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Average Price Difference: $0.59/hour between comparable GPUs
| GPU Model ↑ | DigitalOcean Price | Runcrate Price | Price Diff ↕ | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A10 24GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
A10 24GB VRAM • | ||||
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • | ||||
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • | ||||
A16 64GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | 2x GPU | — | |
A16 64GB VRAM • Not Available $0.56/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 9/12/2026 ★Best Price | ||||
Gaudi 2 96GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | 8x GPU | — | |
Gaudi 2 96GB VRAM • Not Available $1.21/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/12/2026 ★Best Price | ||||
GH200 96GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
GH200 96GB VRAM • | ||||
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • DigitalOceanRuncrate | ↑+$1.66(+60.4%) | |||
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • $4.41/hour Updated: 9/12/2026 $2.75/hour Updated: 9/12/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$1.66(+60.4%) | ||||
H200 141GB VRAM • DigitalOceanRuncrate | 8x GPU | ↑+$0.07(+1.6%) | ||
H200 141GB VRAM • $4.47/hour Updated: 9/12/2026 $4.40/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/12/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.07(+1.6%) | ||||
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • DigitalOcean | Not Available | — | ||
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • | ||||
L4 24GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
L4 24GB VRAM • | ||||
L40 40GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
L40 40GB VRAM • | ||||
L40S 48GB VRAM • DigitalOceanRuncrate | ↑+$0.60(+61.9%) | |||
L40S 48GB VRAM • $1.57/hour Updated: 9/12/2026 $0.97/hour Updated: 9/12/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.60(+61.9%) | ||||
MI300X 192GB VRAM • DigitalOcean | Not Available | — | ||
MI300X 192GB VRAM • | ||||
MI325X 256GB VRAM • DigitalOcean | Not Available | — | ||
MI325X 256GB VRAM • | ||||
MI355X 288GB VRAM • DigitalOcean | Not Available | — | ||
MI355X 288GB VRAM • | ||||
A10 24GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
A10 24GB VRAM • | ||||
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • | ||||
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • | ||||
A16 64GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | 2x GPU | — | |
A16 64GB VRAM • Not Available $0.56/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 9/12/2026 ★Best Price | ||||
Gaudi 2 96GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | 8x GPU | — | |
Gaudi 2 96GB VRAM • Not Available $1.21/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/12/2026 ★Best Price | ||||
GH200 96GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
GH200 96GB VRAM • | ||||
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • DigitalOceanRuncrate | ↑+$1.66(+60.4%) | |||
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • $4.41/hour Updated: 9/12/2026 $2.75/hour Updated: 9/12/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$1.66(+60.4%) | ||||
H200 141GB VRAM • DigitalOceanRuncrate | 8x GPU | ↑+$0.07(+1.6%) | ||
H200 141GB VRAM • $4.47/hour Updated: 9/12/2026 $4.40/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/12/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.07(+1.6%) | ||||
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • DigitalOcean | Not Available | — | ||
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • | ||||
L4 24GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
L4 24GB VRAM • | ||||
L40 40GB VRAM • Runcrate | Not Available | — | ||
L40 40GB VRAM • | ||||
L40S 48GB VRAM • DigitalOceanRuncrate | ↑+$0.60(+61.9%) | |||
L40S 48GB VRAM • $1.57/hour Updated: 9/12/2026 $0.97/hour Updated: 9/12/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.60(+61.9%) | ||||
MI300X 192GB VRAM • DigitalOcean | Not Available | — | ||
MI300X 192GB VRAM • | ||||
MI325X 256GB VRAM • DigitalOcean | Not Available | — | ||
MI325X 256GB VRAM • | ||||
MI355X 288GB VRAM • DigitalOcean | Not Available | — | ||
MI355X 288GB VRAM • | ||||
| Model ↑ | DigitalOcean | Runcrate | Input Diff ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
Anthropic | $10.00 in $50.00 out | Not available | — |
Anthropic | $10.00 in $50.00 out | Not available | — |
Anthropic | $1.00 in $5.00 out | Not available | — |
Anthropic | $5.00 in $25.00 out | Not available | — |
Anthropic | $5.00 in $25.00 out | Not available | — |
Anthropic | $5.00 in $25.00 out | Not available | — |
Anthropic | $5.00 in $25.00 out | Not available | — |
Anthropic | $5.00 in $25.00 out | Not available | — |
Anthropic | $3.00 in $15.00 out | Not available | — |
Anthropic | $3.00 in $15.00 out | Not available | — |
Anthropic | $2.00 in $10.00 out | Not available | — |
DeepSeek | Not available | $0.240 in $0.900 out | — |
DeepSeek | Not available | $0.270 in $1.00 out | — |
DeepSeek | $0.250 in $0.800 out | $0.260 in $0.380 out | $0.010 |
DeepSeek | $0.068 in $0.168 out | $0.140 in $0.280 out | $0.072 |
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On-demand NVIDIA and AMD GPU instances with per-hour billing and no long-term contracts.
Pre-configured images with PyTorch, TensorFlow, and CUDA for immediate productivity.
GPU Droplets work seamlessly with DigitalOcean's networking, storage, and managed databases.
Transparent per-hour pricing with no hidden fees or complex instance families.
Token-billed API calls and GPU hours draw on one credit balance with a single invoice, auto-recharge, and credits that do not expire
Chat, image, video, text-to-speech, speech-to-text and embedding models served behind OpenAI-compatible REST endpoints, so existing clients switch by changing the base URL
Bare-metal instances with SSH, Docker and custom images, provisioned in about 60 seconds
An unauthenticated endpoint publishes the live GPU rate card, refreshed every few minutes
Reserved bare-metal from 16 to 128+ nodes with NVLink fabric and managed Slurm job submission
Python and TypeScript SDKs, a Vercel AI SDK provider, a CLI for instance and volume management, and an MCP server for controlling the platform from AI assistants
Self-service bare-metal GPU instances with root access, custom images and persistent volumes, deployable in about 60 seconds and scalable from 1 to 128 nodes
Reserved bare-metal clusters from 16 to 128+ nodes with NVLink fabric and managed Slurm, aimed at multi-node pre-training and fine-tuning
Published per-million-token input and output rates on every model in the catalog, with no minimum and no commitment
GPU instances metered while running with no minimum commitment — stopping the instance stops the meter
Reserved GPU capacity sized to traffic in exchange for a monthly minimum, priced 40–60% below the public rate card and carrying a 99.9% uptime SLA
Custom contract pricing with bring-your-own-cloud and self-hosted deployments, region pinning, and 99.95%/99.99% SLAs with service credits
Sign up at digitalocean.com and verify your account.
Select GPU Droplets from the Create menu, choose your GPU type and configuration.
Select a pre-configured AI/ML image or a base OS image.
Launch your GPU Droplet and connect via SSH to start working.
Sign up through the console and generate an API key
Fund one balance used by both API calls and GPU hours, optionally with auto-recharge
Point an OpenAI-compatible client at the inference endpoint, or launch a GPU instance from the console or CLI
GPU Droplets are available in select US data centers with expansion planned.
24/7 support via ticket system, extensive documentation, and active community forums.
Multi-cloud capacity advertised across North America (Los Angeles, Chicago), Europe (Amsterdam, Frankfurt) and Asia-Pacific (Singapore, Mumbai, Sydney, Tokyo); region pinning to US, EU or APAC is an Enterprise-tier option
Documentation, quickstarts and SDK references; email and community Discord on the self-serve plan; Slack Connect with engineers on Dedicated; named customer success manager and on-call engineering on Enterprise