DigitalOcean Droplets vs. Google Cloud Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
DigitalOcean Droplets
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
DigitalOcean's Droplets is designed to help the user spin up a virtual machine in just 55 seconds. Standard, General Purpose, CPU-Optimized, or Memory-Optimized configurations provide flexibility to build, test, and grow an app from startup to scale.N/A
Google Cloud Platform
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Google Cloud Platform is a suite of cloud computing services used to build apps or take advantage of cloud infrastructural services, achieve legacy infrastructure modernization, or manage enterprise data and analytic needs.N/A
Pricing
DigitalOcean DropletsGoogle Cloud Platform
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DigitalOcean DropletsGoogle Cloud Platform
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details——
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
DigitalOcean DropletsGoogle Cloud Platform
Top Pros

No answers on this topic

Top Cons

No answers on this topic

Features
DigitalOcean DropletsGoogle Cloud Platform
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Product A and Product B
DigitalOcean Droplets
-
Ratings
Google Cloud Platform
8.9
1 Ratings
9% above category average
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Dynamic scaling00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Elastic load balancing00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Pre-configured templates00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Monitoring tools00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Operating system support00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Security controls00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Automation00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Best Alternatives
DigitalOcean DropletsGoogle Cloud Platform
Small Businesses
Akamai Connected Cloud
Akamai Connected Cloud
Score 9.0 out of 10
Akamai Connected Cloud
Akamai Connected Cloud
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.2 out of 10
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.2 out of 10
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.2 out of 10
All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
User Ratings
DigitalOcean DropletsGoogle Cloud Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
9.9
(7 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
DigitalOcean DropletsGoogle Cloud Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean Droplets are the best choice for developers teams that need reliable Linux servers to deploy their projects, the ability to create a droplet for testing purposes then destroy it, and only get charged for the few hours used makes the chances of messing up very slim. DigitalOcean Droplets is a great solution because the servers are scalable and the process of adding more resources like CPU or RAM to an existing droplet takes only a few minutes and once a server is scaled up it can also be scaled down if necessary which is perfect for supporting a temporary peak in traffic for example.
Read full review
Google
Google Cloud Platform is well suited for every project or company that need an infrastructure that is easy to use and manage and also the good price
Read full review
Pros
DigitalOcean
  • Simplicity to scale services--the interface is very quick and effective to use
  • Reliability--this is key for us, as any downtime effects our reputation
  • Keeps the costs down--hosting our own equivalent infrastructure would cost a lot more
Read full review
Google
  • Google Cloud Platform provide the autoscale workload when the workload need to scale up or down
  • Great pay-as-you-go pricing model and dashboard report of pricing that help user monitor and optimize the cost
  • Using simpler than other cloud provider
Read full review
Cons
DigitalOcean
  • In terms of an availability zone, they have limitations not available in most of the geographical locations.
  • No live support is available which can cause problem if you have outage.
  • Number of service is quite limited.
Read full review
Google
  • I think Google Cloud Platform can emphasis more on customer support
Read full review
Alternatives Considered
DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean Droplets is continuously evolving to be more and more powerful. It has great features and has low cost options, which is really great for developers. Its CDN, Loadbalancer, etc. make it a good place to host a high-traffic application. Moroever, DigitalOcean Droplets has a nonprofit program that helps nonprofit sites to run their infrastructure, which is tremendous and no competitor of DigitalOcean Droplets does that.
Read full review
Google
Google Cloud Platform is release later than Amazon web service, I think that why Google Cloud Platform can learned and optimized the Dashboard and some features that make it easy to use and can be cheaper than amazon web service.
Read full review
Return on Investment
DigitalOcean
  • Digital Ocean has been great helping us move web apps to the cloud
  • Digital Ocean has been really helpful when hiring contractors
  • The interface could use some work, but overall its not terrible
Read full review
Google
  • It keep my organization stable and save, so that our business objectives still good for 3 years
Read full review
ScreenShots