Pricing change·Feb 9 → Feb 18, 2026·Week 8, 2026·Cloud & DevOps
Digitalocean sets $0.01 floor on per-second Droplet billing
What changed
Price increase
Droplets per-second billing now has a $0.01 minimum charge: 'Per-sec billing with 60 sec minimum or $0.01, whichever is higher'
Before and after
Feb 9, 2026 vs Feb 18, 2026Pulse.
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What changed
Droplets per-second billing now has a $0.01 minimum charge: 'Per-sec billing with 60 sec minimum or $0.01, whichever is higher'
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