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DigitalOcean Droplets vs. Skytap

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Skytap
Score 4.1 out of 10
N/A
Traditional Applications, Now in the Cloud Skytap helps users get business-critical applications out of the data center and into the cloud. The user can run on-premises IBM Power and x86 workloads in their native format on Microsoft Azure or IBM Cloud. With Skytap, there is no need to contemplate embarking on a long, costly migration project to unlock cloud scale, agility, and value-added native cloud services such as advanced analytics, data modeling, cognitive intelligence, and…N/A
Pricing
DigitalOcean DropletsSkytap
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 DropletsSkytap
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 DropletsSkytap
Features
DigitalOcean DropletsSkytap
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Product A and Product B
DigitalOcean Droplets
8.8
1 Ratings
7% above category average
Skytap
9.0
1 Ratings
9% above category average
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Dynamic scaling10.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Elastic load balancing5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-configured templates5.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Monitoring tools10.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Operating system support10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Security controls10.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Automation10.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Best Alternatives
DigitalOcean DropletsSkytap
Small Businesses
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
Score 8.9 out of 10
DigitalOcean Droplets
DigitalOcean Droplets
Score 9.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.0 out of 10
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.0 out of 10
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
DigitalOcean DropletsSkytap
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(8 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
DigitalOcean DropletsSkytap
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.
LA
Laila Abouizza
Backend Developer
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Skytap
It is a shared environment from which multiple team can work on multiple versions for development or testing purpose. User jut have to share a link and other can start working on it. This is very useful when multiple team are working on different user simultaneously. It has a very simple interface
Verified User
Anonymous
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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
Verified User
Anonymous
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Skytap
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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.
Anuj Rai | TrustRadius Reviewer
Anuj Rai
Senior Associate Technology
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Skytap
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Usability
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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Skytap
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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.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Skytap
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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
Tom Blazek | TrustRadius Reviewer
Tom Blazek
IT Manager
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Skytap
No answers on this topic
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