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Amazon Web Services vs DigitalOcean

Amazon Web Services and DigitalOcean are both listed under Cloud Infrastructure in the DevPages directory. This page puts the details we hold for each of them side by side.

It does not score them and does not pick a winner. Fields the catalog has no value for say “Not recorded” rather than being filled in with a guess.

Amazon Web Services vs DigitalOcean field by field

Amazon Web Services, DigitalOcean compared field by field. Values are taken from the DevPages catalog; fields we hold no value for read “Not recorded”.
Amazon Web Services
DigitalOcean
CategoryCloud InfrastructureCloud Infrastructure
Pricing modelPay per usePay per use
Key features
  • 200+ cloud services across compute, storage, and databases
  • Global infrastructure with 99+ availability zones
  • Serverless computing with Lambda
  • Managed database services (RDS, DynamoDB)
  • Container services (ECS, EKS)
  • AI/ML services and tools
  • Security and compliance certifications
  • Pay-as-you-go pricing model
  • Simple and predictable pricing
  • Droplets (virtual machines)
  • Managed Kubernetes clusters
  • Managed databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis)
  • Spaces object storage
  • Load balancers and firewalls
  • One-click applications marketplace
  • Developer-friendly API and CLI
Use cases
  • Web and mobile application hosting
  • Data backup and disaster recovery
  • Big data analytics and processing
  • Machine learning and AI workloads
  • Enterprise application migration
  • DevOps and CI/CD pipelines
  • IoT and edge computing
  • Content delivery and media streaming
  • Web application hosting
  • Development and testing environments
  • Container orchestration
  • Database hosting
  • Static site hosting
  • API and microservices deployment
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Learning and experimentation
Integrations
  • Terraform
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Jenkins
  • GitHub Actions
  • Datadog
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • GitHub Actions
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
Tags
  • cloud
  • infrastructure
  • serverless
  • database
  • storage
  • computing
  • vps
  • simple-cloud
  • developers
  • kubernetes
  • managed-databases
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What each one is

Amazon Web Services

Comprehensive cloud computing platform and services

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. AWS provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments, on a metered pay-as-you-go basis.

Full Amazon Web Services listing

DigitalOcean

Simple cloud computing platform for developers

DigitalOcean is a cloud infrastructure provider focused on simplifying cloud computing so developers and businesses can spend more time creating software that changes the world. It offers virtual machines, managed databases, Kubernetes, and various developer tools.

Full DigitalOcean listing

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