DigitalOcean Customer Reviews 2025 | SoftwareReviews

DigitalOcean

Composite Score

8.4 /10

CX Score

8.7 /10

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What is DigitalOcean?

DigitalOcean helps you create, automate, and manage a robust infrastructure with features like API, Floating IPs, Shared Private Networking, and Team Accounts.

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Awards & Recognition

DigitalOcean won the following awards in the Cloud Infrastructure as a Service category

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3 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2023

DigitalOcean Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

87 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love DigitalOcean?

4% Negative

6% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Helps Innovate
Caring
Efficient Service

Feature Ratings

Average 81

Capacity Management

Cloud Integration

Data Migration

Load Balancing

Access Management

Cloud Backup

Regulatory Compliance

SLA Management

Multi Cloud Management

Systems Performance Management

Analytics and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

DigitalOcean Reviews

Patricia B.

Role: Operations
Industry: Education
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Nov 2024

Fast and Responsive Support

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates DigitalOcean from other similar products?

DigitalOcean provides free tiers, making it possible to try out the platform and deploy small applications without incurring costs.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

- Provides high-performance infrastructure - Automated Backups - Easy to use

What do you dislike most about this product?

- Limited Availability of Certain Features - High in price - Complex features

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Recommend using

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

SriHarsha K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

DigitalOcean User-Friendly Cloud Platform Cost Eff

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates DigitalOcean from other similar products?

DigitalOcean is designed for ease of use, with an intuitive dashboard and clear documentation that help developers quickly deploy and platform offers transparent, flat-rate pricing with no hidden costs. This predictability makes it attractive for startups and small businesses looking to control their budgets while scaling their infrastructure and provides robust API support, extensive tutorials, and a vibrant community, enabling developers to automate tasks.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

DigitalOcean’s dashboard is clean and user-friendly, making it easy for both beginners and experienced developers to navigate and access features and has ability to create "Droplets" in just a few clicks, users can get their applications up and running in minutes, which is ideal for rapid prototyping and development and provides straightforward, flat-rate pricing model eliminates surprises on billing, making it easier for businesses.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Compared to larger cloud providers like AWS or Google Cloud, DigitalOcean lacks some advanced features and services. For instance, there are fewer options for enterprise-grade networking, such as advanced load balancing and hybrid cloud solutions

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

DigitalOcean’s Droplets are easy to set up and offer a variety of configurations and using DigitalOcean’s managed databases and Kubernetes. These services simplify maintenance and scalability, allowing you to focus on development rather than infrastructure management and advantage of the DigitalOcean Marketplace for one-click apps and pre-configured solutions. This can significantly speed up your development process and save time.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Paul N.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2024

1. Easy to use. 2. Friendly pricing.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates DigitalOcean from other similar products?

It is beginner friendly and the pricing is friendly

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy of use

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing really

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Digital Ocean is very beginner friendly

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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What is DigitalOcean?

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Awards & Recognition

DigitalOcean Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love DigitalOcean?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Capacity Management Monitor system utilization and provide alerts when pre-defined thresholds are reached.

Cloud Integration Includes real-time data integration, APIs, and data quality.

Data Migration The ability to select and extract data from one storage system to another

Load Balancing Allows distribution of workloads across multiple computing resources.

Access Management Includes social sign-on, external authorization, and fraud detection.

Cloud Backup Includes backup schedules, encryption algorithms, and data support.

Regulatory Compliance Includes compliance with regulations and standards such as SOX, HIPPA, NIST, PCI-DSS etc.

SLA Management Includes a contracted delivery time, automated escalations, and timely resolutions.

Multi Cloud Management Includes multiple cloud computing services, file transfers, and security guarantee.

Systems Performance Management Includes monitoring, analyzing and configuration in order to optimize performance and increase efficiency.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

DigitalOcean Reviews

Patricia B.

Fast and Responsive Support

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

SriHarsha K.

DigitalOcean User-Friendly Cloud Platform Cost Eff

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Paul N.

1. Easy to use. 2. Friendly pricing.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Capacity Management

Cloud Integration

Data Migration

Load Balancing

Access Management

Cloud Backup

Regulatory Compliance

SLA Management

Multi Cloud Management

Systems Performance Management

Analytics and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training