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More power, more resources, more CPUs with DigitalOcean*
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INCLUDED
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16GB RAM
320GB SSD
INCLUDED
INCLUDED
$80
PER MONTH
*Vultr prices based on Sept '20 on-demand instances in US regions configured with equal per month cost, not including additional cost of transfer bandwidth.
Jamie Druce
Our hosting costs have decreased by over 90% and we’re running at about 25% of our capacity allowing us to quickly scale.
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We can do more with less as we don’t need to use client budget to build infrastructure.
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It remains fascinating and truly exciting for me how much simpler managing and scaling ed-tech infrastructure has become through services like DigitalOcean.
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