Packaging change·Oct 1 → Jan 1, 2025·Q4 2024·Cloud & DevOps
Digitalocean Introduces GPU Droplets with On-Demand Pricing Starting at $2.99/GPU/hour
What changed
New plan
GPU Droplets section added to main pricing page with on-demand pricing starting at $2.99/GPU/hour
New plan
Additional GPU Options section added with variable pricing for diverse GPU compute options including bare metal
Feature change
VPC pricing benefits expanded with explicit overage costs: Public Internet Egress Overage at $0.01/GiB and Private VPC Egress Overage at $0.01/GiB
Before and after
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Change 1 of 3 · plan added
GPU Droplets section added to main pricing page with on-demand pricing starting at $2.99/GPU/hour
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