Kubernetes
Simple, managed Kubernetes built for scale with free control plane and automated performance optimization.
What it does
Simple, managed Kubernetes built for scale with free control plane and automated performance optimization.
- AI/ML inference
- Application hosting and deployment
- Managed databases
- Cloud compute
- Object storage
- Serverless computing
- Category
- Cloud infrastructure and hosting
- Users
- Developers, Small businesses, Startups, SMBs
- Public API
- Not offered
Not yet disclosed: deployment options, platforms, languages and support channels.
Product insights
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Adoption
Who uses it?
“We used to run 100+ Droplets. We converted to DOKS. If you replicate with VMs, you can't go below one core.”
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We used to run 100+ Droplets. We converted to DOKS. If you replicate with VMs, you can't go below one core.
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Customer satisfaction
Are customers happy with it?
“We used to run 100+ Droplets. We converted to DOKS. If you replicate with VMs, you can't go below one core.”
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We used to run 100+ Droplets. We converted to DOKS. If you replicate with VMs, you can't go below one core.
Read source · www.digitalocean.com ↗
Value for money
Are the benefits worth the cost?
Popularity
How much interest does it attract?
Coming soon
Product-specific search-interest measurement is not available yet.
Pricing
- Free plan$0
- Subscription$12/month
- Free control plane
- Free bandwidth allowance
Prices as published by DigitalOcean, checked Nov 2026.
Security and compliance
As reported by DigitalOcean. Ask for audit reports before you buy.
- SOC 2Compliant
- Cloud Firewalls
- SSH keys
- DdoS mitigation
- Kata Containers for App Platform isolation
- Encrypted environment variables
- Etcd encrypted at rest
- Cilium network policies
- Standard Kubernetes network policies
- Kubernetes Private Distributors List membership
- Trusted Sources for Managed Databases
- VPC isolation for worker nodes
- HTTPS and TLS by default for Functions
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