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DigitalOcean pros and cons

Vendor: DigitalOcean

4.2 out of 5

12 reviews
100% willing to recommend

1,133 followers

Pros & Cons summary

DigitalOcean is stable and integrates well with Kubernetes, simplifying developer tasks with its app platform and NGINX. The cost-effective Droplet feature benefits hosting, and customer service is responsive. However, improvements are needed in technical support and automation features. Desired upgrades include GitHub integration and a more flexible pricing model. Network latency and suboptimal deployment times affect performance. Tech buyers should consider these factors when evaluating DigitalOcean's offerings.

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Prominent pros & cons

PROS

DigitalOcean is highly stable.

Creating a phishing server is easy with DigitalOcean.

The customer support team is very responsive.

Users appreciate Kubernetes integration.

The app platform simplifies tasks for developers.

CONS

DigitalOcean could enhance technical support.

There is a need for improved integration with GitHub.

DigitalOcean is considered a bit expensive.

Latency issues exist when using DigitalOcean in a mixed system.

A pay-as-you-go model like AWS would be beneficial.

DigitalOcean Pros review quotes

LO

Head Of Application Technology at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Sep 18, 2019

The solution is very stable.

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SergioMello Grand

IT Consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Nov 29, 2023

It's been a good choice for us for some services. We generally have several deployments. For instance, for some static Angular applications, it was a clear choice to run them on Cloudflare, which performs very well in this context. All the assets go on DigitalOcean.

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Michael Olayemi

Senior Software Engineer at Checkit

Dec 17, 2024

The droplet feature is valuable for hosting my applications as it is particularly cost-effective and serves my needs well.

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Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)

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reviewer2518332

Full stack engineer at a media company with 501-1,000 employees

Jul 25, 2024

The solution's app platform simplifies many tasks a developer must handle manually. For instance, when serving a website, the app platform uses NGINX to manage the app's serving, caching, and automatic rerunning in case of failure.

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Muhammed Eltabakh

DevOps Engineer at Digified

Feb 28, 2023

The solution is easy to set up.

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Co-Founder and Full Stack Developer at Special Quiz

Feb 13, 2023

The most outstanding aspect of DigitalOcean is its user interface and ease of use. Compared to more complex solutions, such as AWS, DigitalOcean's platform is highly intuitive and user-friendly.

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CEO at DEFQON SOLUTIONS

Nov 9, 2022

The customer support team are very responsive.

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BhupendraSharma

Cloud and DevOps Engineer at Betaque

Nov 16, 2023

The user interface is nice, and it is very easy to use. Anyone can use it.

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reviewer2307231

DevOps freelancer at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees

Nov 8, 2023

I like Kubernetes integration.

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Senior Information Security Manager at a real estate/law firm with 10,001+ employees

Dec 6, 2022

The most valuable feature is the ease with which you can create a phishing server and use it.

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DigitalOcean Cons review quotes

LO

Head Of Application Technology at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Sep 18, 2019

I think something needs to be done in terms of technical support.

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SergioMello Grand

IT Consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Nov 29, 2023

The issue with DigitalOcean is primarily the latency. So, when you have a mixed system with some components staying here, and then we encounter network latency, it's not optimal. Our

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Michael Olayemi

Senior Software Engineer at Checkit

Dec 17, 2024

DigitalOcean could offer a pay-as-you-go model similar to AWS, where I would pay for what I use rather than having fixed payments.

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Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)

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reviewer2518332

Full stack engineer at a media company with 501-1,000 employees

Jul 25, 2024

The deployment time can be improved in DigitalOcean. While deployment is automated, the process can take a minute and a half to five minutes, and for more complex applications, this time increases even further. This is not optimal for applications that receive frequent updates.

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Muhammed Eltabakh

DevOps Engineer at Digified

Feb 28, 2023

We found the solution to be a bit expensive.

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Co-Founder and Full Stack Developer at Special Quiz

Feb 13, 2023

The solution could improve by having integration with GitHub.

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CEO at DEFQON SOLUTIONS

Nov 9, 2022

The technical support for this solution could be improved.

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BhupendraSharma

Cloud and DevOps Engineer at Betaque

Nov 16, 2023

Other solutions are proving the monitoring feature, like AWS having GuardDuty and SAP having services for logs and monitoring. DigitalOcean doesn’t have any other benefits.

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reviewer2307231

DevOps freelancer at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees

Nov 8, 2023

I would like to see improvements to the logging and user interface. The verification process could be more streamlined.

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Senior Information Security Manager at a real estate/law firm with 10,001+ employees

Dec 6, 2022

I would like to see an automation feature added to send emails out using the open-source solution.

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