DigitalOcean vs RunPod
Compare DigitalOcean and RunPod on plans, locations, entry pricing and managed services. ServerSearcher tracks 88 DigitalOcean plans and 71 from RunPod.
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Key differences
- DigitalOcean has the larger tracked catalogue (88 plans vs 71).
- RunPod is tracked in more locations (21 vs 10).
- Both providers list servers in Amsterdam, Netherlands; Atlanta, United States.
- Only DigitalOcean currently lists virtual servers.
- Only RunPod currently lists GPU servers.
- Only DigitalOcean can be managed with Terraform (an official Terraform provider).
- Plans tracked
- 88
- Locations
- 10
- Dedicated
- 0
- Virtual
- 88
- GPU plans
- 0
- Terraform
- Official provider
- Founded
- 2011
- Headquarters
- New York, United States
Entry pricing
| Entrycheapest tracked plan | $4.00/mos-1vcpu-512mb-10gb — 1 vCPU, 0.5 GB RAM, 0.5 TB transfer |
|---|---|
| Small4–8 GB RAM | $24.00/mos-2vcpu-4gb — 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 4 TB transfer |
| Medium8–16 GB RAM | $42.00/mos-2vcpu-8gb-amd — 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 5 TB transfer |
| Large16 GB RAM or more | $84.00/mom-2vcpu-16gb — 2 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 4 TB transfer |
Managed services
- Block storage
- Cdn
- Container registry
- GPU servers
- Load balancer
- Managed containers
- Managed Kubernetes
- Managed MySQL
- Managed PostgreSQL
- Managed redis
- Managed kafka
- Object storage
- Serverless cron jobs
- Serverless functions
- Static sites
- Virtual machines
- Bare metal
Data centres
Amsterdam, Netherlands · Atlanta, United States · Bangalore, India · Frankfurt, Germany · London, United Kingdom · New York, United States · San Francisco, United States · Singapore · Sydney, Australia · Toronto, Canada
RunPod
RunPod is the AI developer cloud: on-demand GPU pods, serverless inference and multi-node clusters across community hosts and its own secure data centres.
- Plans tracked
- 71
- Locations
- 21
- Dedicated
- 0
- Virtual
- 0
- GPU plans
- 71
- Terraform
- Not tracked
- Founded
- 2022
- Headquarters
- Moorestown, New Jersey, United States
Entry pricing
| Entrycheapest tracked plan | Not tracked |
|---|---|
| Small4–8 GB RAM | Not tracked |
| Medium8–16 GB RAM | Not tracked |
| Large16 GB RAM or more | Not tracked |
Managed services
- GPU servers
- Managed containers
- Serverless functions
Data centres
Amsterdam, Netherlands · Atlanta, United States · Bucharest, Romania · Charlotte, United States · Community Cloud, Global · Dallas, United States · Denver, United States · India · Kansas City, United States · Keflavik, Iceland · Maryland, United States · Missouri, United States · Montreal, Canada · Omaha, United States · Oslo, Norway · Paris, France · Prague, Czechia · San Jose, United States · Seattle, United States · Stockholm, Sweden · Tokyo, Japan
DigitalOcean vs RunPod — frequently asked questions
How many server plans do DigitalOcean and RunPod offer?
ServerSearcher tracks 88 plans from DigitalOcean and 71 from RunPod.
How many data-center locations do DigitalOcean and RunPod have?
DigitalOcean has 10 data-center locations we track; RunPod has 21.
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