Beginning on 1 January 2027, new and existing copies of a Droplet snapshot in additional regions are billed at the same price as the original snapshot.
Snapshots Pricing
Last verified 12 Nov 2026
Snapshots are on-demand disk images of DigitalOcean Droplets and volumes saved to your account. Use them to create new Droplets and volumes with the same contents.
Snapshots are charged at $0.06 per GB per month for Droplets and $0.06 per GiB per month for volumes.
There is a minimum charge of $0.01, which may apply for very small snapshots or snapshots that exist only for a short time.
Pricing is based on the size of the snapshot.