DigitalOcean

Pros

What I like about Digital Ocean is that:- I only pay for the resources that I use. While several other hosting providers will urge clients to go in for long-term hosting, Digital Ocean enables clients to only pay for what they use. This is pretty transparent if you ask me.- It's easy to use: While this may make sense to some people, Digital Ocean has one of the most simple and ease-to-use workspaces. Features are well allocated and they are not even supercharged. It makes it easy to locate an item without hassles.- It uses solid-state drives which are way faster than the usual storage most companies offer.- iT various droplets which are easy to configure and can also be deployed

Cons

The reasons why I stopped using Digital Ocean is that:- After three months of hosting, the system started refusing my prepaid visa card meanwhile I'd been using it in the previous months without stress when I reached out to the support team they took a longer time to respond and didn't solve the problem. They suggested that I should try paying via Paypal and there was an extra $10 that got added to the initial fees that I was to pay. At a point, it made no sense to me.- Secondly, all services are self-managed. Although it somehow gives full controllability what about beginners who have little knowledge of cloud computing or similar products? they won't make it.- Fast support comes at an extra cost. This is not a good model - It makes no sense to reduce subscription fees to later ask me to pay for support. It's not even common in today's business world. Please consider upgrading.

Pros

Digital Ocean provides a lot of guides, making it easy to use for beginners as well.

Cons

There is a problem with the bandwidth feature as Digital Ocean does not provide guaranteed bandwidth. This limitation makes it challenging to utilize their services in the streaming industry.

Pros

nothing, nothing at all! I didnt like anyting at all.

Cons

Stay away at all costs! You will regret it!

Pros

I really enjoy the use of Droplets to build my own servers just the way I want. With options to control how large my server is and more options to scale it in the future, I can be assured that DigitalOcean will have what I need.

Cons

There is always room for improvement with any application. DigitalOcean makes is hard to find faults but I would say improving the console experience is always at the forefront of my mind. Making shortcuts and scripts to set up servers quickly would be nice for brand new users.

Pros

I like that they provide inexpensive virtual machine hosting and allow for complete control over it.
You can resize machines quite easily, make snapshots of VM's control firewall settings etc.

Cons

It is not always easy to find the section you are looking for but a quick google helps easily.

Pros

DigitalOcean is easy to use because of user-friendly interface. It provide own hosting panel along with virtual machines and allow for complete control over it. You can enable IPv6 for the server also easily Firewall configure can be done. The service I like most is that it support Micro-services architecture.

Cons

There are few issue in email services. Expensive backup so I fell little expensive

Pros

DigitalOcean has unique and very relatable features which are key ingredients to building a lasting customer experience. It is quite cost effective and simple to use. The customer support team has been very active in assisting us in setting up the tool. Web hosting and VPS hosting are made effortless. DigitalOcean is a great idea.

Cons

DigitalOcean is good. Nothing is challenging especially with prior knowledge on similar tools.

Pros

Nice web interface and widespread api support.

Cons

Pricing is not very competitive but it's still ok.

Pros

I use DigitalOcean for many of my projects for about 5 years already. I'm very happy with the different features and support DigitalOcean provides. My most used feature is DigitalOcean apps. This is a great and easy way to run your projects without the need to configure virtual servers.

Cons

One important limitation is that DigitalOcean uses CloudFlare so the request time is limited to 100 seconds and this can't be changed. You will get a timeout after this time. Because of this limitation, I'm using Google Cloud Run for one of my API.

Pros

It's a powerful platform for developers to develop and deploy applications.

Cons

A few availability problems may be noted.

Pros

Affordably priced plans, a versatile and scalable cloud architecture, an intuitive management interface, and a wealth of training and documentation are all provided by DigitalOcean. It is the perfect platform for developing and distributing apps because to its user-friendly UI and strong API.

Cons

Despite having excellent value for the money, DigitalOcean is missing certain cutting-edge capabilities, like load balancing, backup scheduling, and automated scaling. Its customer service might also be more helpful and responsive.

Pros

You can depend on Digital Ocean. It's server are very sturdy, you can choose from a very wide range of options and everything is documented.

Cons

It's complicated to setup properly, but it's getting better every day. This is not Digital Ocean's fault, Cloud Computing is though.

