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DigitalOcean Droplets pricing

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DigitalOcean Droplets costs from $4/mo on its cheapest paid plan; 1 plan in all, as listed on digitalocean.com — prices checked 23 Sep 2026.

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DigitalOcean Droplets pricing at a glance

Plans Paid No free plan — trial or paid only. Prices checked 23 Sep 2026.
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DigitalOcean Droplets plans & pricing

PlanPriceKey limits
Basic Droplet (512 MiB)$4/mo Monthly cap; billed per second with a 60-second minimum.
  • 512 MiB memory
  • 1 vCPU
  • 500 GiB transfer
  • 10 GiB SSD

Prices as published by the vendor on digitalocean.com, checked 23 Sep 2026; taxes and regional pricing may differ. We do not change a plan's price or its limits — this table is what the vendor's own pricing page said on that date.

What the price includes

  • Built for
    Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
  • Integrations
    2 integrations: DigitalOcean API, Terraform
  • Free plan
    No
  • Paid from
    $4/mo
  • Autoscaling
    Yes

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Prices checked by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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