Droplets
DigitalOcean Droplets are Linux-based virtual machines (VMs). Each Droplet you create is a new server you can use. Choose from a variety of Droplet plans to get right resources (like CPU, RAM, and storage) for your workload.
Compute
Validated on 24 Jan 2025 • Last edited on 31 Jan 2025
Build your application the way you want with our suite of compute products including VMs, managed containers, PaaS, and serverless functions.
DigitalOcean Kubernetes
DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) is a managed Kubernetes service that lets you deploy Kubernetes clusters without the complexities of handling the control plane and containerized infrastructure. Clusters are compatible with standard Kubernetes toolchains and integrate natively with DigitalOcean Load Balancers and volumes.
App Platform
App Platform is a platform as a service (PaaS) offering that lets you publish code directly to DigitalOcean servers without worrying about the underlying infrastructure, runtimes, or dependencies.
Functions
DigitalOcean Functions is a function as a service (FaaS) offering that lets you run your local serverless code in the cloud using Node.js, Python, Go, or PHP without managing any backend infrastructure.
Cloudways
Cloudways is a managed cloud hosting platform where teams can build, deploy, and scale web applications.
Latest Updates
7 May 2025
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NVIDIA RTX 4000 and RTX 6000 Ada Generation GPUs are now available for DOKS clusters. You can choose these GPUs when creating new clusters or adding node pools to existing clusters using the control panel and the API with the
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NVIDIA RTX 4000 and RTX 6000 Ada Generation GPUs are now available for GPU Droplets via the control panel and via the API using slugs
gpu-4000adax1-20gbandgpu-6000adax1-48gbrespectively. Learn more about GPU Droplet plans.
30 April 2025
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The DOKS Cluster Autoscaler is now in general availability. See Scaling to Zero for recommendations to follow for scaling a node pool down to zero.
28 April 2025
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You can now add Managed Valkey databases to your App Platform apps. To manage your app’s databases, see How to Manage Databases in App Platform.
For more information, see the full release notes.