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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    DigitalOcean Droplets

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/ADigitalOcean'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

    LightEdge

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ALightEdge Services, headquartered in Des Moines, offers a suite of colocation and infrastructural services with support including security consulting, compliance consulting (e.g. HIPAA), and disaster-recovery-as-a-service (DRaaS) for users of its colocation services.N/A
    Pricing
    DigitalOcean DropletsLightEdge
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $4
    per month
    CPU-Optimized
    $42
    per month
    General Purpose
    $63
    per month
    Memory-Optimized
    $84
    per month
    Storage-Optimized
    $131
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DigitalOcean DropletsLightEdge
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing for DigitalOcean Droplets varies depending on the size of the virtual environment and the associated data needs.
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    Community Pulse
    DigitalOcean DropletsLightEdge
    Considered Both Products
    DigitalOcean
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    LightEdge
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
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    Features
    DigitalOcean DropletsLightEdge
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of DigitalOcean Droplets and LightEdge
    Feature
    DigitalOcean Droplets
    8.8
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    LightEdge
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates5.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Monitoring tools10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    DigitalOcean DropletsLightEdge
    Small Businesses
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Score9 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9 out of 10
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DigitalOcean DropletsLightEdge
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DigitalOcean DropletsLightEdge
    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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    LightEdge
    OnRamp is great for medium or large size companies that need to organize information in a way that is easily accessible. It is not great for small companies who don't have a lot of customers.
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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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    LightEdge
    • OnRamp does a great job at pulling up specific contact information about our donors
    • OnRamp allows for us to find detailed payment information regarding postings to our general ledger
    • It is very easy to run various reports with OnRamp
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    LightEdge
    • I hear complaints from our donations department on how extractions can be difficult at times when pulling multiple years information
    • OnRamp can make room for improvement by allowing us to make changes from an admin standpoint on how we pull up certain reports
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    DigitalOcean
    Other platforms dashboard console is more difficult to use. DigitalOcean's dashboard is clean, simple, and straightforward
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    LightEdge
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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.
    Incentivized
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    LightEdge
    OnRamp is much easier to use then Financial Edge with its user-friendly interface. Financial Edge seems dated and is much more complicated when running reports.
    Incentivized
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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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    LightEdge
    • OnRamp saves us time on retrieving data
    • OnRamp helps us organize payment information and makes it easily accessible for users
    • The security of using OnRamp is the best investment a company can make.
    Incentivized
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