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DigitalOcean Pricing History and Changes

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June 7, 2026

Plan Added

VPC NAT Gateway$40/mo

DigitalOcean added a new "VPC NAT Gateway" plan at $40/mo

Connect private networks to the internetIncludes 100 GiB bandwidthSupports up to 500,000 connections

Plan Added

Network File Storage$0.15/mo

DigitalOcean added a new "Network File Storage" plan at $0.15/mo

Standard tier storageFlat pricing across all supported regionsHigh performance tier available

Plan Added

Load Balancers$12/mo

DigitalOcean added a new "Load Balancers" plan at $12/mo

Distribute traffic across Droplets and KubernetesEnsure reliable performanceHigh availability

Plan Added

FunctionsFree

DigitalOcean added a new "Functions" plan at $0/mo (Free)

Serverless computeRun code on demandEvent-driven execution

Plan Added

Container RegistryFree

DigitalOcean added a new "Container Registry" plan at $0/mo (Free)

Store and manage container imagesIntegrated with App PlatformSecure image storage

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App Platform

DigitalOcean updated "App Platform" from $5/mo to Custom

May 30, 2026

Plan Added

App Platform$5/mo

DigitalOcean added a new "App Platform" plan at $5/mo

Build, deploy, and scale appsFully managed solutionAutomatic HTTPS

Plan Added

Databases$15/mo

DigitalOcean added a new "Databases" plan at $15/mo

Automated FailoversDaily BackupsSetup and Maintenance

Plan Added

Kubernetes$12/mo

DigitalOcean added a new "Kubernetes" plan at $12/mo

Free Control PlaneManaged KubernetesAutomate and optimize performance

Plan Removed

Regular Droplet

DigitalOcean removed the "Regular Droplet" plan

Plan Removed

General Purpose Droplet

DigitalOcean removed the "General Purpose Droplet" plan

Plan Added

App Platform (Free Tier)Free

DigitalOcean added a new "App Platform (Free Tier)" plan at $0/mo (Free)

Build static sitesDeploy appsNo infrastructure management

Plan Added

Volumes$10/mo

DigitalOcean added a new "Volumes" plan at $10/mo

Block StorageHigh AvailabilityResize

Plan Added

Droplets$4/mo

DigitalOcean added a new "Droplets" plan at $4/mo

Deploy cloud VMs in secondsRun any workloadHigh-performance SSDs

Plan Removed

App Platform Starter

DigitalOcean removed the "App Platform Starter" plan

Plan Added

Spaces Standard Storage$5/mo

DigitalOcean added a new "Spaces Standard Storage" plan at $5/mo

S3-Compatible Object StorageBuilt-in CDNMultiple buckets

Plan Removed

Basic Droplet (Entry)

DigitalOcean removed the "Basic Droplet (Entry)" plan

Plan Removed

Premium Droplet

DigitalOcean removed the "Premium Droplet" plan

May 21, 2026

Plan Removed

was $4/mo

DigitalOcean removed the "Basic Droplet" plan

Plan Removed

was Free

DigitalOcean removed the "$200 Free Credit" plan

Plan Added

$63/mo

DigitalOcean added a new "General Purpose Droplet" plan at $63/mo

8GB RAM2 Dedicated vCPUs25GB SSD storage

Plan Added

$4/mo

DigitalOcean added a new "Basic Droplet (Entry)" plan at $4/mo

512MB RAM1 vCPU (Shared Intel/AMD)10GB SSD storage

Plan Added

Free

DigitalOcean added a new "App Platform Starter" plan at $0/mo

Build and deploy up to 3 static sitesAutomatic HTTPS/SSL encryptionContinuous deployment from GitHub and GitLab

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