DigitalOcean App Platform review

DigitalOcean App Platform is seventh, a simple managed PaaS with some of the clearest prices here. Apps deploy from GitHub, GitLab or a container registry, and one app can hold web services, workers, jobs and static sites. The cheapest container is $5 a month for a shared vCPU with 512 MiB and 50 GiB of transfer, and a 1 GiB shared container costs $10 or $12. Paid apps get CPU-based autoscaling, automatic OS patching, log forwarding, high availability and up to 10 revisions for rollbacks. A development database adds $7 a month and a dedicated egress IP $25. Extra outbound transfer is $0.02 per GiB, and every tier allows unlimited team members. The limits: the free tier only covers three static site apps, and the fixed $5 and $10 containers run a single instance. For small teams that want flat bills, it is a solid pick.

Who it is for

Small teams that want flat container prices and already use or plan to use DigitalOcean databases.

Price

Free tier for 3 static site apps; paid containers from $5 per month (1 vCPU shared, 512 MiB).

Paid Tier Starting at $5 /month
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 7, 2026.

Key features

• Deploys from GitHub, GitLab or container registries
• Web services, workers, jobs and static sites in one app
• Shared and dedicated CPU with horizontal and vertical scaling
• Automatic OS patching and up to 10 revisions for rollbacks
• Dedicated egress IP and development or production databases

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Flat monthly container prices with included bandwidth
• Strength: Unlimited team members on every tier
• Strength: Extra outbound transfer costs $0.02 per GiB
• Weakness: Free tier covers static sites only, not servers or bots
• Weakness: Fixed $5 and $10 containers are limited to one instance
• Weakness: Dedicated egress IPs add $25 a month per app

Key facts

• Cheapest container: $5 per month, 1 vCPU shared, 512 MiB
• Included transfer: 50 GiB on the $5 container
• Development database: $7 per month
• Extra transfer: $0.02 per GiB

Where it ranks

DigitalOcean App Platform is No. 7 in our Best App Hosting Platforms verdict and No. 9 in Best Discord Bot Hosting.