DigitalOcean Kubernetes pricing
7 plans read from digitalocean.com
Basic$12 a month billed monthlyVariable workloads · Free inbound data transfer · Free outbound data transfer starting at 2,000 GiB/month Read 22 Sep 2026 · digitalocean.com
CPU-optimized$42 a month billed monthlyDedicated CPU · 2 GiB RAM per CPU · Lower cost per dedicated vCPU Read 22 Sep 2026 · digitalocean.com
General purpose$63 a month billed monthlyDedicated CPU · 4 GiB RAM per CPU · Designed for a wide range of workloads Read 22 Sep 2026 · digitalocean.com
Memory-optimized$84 a month billed monthlyDedicated CPU · 8 GiB RAM per CPU · For resource-intensive applications Read 22 Sep 2026 · digitalocean.com
Storage-optimized$163 a month billed monthlyDedicated CPU · Guaranteed NVMe · Up to 6.87 TiB of local storage Read 22 Sep 2026 · digitalocean.com
v5$0.03 a month Billed per second at an hourly rateShared or dedicated CPU configurations · Configure vCPU, memory, and storage independently · Billed at an hourly rate Read 22 Sep 2026 · digitalocean.com
NVIDIA H100 GPU$4.41 a month On-demand hourly pricing80 GB GPU RAM · 240 GiB Droplet RAM · 20 Droplet vCPUs · 5 TiB NVMe scratch disk Read 22 Sep 2026 · digitalocean.com
In short
- DigitalOcean Kubernetes lists no free plan.
- Paid plans published: 7, from $0.03 a month.
What the alternatives costAll alternatives →
| Tool | From | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Elastic Container Service | $0.01/mo | Yes | No |
| OpenFaaS | $1,250/mo | Yes | Yes |
| Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service | $0.10/mo | No | No |
| Azure Monitor | — | No | Yes |
| Fly.io | $2.19/mo | No | Yes |
| Knative | — | Yes | No |
| Kubernetes | — | Yes | No |
| CAST AI | — | No | Yes |