Monitoring Features
Validated on 14 May 2025 • Last edited on 18 Jun 2025
DigitalOcean Monitoring is a free, opt-in service that lets you track Droplet resource usage in real time, visualize performance metrics, and receive alerts via email or Slack to proactively manage your infrastructure’s health.
Droplet Graphs
Droplet graphs provide visual representations of system-level metrics. Use them to monitor resource usage over time and understand how it correlates to performance.
By default, Droplet graphs show public and private bandwidth usage, CPU usage, and disk I/O. By installing the DigitalOcean metrics agent, you also gain access to load averages (1-, 5-, and 15-minute), memory usage, and disk usage.
Alert Policies
Alert policies let you define thresholds for resource usage. When usage exceeds these thresholds, notifications are sent through email or Slack.
You can set alerts for total CPU usage, incoming and outgoing bandwidth, disk read and write operations, memory usage, and disk usage.