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Pros

The most amazingly refreshing platform to use in a long time, especially for back-end work. We'd switched from AWS, which was incredibly cumbersome to administer.

Cons

We sometimes have had to migrate between data centers because the machines we wanted in the data center in which we already had nodes didn't have the same node available for scaling.

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Pros

Very easy to use - can get started pretty quickly with little to no training.

Cons

Parts of the dashboard UI differ too much, making the products that are different harder to find things for configuration.

Pros

Along with great guides, DO has provided me and my clients with a growing list of tools to be more productive.

Cons

The learning curve was steep when I started using DO several years ago. I imagine those with no experience in this area would struggle but the guides really helped.

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Pros

It is quite simple to host Web Applications in DigitalOcean. It provides a lot of useful options in the Control panel which makes our life easy.We can schedule a backup in DigitalOcean as per our needs. Connecting a database to our application is simple.

Cons

Nothing to dislike about DigitalOcean till now. No issues encountered till now.

Pros

I like the UI which is very intuitive. For a begineer it's probably the best choice respect to other cloud providers. Another great aspect is the price, really cheap to start a basic droplet or a managed DB. Documentation is good and many problems are already resolved if you find over internet.

Cons

If you need a complex but really full of features Cloud Provider maybe Digital Ocean lacks for some services and specific configurations. Anyway they are working hard to add even more features.

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Pros

Things that I like about DigitalOcean are
1) You get power of cloud computing at some discount compared to Amazon and Google.
2) Nice and intuitive dashboard.
3) You can provision new servers in around 60 seconds.
4) Developer friendly.
5) Ability to collaborate with teams.
6) Predictable pricing.
7) Scale up as you grow.
8) Can enable IPv6 for the server.
9) Get to know various monitoring metrics like CPU and RAM consumption, disk usage, bandwidth consumption in the dashboard at a minimal interval of 5 minutes. You can see these usage for last 14 days.
10) Take backups and snapshots incase of anything goes wrong.
11) Easy to configure Firewall.
12) Can increase disk space easily by adding Block Storage to the droplets.
13) DigitalOceans Spaces can be used to offload static files for as low as $5 for 1TB CDN bandwidth and reduce load on server.
14) DigitalOcean has one of the best knowledge base and how to articles to get you started or get out if you are stuck.
15) Create alerts to receive email notification
16) Get email notification when monthly spending reaches your defined threshold.

Cons

Things that I don't like about DigitalOcean are
1) You have to turn off the droplet to scale up or scale down.
2) Information regarding DDoS attacks on droplets should also me made available in the control panel.
3) Backups and Snapshots costs extra and are pricy.
4) Does not accept prepaid cards for payments.

Pros

The best part is that it's a fixed price, so you won't have to worry about billing; it won't go over budget, and it'll always be the same amount. Their administration panel is significantly more user-friendly than those of other cloud providers, making it easier for people with less technical knowledge to operate. We've never had a server go down in the period we've been using DigitalOcean.

Cons

For newbies, setting up SSH and remote access to your server may be tricky. There is no premium support on Digitalocean. If you have a problem with digitalocean and submit a support ticket, the customer care team will simply provide you a link to a post on their blog that will help you fix the problem.

Pros

Very easy to create, backup and replicate VPS servers. Everything is in the right place and the web panel is very user friendly. Pricing for newly created servers is very clear and fair.

Cons

Sometimes you need to get to the console, do the research and set up something, but it's VPS so you kind of agreed to that

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Pros

DigitalOcean's user-friendly nature is one of its significant advantages. The platform's clean and intuitive interface makes it effortless to set up and manage your servers and applications, resulting in a smooth and easy-to-use experience.

Cons

Overall great application, nothing that I liked the least.

Pros

Digital Ocean is unbeatable on cost and ease of use for an IAAS. Managing droplets is intuitive and as simple as you can hope for. Uptime / reliability is great.

Cons

Doesn't have as much power as AWS, but that's the trade-off for simplicity.

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Pros

It is one of the simplest ways to set up a VPS, and you can choose from a variety of operating systems such as Ubuntu. There are numerous droplets to choose from, each with a different price. The best part is the free trial period that they provide when you register, which allows you to try everything they offer for free.

