DigitalOcean Customer Reviews 2025 | Cloud Infrastructure as a

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DigitalOcean

Composite Score

8.4 /10

CX Score

8.7 /10

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What is DigitalOcean?

DigitalOcean helps you create, automate, and manage a robust infrastructure with features like API, Floating IPs, Shared Private Networking, and Team Accounts.

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Awards & Recognition

DigitalOcean won the following awards in the Cloud Infrastructure as a Service category

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1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

3 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2023

DigitalOcean Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

87 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love DigitalOcean?

3% Negative

8% Neutral

89% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Caring
Helps Innovate
Reliable

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Capacity Management

Access Management

Load Balancing

Cloud Backup

Cloud Integration

Data Migration

Multi Cloud Management

Regulatory Compliance

SLA Management

Systems Performance Management

Encryption and Decryption Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

DigitalOcean Reviews

Gaurav C.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Mar 2024

Fantastic Product

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates DigitalOcean from other similar products?

DigitalOcean distinguishes itself with its simplicity, developer focus, and user-friendly experience. Its intuitive interface, transparent pricing, and robust community support make it a top choice for developers and SMBs seeking straightforward cloud hosting solutions.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I appreciate DigitalOcean's straightforward interface and ease of use, which accelerates the process of deploying and managing cloud resources. Its reliable performance and transparent pricing also contribute to a smooth development experience, allowing me to focus more on building and scaling my applications.

What do you dislike most about this product?

One aspect that could be improved is the range of available services and features compared to some other cloud providers. While DigitalOcean offers essential infrastructure services, it may lack some advanced features or integrations required for more complex or specialized use cases.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would recommend that before diving into DigitalOcean, define your project needs, explore their documentation for guidance, monitor resource usage for efficiency, consider managed services for easier maintenance, and implement backups and load balancers for reliability.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Akarsh A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Nov 2023

Best in terms of hosting

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates DigitalOcean from other similar products?

if we want to do hosting and as terms of pricing it was very good. As per block storage , Object storage it was also good then other cloud, DigitalOcean gives you a gurentee that they will be best in hosting a website

What do you dislike most about this product?

Customer Support not provide support 24 hours and they will give reply in very delay. they are not give the bandwidth gurentee also.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Use it when you hosting a website.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Taofeeq H.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2025

Simplified solution for cloud computing needs!

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates DigitalOcean from other similar products?

Efficient scaling

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Managed databases

What do you dislike most about this product?

Little AI infrastructure support

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go for it for minimal set up and maintenance.

Pros

Unique Features
Effective Service
Security Protects
Reliable

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Awards & Recognition

DigitalOcean Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love DigitalOcean?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Capacity Management Monitor system utilization and provide alerts when pre-defined thresholds are reached.

Access Management Includes social sign-on, external authorization, and fraud detection.

Load Balancing Allows distribution of workloads across multiple computing resources.

Cloud Backup Includes backup schedules, encryption algorithms, and data support.

Cloud Integration Includes real-time data integration, APIs, and data quality.

Data Migration The ability to select and extract data from one storage system to another

Multi Cloud Management Includes multiple cloud computing services, file transfers, and security guarantee.

Regulatory Compliance Includes compliance with regulations and standards such as SOX, HIPPA, NIST, PCI-DSS etc.

SLA Management Includes a contracted delivery time, automated escalations, and timely resolutions.

Systems Performance Management Includes monitoring, analyzing and configuration in order to optimize performance and increase efficiency.

Encryption and Decryption Support Support for real-time decryption and re-encryption of information.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

DigitalOcean Reviews

Gaurav C.

Fantastic Product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Akarsh A.

Best in terms of hosting

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Taofeeq H.

Simplified solution for cloud computing needs!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Capacity Management

Access Management

Load Balancing

Cloud Backup

Cloud Integration

Data Migration

Multi Cloud Management

Regulatory Compliance

SLA Management

Systems Performance Management

Encryption and Decryption Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training