DigitalOcean Droplets vs. Google Cloud Persistent Disk

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
DigitalOcean Droplets
Score 9.3 out of 10
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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 Persistent Disk
Score 8.1 out of 10
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Google's Persistent Disk service on Google Cloud is designed to present reliable, high-performance block storage for virtual machine instances.N/A
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Small Businesses
Akamai Cloud Computing
Akamai Cloud Computing
Score 9.0 out of 10
Akamai Cloud Computing
Akamai Cloud Computing
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.1 out of 10
Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage FlashArray
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.1 out of 10
Pure Storage FlashArray
Pure Storage FlashArray
Score 9.2 out of 10
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Likelihood to Recommend
9.8
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9.7
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User Testimonials
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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.
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Google
Google Cloud Persistent Disk is a great storage solution for businesses. It is very secure and it as well scalable. In addition, it is a high-performance storage solution and makes data access and management easy and fast.
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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
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Google
  • The software is highly secure.
  • Fast data sharing.
  • Accessing data is easy.
  • Scaling is easy.
  • Integration with other Google services is easy.
  • Easy data storage and acts as a good backup.
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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.
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Google
  • No bad experiences with Google Cloud Persistent Disk.
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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.
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Google
Besides offering industry-leading features, Google Cloud Persistent Disk is as well affordable and seamlessly integrates with Google services and this makes this storage solution irresistible.
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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
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Google
  • Helped our return to operation with faster restores.
  • Helped the business scale and increase our data storage capacity with [ease].
  • Helped us alleviate the need to store in our local infrastructure, saving on admin costs.
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