Cons

What I dislike the most is that it has a bad reputation, so if you decide to use it as your email marketing server, you should be aware that it will be blacklisted the majority of the time. Furthermore, they make no effort to prevent spammers from using their services.

Pros

Awesome to be able to utilize resources in the cloud and a really good provider that has excellent support to give. In addition they provide top of the line document and technical implementation guides, which I love!

Cons

Can't come up with anything straight away, except for wanting lover rates, even if they are very low already. :-)

Pros

Easy to maintain and great support and community around their products.

Cons

Setting up something can be a challenge if you are not as technical.

Pros

This IaaS eliminates the responsibility of owning, deploying, maintaining and managing physical infrastructure. The features are reliable and easy to use to everyone.

Cons

Low internet speed or fluctuating supply would really cost the user. We really struggled before realizing this.

Pros

I love how simple and user friendly DigitalOcean is. Setting up droplets is quick and the pricing is straight forward. No hidden suprises

Cons

Sometimes support can be slow, especially during high traffic times. Would love faster response options

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Pros

Easy to create droplets with a lot of options
Good panel with simples options, good for beginners

Cons

Price is a little bit high for some products (Databases for example)
Marketplace's apps are not up to date for many (example: Airbyte)

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Pros

It's one of my go-to tools for creating multiple droplet with compute resource customizable for me and can spin up them simultaneously, ssh in to them to run in parallel for my recon process in application security testing. Also, it offers 100$ credits for free to new users which I availed during my initial usage.

Cons

Free tier could offer some more storage for the container registry.

Pros

I originally went with DigitalOcean because it integrated well with SpinupWP. I have found that DigitalOcean is very stable, has a very easy to use interface and is a cost effective solution to moving off of shared hosting like Siteground, iPower, GoDaddy, etc. and having more resources and control. Probably not for everybody, but if you are hosting many projects and want speed and control it is a top choice.

Cons

I really have not found anything I dislike about DigitalOcean, in fact to this point I have still not had to contact their customer support.

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Pros

DigitalOcean is the simplest and most cost-effective platform-as-a-service provider I have ever used. Their simplicity does not come at additional cost unlike Heroku, and they have all the tooling and infrastructure to manage your every cloud need. Their documentation is spectacular, and their support is second to none.

Cons

If there are any cons to using DigitalOcean, I haven't encountered them yet. My experience so far has been absolutely flawless and I am a very happy customer.

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Pros

I love how good their documentation is. They even provide guides for issues which are not directly related to their services.

Cons

I'd like to see an option for a pay-as-you-go plan without any fixed costs.

Pros

It seemed reliable but isn´t - it´s a horror company.

Cons

I have used digital ocean for more than 7 years. Now comes the horror. I was on a summer trip for about a month and really took a digital detox time. Within this period, our company credit card was outdated, so the monthly payment couldn´t be processed. When I saw this, I immeadiately used another payment service and took care of the bill. However, DigitalOcean had already erased all our company data and back-ups. A project worth more than 150 thousand EUROS was just erased. According to DigitalOcean the data is gone forever and they told me don´t worry you can just start a new one. To everyone out there, the company is not trustworthy and doesn´t care about you. Watch out and better find an alternative, usually data is stored in backups and not 100% erased within such a short period. Moreover, customer service really bad - unbelievable.

Pros

Pricing is one of the best things about DigitalOcean. You get really affordable options without sacrificing too much in terms of performance, which is a win-win.

Cons

Support could use some improvement. When things go wrong, it sometimes takes a bit longer to get the help you need.

Pros

It's cheap, easy to use, easy to set up and the uptime and documentation is amazing.

Cons

As more resources are needed and/or the project works, maybe a more managed solution could be a better option, higher tiers are not as much of a value for your money.

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Pros

DigitalOcean is amazing for small businesses - and also for scaling. Their startups program offers new businesses with a massive $2,000+ in credits for their first year, and their pricing after that is very reasonable.

Cons

There aren't many cons to DigitalOcean - they offer everything we need, having more data centres in different areas might be one place to improve.

Pros

DigitalOcean provides user friendly website and competitive pricing which i used to buy domains for my personal uses

Cons

Their community support might not be best in the businesses or around the other alternatives

Pros

Very simple UI, an effective and fast support. Also, everything needed is present.

