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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    DigitalOcean

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ADigitalOcean is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform from the company of the same name headquartered in New York. It is known for its support of managed Kubernetes clusters and “droplets” feature.

    $5

    Starting Price Per Month

    Pixpa

    Score9 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Pixpa is an all-in-one platform to create websites with an integrated e-commerce store, client galleries, blog, online stores without any coding knowledge. Pixpa aims to enable creators to manage their whole web presence from one seamless, versatile platform, hence saving time and money. Building a professional website on Pixpa is supported with 60+ responsive themes, and it boasts modern and clean…

    $8

    per month

    Pricing
    DigitalOceanPixpa
    Editions & Modules
    1GB-16GB
    $5.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    8GB-160GB
    $60.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Basic
    $8
    per month
    Creator
    $15
    per month
    Professional
    $20
    per month
    Advanced
    $25
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DigitalOceanPixpa
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Discounts are offered for 1-year and 2-year subscription plans.
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    Community Pulse
    DigitalOceanPixpa
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    DigitalOcean
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    Pixpa Inc.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    DigitalOceanPixpa
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of DigitalOcean and Pixpa
    Feature
    DigitalOcean
    9.2
    36 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Pixpa
    -
    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime9.931 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling9.932 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.723 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates10.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools9.035 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images9.733 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support9.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls8.632 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation6.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of DigitalOcean and Pixpa
    Feature
    DigitalOcean
    -
    Ratings
    Pixpa
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    24% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of DigitalOcean and Pixpa
    Feature
    DigitalOcean
    -
    Ratings
    Pixpa
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    28% above category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
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    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Score9 out of 10
    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DigitalOceanPixpa
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (36 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (10 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DigitalOceanPixpa
    Likelihood to Recommend
    DigitalOcean
    DigitalOcean is perfect for hosting client websites, running marketing tools, and managing media storage with Spaces and CDN. The use of Droplets to quickly launch landing pages or WordPress sites for campaigns is a Godsend. It’s great for fast, cheap, and scalable solutions. But for complex microservices or projects needing strict compliance (like HIPAA), DigitalOcean may not always be the best fit, but that depends heavily on your project.
    Incentivized
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    Pixpa Inc.
    Pixpa is a well-suited option for photographers, artists, and creative professionals. Definitely worth if anybody is looking for a creative website. Pixpa is a product that will appeal to people who need to get a simple website together very quickly. It’s particularly handy for constructing Photography websites with the option to client proofing and selling images, portfolio websites, small business e-commerce.
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    Pros
    DigitalOcean
    • DigitalOcean provides some of the best cost-to-value services available
    • The DigitalOcean cloud console is very intuitive and easy to navigate
    • DigitalOcean has great support for Docker and other dev ops tools like Terraform.
    • DigitalOcean iterates quickly and provides cutting edge features for organizations that want to keep up with the latest and greatest dev ops tooling
    • DigitalOcean has a great developer community and numerous support docs/tutorials
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    Pixpa Inc.
    • Superb Gallery Management & Layouts
    • Add anything with just a drag of your favorite content block. There are more than 300 pre-built content blocks in the PageBuilder which allows you to build any kind of website you want.
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    Cons
    DigitalOcean
    • Some products/services available on other Cloud providers aren't available, but they seem to be catching up as they add new products like Managed SQL DBs.
    • While they have FreeBSD droplets (VMs), support for *BSD OSs is limited. I.e. the new monitoring agent only works on Linux.
    • There are no regions available on South America.
    • They don't seem to offer enterprise-level products, even basic ones as Windows Server, MS SQL Server, Oracle products, etc.
    Incentivized
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    Pixpa Inc.
    • I am looking after third party integrations with awesome tools like Dropbox, Google apps etc., which I believe the Pixpa product team must be having plans about, in the near future.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    DigitalOcean
    I've been very happy with it for my purposes and I plan to continue to use DigitalOcean for the foreseeable future!
    Incentivized
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    Pixpa Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    DigitalOcean
    I honestly can't think of an easier way to set up and maintain your own server. Being able to set up a server in minutes and have fully control is awesome. The UX is incredibly intuitive for first-time users as well so there's no reason to be intimidated when it comes to giving DigitalOcean a shot.
    Incentivized
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    Pixpa Inc.
    Pixpa is easy-to-use platform and it allows me to quickly update my website with hardly any effort. It's UI is pretty pleasing and anyone could easily understand its functionality.
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    Reliability and Availability
    DigitalOcean
    Have not found a single second of down time myself. Superior availability.
    Incentivized
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    Pixpa Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    DigitalOcean
    Very quick response and high performance, you have to fine tune configurations on your machines though.
    Incentivized
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    Pixpa Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    DigitalOcean
    They have always been fast, and the process has been straight-forward. I haven't had to use it enough to be frustrated with it, to be honest, and when I have an issue they fix it. As with all support, I wish it felt more human, but they are doing aces.
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    Pixpa Inc.
    A couple of reasons why they are best at support :
    • Wonderful staff.
    • Quick action on support tickets.
    • Turnaround time of merely 1-2 hours.
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    Alternatives Considered
    DigitalOcean
    DigitalOcean is an inexpensive product as compared to other products available in the market. The UI is easy and the beginner can also understand the UI with the step by step guide. It provides a lot of custom features and the user needs to pay only for what they are using. Amazon has a complex UI and is on the expensive side. DigitalOcean is simple to use and is easily manageable and the servers can easily be set up without additional cost and such.
    Incentivized
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    Pixpa Inc.
    I have previously used Wix and Squarespace to build my photography and design portfolio. But I think the way Pixpa portrays my photographs and designs is by far the best in the industry. Pixpa's primary focus revolves around showcasing my photographs and designs, and I see it by far the best in the industry. