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DigitalOcean

Cloud servers and managed app hosting.

4published0not published4not checked yet2026-09-07last checked

Counts, not a score. 4 of 8 things we look for are published by DigitalOcean, and 4 we have not checked yet. A ratio would need a denominator from outside this site. A count does not.

What it costs you

What it really costs to startAll in, not the first-year promotional price.Free tier is capped at 3 static-site apps with a 1 GiB transfer allowance each; paid App Platform starts at $5/month.Free: 3 static sites, 1 GiB each · source · checked 2026-09-07

What it costs to keep alivePer year, once the introductory pricing is over.We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

The gate before the first cent

The gate before it pays anythingThe traffic, sales or balance you must reach before a single cent moves.We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

How long before the first paymentThe gap you have to fund out of your own pocket.We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Is it yours or theirs

Who owns what you buildYours, or a room you are allowed to sit in until the rules change?You keep copyright and ownership of your Services Content. DigitalOcean takes only an operational licence to host, store and display it in order to run the service.You keep ownership · source · checked 2026-09-07

Can you take it with youThe domain, the list, the content. What actually leaves with you.Snapshots and backups cannot be downloaded off the platform. Getting data out means copying it yourself with third-party tools such as rsync or SFTP.Snapshots cannot be downloaded · source · checked 2026-09-07

Can it be soldIs there a resale market, and what does it pay?We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

What takes it all awayThe single rule, ban or dependency that ends it overnight.DigitalOcean can terminate access at any time, with or without notice, effective immediately, and owes you nothing back: it deletes Services Content on termination under its standard closure practice.Cut off with no notice, content deleted · source · checked 2026-09-07

How to read this page

The ten things above are not our idea of what matters. They are what the checklists in twenty hand-written articles on this site already asked, counted up: country and eligibility came first in nineteen of them, waiting time and what you are paid in came next. The payout minimum, the number most people search for, barely appeared. It is one row here, not the headline.

A row marked not publishedmeans we opened the company's own pages looking for it and it was not there. That is a finding, and it is dated. A row marked not checked yet means we have not done the work. Those two are kept apart on purpose: an empty box because we were slow should never look like an empty box because they were quiet.

Found something that has moved? Tell us. It gets checked against the source and the change is dated on the corrections page.

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