DigitalOcean alternatives
Compare 89 alternatives to DigitalOcean: providers that rent the same GPUs or serve the same models, ranked by how many they share, with live prices showing where each one is cheaper.
DigitalOcean's own prices →GPU cloud alternatives to DigitalOcean
68 providers rent at least one of the 9 GPUs DigitalOcean lists on demand, most shared first. Prices are each provider's cheapest on-demand rate per GPU-hour.
| Provider | Shared GPUs | Cheaper on | Biggest saving | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +4 more | 6 | H100 SXM $2.69/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 6 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +3 more | 4 | H100 SXM $2.98/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 6 of 9H100 SXM, HGX B300, MI300X +3 more | 4 | H100 SXM $2.60/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 6 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +3 more | 0 | Not cheaper | Compare | |
| 6 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +3 more | 3 | L40S $0.540/hrvs $1.57/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 6 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +3 more | 3 | H100 SXM $2.65/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 6 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +3 more | 4 | H100 SXM $2.20/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 5 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +2 more | 3 | H100 SXM $3.90/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 5 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +2 more | 3 | H100 SXM $2.90/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 5 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +2 more | 2 | RTX 6000 Ada $0.810/hrvs $1.57/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 5 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +2 more | 4 | H100 SXM $2.12/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 5 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +2 more | 2 | H100 SXM $3.99/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 5 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +2 more | 1 | RTX 6000 Ada $1.53/hrvs $1.57/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 5 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +2 more | 3 | H100 SXM $3.10/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 4 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +1 more | 0 | Not cheaper | Compare | |
| 4 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +1 more | 3 | H100 SXM $2.99/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 4 of 9H100 SXM, H200, HGX B300 +1 more | 1 | H100 SXM $3.95/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 4 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +1 more | 3 | H100 SXM $1.72/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 4 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +1 more | 4 | H100 SXM $2.99/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 4 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +1 more | 4 | H100 SXM $2.60/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 4 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +1 more | 4 | L40S $0.380/hrvs $1.57/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 4 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +1 more | 0 | Not cheaper | Compare | |
| 4 of 9H100 SXM, L40S, HGX B300 +1 more | 3 | H100 SXM $2.73/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 4 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +1 more | 1 | H100 SXM $3.95/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 4 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +1 more | 1 | L40S $1.55/hrvs $1.57/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 4 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +1 more | 4 | H100 SXM $2.75/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 4 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S +1 more | 4 | H100 SXM $2.50/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 3 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S | 0 | Not cheaper | Compare | |
| 3 of 9H100 SXM, H200, HGX B300 | 3 | H100 SXM $2.90/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 3 of 9H100 SXM, H200, HGX B300 | 0 | Not cheaper | Compare | |
| 3 of 9H100 SXM, H200, L40S | 0 | Not cheaper | Compare | |
| 3 of 9H100 SXM, H200, HGX B300 | 2 | H100 SXM $3.20/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 3 of 9H100 SXM, H200, MI300X | 0 | Not cheaper | Compare | |
| 3 of 9H200, L40S, RTX 6000 Ada | 3 | L40S $0.650/hrvs $1.57/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 3 of 9H100 SXM, L40S, HGX B300 | 1 | H100 SXM $3.55/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 3 of 9H100 SXM, L40S, HGX B300 | 3 | H100 SXM $2.01/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 2 of 9H100 SXM, RTX 4000 Ada | 2 | H100 SXM $2.04/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 2 of 9H100 SXM, H200 | 2 | H100 SXM $2.95/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 2 of 9H100 SXM, H200 | 0 | Not cheaper | Compare | |
| 2 of 9H100 SXM, L40S | 2 | H100 SXM $1.79/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 2 of 9H100 SXM, H200 | 2 | H100 SXM $2.60/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 2 of 9H100 SXM, H200 | 0 | Not cheaper | Compare | |
| 2 of 9H100 SXM, H200 | 2 | H100 SXM $3.19/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 2 of 9H100 SXM, H200 | 1 | H100 SXM $3.49/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 2 of 9H100 SXM, L40S | 2 | H100 SXM $2.50/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 2 of 9H100 SXM, HGX B300 | 1 | H100 SXM $1.68/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 2 of 9H100 SXM, L40S | 2 | H100 SXM $3.39/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 2 of 9H100 SXM, H200 | 2 | H200 $3.99/hrvs $4.47/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 2 of 9H200, L40S | 0 | Not cheaper | Compare | |
| 2 of 9H100 SXM, H200 | 1 | H100 SXM $2.99/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 2 of 9L40S, RTX 6000 Ada | 2 | RTX 6000 Ada $0.776/hrvs $1.57/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 1 of 9L40S | 0 | Not cheaper | Compare | |
| 1 of 9HGX B300 | 0 | Not cheaper | Compare | |
| 1 of 9RTX 6000 Ada | 1 | RTX 6000 Ada $1.33/hrvs $1.57/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 1 of 9H100 SXM | 1 | H100 SXM $2.45/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 1 of 9L40S | 0 | Not cheaper | Compare | |
| 1 of 9MI300X | 0 | Not cheaper | Compare | |
| 1 of 9H100 SXM | 1 | H100 SXM $3.99/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 1 of 9RTX 4000 Ada | 1 | RTX 4000 Ada $0.726/hrvs $0.760/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 1 of 9L40S | 1 | L40S $0.920/hrvs $1.57/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 1 of 9H100 SXM | 0 | Not cheaper | Compare | |
| 1 of 9H100 SXM | 1 | H100 SXM $2.20/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 1 of 9RTX 6000 Ada | 0 | Not cheaper | Compare | |
| 1 of 9H200 | 1 | H200 $3.69/hrvs $4.47/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 1 of 9H100 SXM | 1 | H100 SXM $3.20/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 1 of 9H100 SXM | 1 | H100 SXM $1.99/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare | |
| 1 of 9L40S | 0 | Not cheaper | Compare | |
| 1 of 9H100 SXM | 1 | H100 SXM $2.51/hrvs $4.41/hr on DigitalOcean | Compare |
LLM API alternatives to DigitalOcean
38 providers serve at least one of the 58 models DigitalOcean prices per token, most shared first. Input and output rates are compared separately on each shared model at standard pricing.
