation-datasets/index.html.md): Create, format, upload, preview, download, and delete single-turn and multi-turn evaluation datasets.
- [How to Generate and Manage a Scenario Set](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/evaluations/how-to/manage-scenario-sets/index.html.md): Generate, upload, import, preview, edit, download, duplicate, rename, and delete scenario sets for simulations using the Control Panel or the API.
- [How to Compare DigitalOcean Evaluations](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/evaluations/how-to/compare-dataset-evaluations/index.html.md): Compare evaluation results, configurations, metrics, token usage, latency, and per-entry outputs.
- [How to Manage DigitalOcean Evaluations](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/evaluations/how-to/manage-evaluations/index.html.md): Download results, rename, and delete dataset evaluations and simulations.

## DigitalOcean Evaluations Concepts

Explanations and definitions of core concepts in Evaluations.

- [DigitalOcean Evaluation Dataset Design Best Practices](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/evaluations/concepts/evaluation-dataset-best-practices/index.html.md): Build representative evaluation datasets with focused test inputs, realistic user language, edge cases, ground truth responses, and consistent test coverage.
- [Simulation Best Practices](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/evaluations/concepts/simulations-best-practices/index.html.md): Design effective simulations with focused scenarios, consistent models, representative episodes, and clear evaluation criteria.
- [Simulation Scenario Set Best Practices](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/evaluations/concepts/scenario-set-best-practices/index.html.md): Design representative simulation scenario sets with focused goals, realistic personas, clear stopping criteria, and varied conversation paths.
- [Dataset Evaluation Best Practices](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/evaluations/concepts/dataset-evaluations-best-practices/index.html.md): Configure repeatable evaluations with reusable presets, focused metrics, consistent evaluation settings, and effective candidate system prompts.

## DigitalOcean Evaluations Details

Features, plans and pricing, availability, limits, known issues, and more.

- [DigitalOcean Evaluations Features](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/evaluations/details/features/index.html.md): Features for evaluating model, Inference Router, and agent performance using dataset evaluations and simulations.
- [DigitalOcean Evaluations Pricing](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/evaluations/details/pricing/index.html.md): Pricing for dataset evaluations and simulations.
- [DigitalOcean Evaluations Availability](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/evaluations/details/availability/index.html.md): Availability of dataset evaluations, simulations, and the candidate and judge models they use.
- [DigitalOcean Evaluations Limits](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/evaluations/details/limits/index.html.md): Limits and known issues for Evaluations.