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Azure Spot Virtual Machines vs. DigitalOcean Droplets

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Spot Virtual Machines
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
Azure Spot Virtual Machines offer lower cost unused Azure compute capacity at scale. Spot Virtual Machines can be used to buy unused compute capacity at cost savings and deploy workloads that can handle interruptions and don't need to be completed within a specific period of time. Users can also run workloads for development, testing, quality assurance, advanced analytics, big data, machine learning and AI, batch jobs, rendering and transcoding of videos, graphics, and images at a lower cost.N/A
DigitalOcean Droplets
Score 9.4 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.
$4
per month
Pricing
Azure Spot Virtual MachinesDigitalOcean Droplets
Editions & Modules
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Basic
$4
per month
CPU-Optimized
$42
per month
General Purpose
$63
per month
Memory-Optimized
$84
per month
Storage-Optimized
$131
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure Spot Virtual MachinesDigitalOcean Droplets
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details—Pricing for DigitalOcean Droplets varies depending on the size of the virtual environment and the associated data needs.
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Community Pulse
Azure Spot Virtual MachinesDigitalOcean Droplets
Features
Azure Spot Virtual MachinesDigitalOcean Droplets
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Product A and Product B
Azure Spot Virtual Machines
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Ratings
DigitalOcean Droplets
8.8
1 Ratings
7% above category average
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Dynamic scaling00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Elastic load balancing00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Pre-configured templates00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Monitoring tools00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Operating system support00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Security controls00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Automation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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Azure Spot Virtual MachinesDigitalOcean Droplets
Small Businesses
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Score 9.4 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Enterprises
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Azure Spot Virtual MachinesDigitalOcean Droplets
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(8 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure Spot Virtual MachinesDigitalOcean Droplets
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
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.
LA
Laila Abouizza
Backend Developer
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Pros
Microsoft
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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
Verified User
Anonymous
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Cons
Microsoft
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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.
Anuj Rai | TrustRadius Reviewer
Anuj Rai
Senior Associate Technology
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Usability
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
DigitalOcean
Other platforms dashboard console is more difficult to use. DigitalOcean's dashboard is clean, simple, and straightforward
Verified User
Anonymous
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
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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.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
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
Tom Blazek | TrustRadius Reviewer
Tom Blazek
IT Manager
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