| Provider | Shared models | Lower input price on | Lower output price on | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 of 58DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro +47 more | 8 | 7 | Compare | |
| 47 of 58DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro +44 more | 5 | 5 | Compare | |
| 44 of 58DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro +41 more | 7 | 7 | Compare | |
| 27 of 58DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro +24 more | 18 | 18 | Compare | |
| 26 of 58DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro +23 more | 11 | 11 | Compare | |
| 22 of 58DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro +19 more | 11 | 11 | Compare | |
| 18 of 58DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro +15 more | 4 | 4 | Compare | |
| 17 of 58GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-6 Astra, GPT-5.6 Terra +14 more | 0 | 0 | Compare | |
| 17 of 58GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Terra, GPT-5.4 +14 more | 0 | 0 | Compare | |
| 16 of 58DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro +13 more | 16 | 16 | Compare | |
| 14 of 58Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Claude Opus 5 +11 more | 0 | 0 | Compare | |
| 14 of 58DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro, Kimi K3 +11 more | 9 | 9 | Compare | |
| 13 of 58DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro +10 more | 5 | 2 | Compare | |
| 13 of 58DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro +10 more | 2 | 3 | Compare | |
| 12 of 58DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro +9 more | 0 | 2 | Compare | |
| 11 of 58GPT-OSS-120B, GPT-OSS-20B, DeepSeek V3.2 +8 more | 1 | 2 | Compare | |
| 10 of 58Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Claude Opus 5 +7 more | 10 | 10 | Compare | |
| 10 of 58DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro +7 more | 4 | 4 | Compare | |
| 9 of 58DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro +6 more | 1 | 2 | Compare | |
| 8 of 58DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro +5 more | 5 | 7 | Compare | |
| 8 of 58DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro +5 more | 0 | 0 | Compare | |
| 6 of 58DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro +3 more | 2 | 2 | Compare | |
| 6 of 58DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM-5.3, Kimi K3 +3 more | 5 | 6 | Compare | |
| 6 of 58DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash, GLM-5.3 +3 more | 3 | 5 | Compare | |
| 5 of 58DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash, GLM-5.3 +2 more | 0 | 0 | Compare | |
| 5 of 58DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM-5.3, GLM-5.2 +2 more | 0 | 1 | Compare | |
| 4 of 58DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash, GLM-5.3 +1 more | 0 | 0 | Compare | |
| 4 of 58GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM-5.3 +1 more | 0 | 0 | Compare | |
| 3 of 58MiniMax-M3.1-Flash, Ministral 3 14B, Nemotron Nano 12B v2 VL | 0 | 0 | Compare | |
| 3 of 58Kimi K3, Kimi K3.1 Pro, Kimi K2.6 | 0 | 0 | Compare | |
| 3 of 58Kimi K3, GLM-5.2, Kimi K2.6 | 1 | 1 | Compare | |
| 2 of 58DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro | 0 | 0 | Compare | |
| 2 of 58GPT-OSS-120B, GPT-OSS-20B | 0 | 2 | Compare | |
| 2 of 58GPT-OSS-120B, GPT-OSS-20B | 1 | 2 | Compare | |
| 2 of 58GPT-OSS-120B, MiniMax-M3.1-Flash | 0 | 1 | Compare | |
| 1 of 58GPT-OSS-120B | 0 | 0 | Compare | |
| 1 of 58GPT-OSS-120B | 0 | 1 | Compare | |
| 1 of 58GLM-5.3-Flash | 1 | 1 | Compare |
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the best alternatives to DigitalOcean for renting GPUs?
Ranked by how many of the same GPUs they rent on demand, the closest alternatives to DigitalOcean are Runpod (7 shared GPUs), Aquanode (6 shared GPUs) and OpenRelay (6 shared GPUs). DigitalOcean lists 9 GPUs on demand, and 68 other providers rent at least one of them.
Is there a cheaper alternative to DigitalOcean?
51 of the 68 providers renting the same GPUs list at least one of them for less on demand. The largest gap today is the H100 SXM on Latitude.sh, at $1.68 per GPU-hour against $4.41 on DigitalOcean.
Which providers serve the same models as DigitalOcean?
38 providers serve at least one of the 58 models DigitalOcean prices per token. The most overlap is at OpenRouter (50 models), Prime Intellect (47 models) and RouterPlus (44 models).
Where are the same models cheaper than on DigitalOcean?
22 providers charge less per input token than DigitalOcean on at least one shared model, and 27 providers charge less per output token. The two are counted separately because the cheapest host for input tokens is often not the cheapest for output.
How are these DigitalOcean alternatives chosen?
An alternative is any provider that currently prices at least one of the same GPUs on demand or the same models at standard per-token rates. They are ordered by how many they share, using the current prices we track for every provider. Sponsorship and paid placement have no effect on the order.