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Customers building with DigitalOcean
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A simple and scalable cloud platform for all developer needs
Complete set of building-block services
Choose from a wide variety of services - Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Cloud-Native (managed Kubernetes) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) for all compute, networking, storage and database needs of your applications
Rich marketplace of 1-click apps
Leverage popular CMS, eCommerce, web application frameworks and developer tools - to expedite development.
Predictable costs and billing
Always know what you’ll pay per month with a flat pricing structure across all data center regions.
Cloud computing demystified
Rich set of learning content around technology topics - from the basics of virtual machines to database optimizations and container orchestration.
Plus receive free access to these services
99.99% uptime SLA
Keep your app up and running virtually all the time.
Frequently asked questions
If you are eligible, your free trial will start when you sign up for DigitalOcean. You will need a credit card so that we can verify your identity, but you will not be charged or billed during your free trial.
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New customers to DigitalOcean with a valid credit card are eligible. You are eligible if you have never been a paying customer of DigitalOcean and have not previously signed up for the free trial.
You can use the free trial for any infrastructure services provided by DigitalOcean, for example all Droplet plans, Spaces Object Storage, Block Storage, and Load Balancers.
The $200, 60-day free trial provides free credit up to $200 that must be used within 60 days. If you go over $200 in infrastructure services during the 60-day period, any overage charges will be charged to your credit card. After 60 days, any active infrastructure services running on your account will be charged at the standard pricing, as described on the DigitalOcean website.
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Cloud firewalls
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DNS
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Global data centers
DigitalOcean data centers all over the world means you deliver great experiences every time.
Enterprise SSDs
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Easy-to-use API
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Why thousands of developers choose DigitalOcean
I can’t [help] but love @digitalocean. They are bringing all the required tools for managing an app stack. Not overly complicated like AWS and G Cloud, and good pricing as well :-)
Tareq Hasan
@tareq_cse
I've worked with every conceivable service provider (Rackspace, AWS, Azure, etc), and Digital Ocean's amazing documentation, great UI/UX, and reasonable and understandable pricing scheme are unsurpassed. What's not to love?
Jason Gilmore
@wjgilmore
Simplicity is key but also performance/price. DO excels at both compared to AWS
Paolo Agostinetto
@ago_paul
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This episode is brought to you by DigitalOcean, the cloud loved by developers and founders alike. Developing and deploying applications can be tough—but it doesn’t have to be. Scaling a startup can be a painful road—but it doesn’t have to be. When you have the right cloud infrastructure, you can skip the complexity and long hours of managing it, and focus on what matters most: delivering a product your customers love.
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