Cons

The prices are a bit high, and VAT-excluded.

Pros

I love GUI, how easy it´s to deploy a react app with a droplet o a backend with nodejs

Cons

I had some issues with my spaces and contacted customer service around 3 time and they didn´t give a solution

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Pros

Easy to set up a server and modify them. DigitalOcean integrates seamlessly with Forge which was great. Lots of support docs which helped me set up my own linux server from scratch!

Cons

A tiny bit confusing if you don't know the terms.

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Pros

DigitalOcean offers the best hosting services in terms of speed performance, budget, and security. We've used its services for many years now and it's really worth paying for it.Virtual servers are easy to set up with their integrated terminal which doesn't necessarily require putty or any other third-party terminal to run the servers.We've tested the most recent versions of Ubuntu on it and it works without bugs. The company ensures content safety and empowers with the best support ever.It supports both Plesk and Cyber panel very well.We only pay for what we use and this helps us to save more money as compared to few other hosting providers that we've been using.

Cons

There is no bad with their services so far.

Pros

The UI is very simple to use. Deploy databases and instances is a really easy task.

Cons

I think Digital Ocean is too expensive, there are some cheaper options

Pros

Own hosting panel, simple and intuitive. I never needed to use the support, as it's all so simple :-)

Cons

I didn't find any point that I didn't like, I used it a lot during COVID where I had installed several APPS, one of which was jitsi, which provided access to my family for video conferencing and not having to pay for ZOOM.

Pros

Digitalocean is so extremely easy to use. You can get a product deployed in under 10 minutes, with super fast build times.

Cons

It is somewhat expensive, however the ease of use makes it very worth it.

Pros

DigitalOcean is an ideal choice for backend development, as it offers a great deal of flexibility in terms of server options, an intuitive user interface, and fast deployment cycles. Developers have access to virtual private servers (VPS) and dedicated servers, allowing them to customize the server according to their specific needs, from the size and type of hardware to the operating system and software installed. Additionally, the wide range of pre-configured options allows for quick setup and deployment, making it ideal for automated deployments. These features make DigitalOcean one of the best choices for backend development, enabling developers to develop and deploy applications rapidly.

Cons

I dislike that DigitalOcean does not offer as many services as some of their competitors. They are making a great effort to add more services, but they are still behind in comparison to other cloud providers.

Pros

Digital Ocean help us to provide virtual machines within our budget and easy to manage services provide by digital ocean without complexity.

Cons

Based on our usage digital ocean fulfil our requirements. They need to add more services like other cloud competitors.

Pros

Gives us the possibility to quickly deploy the web app or server for super reasonable price before. The implementation is really easy

Cons

The documentation is sporadic in some important technical details. This should be improved to speed up our development

Pros

It's incredibly simple to use the pre-configured VM templates for common software, which frees up your time for other important tasks. You can stop worrying about these things and needing to perform recovery tests on a regular basis thanks to automated VM backups and point-in-time recovery for databases.

Cons

I wish there was a more effective method for automatically provisioning individuals from specific nations. I didn't like that in order to prove my identity, I had to provide a photo of my face and my ID. I realise it's a security measure, but I'm sure there are other providers who can get around it better. That almost prevented people from getting started.

Pros

What I like about Digital Ocean is its easy-to-use User Interface. It is simple and intuitive, making it easy for users to get started with cloud hosting

Cons

Overall it's a great alternative for Cloud Hosting solutions but even though it has a great User Interface it lacks a lot in feature sets when compared to other cloud providers.

Pros

What I like most about DigitalOcean are its ease of use and user-friendly interface. DigitalOcean provides a simple and intuitive control panel that makes it easy for users to create and manage their resources, such as Droplets, spaces, load balancers, and more. This can be beneficial for users who are new to cloud computing or who want to avoid the complexity of other cloud providers.

Cons

The only throwback I have with DigitalOcean is that it may not have as many features and services as some of the larger cloud providers, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. DigitalOcean focuses mainly on providing simple, easy-to-use solutions for developers and small to medium-sized businesses, and may not have as many specialized services or advanced features as some of the larger providers. But am sure they are working on adding more features soon.

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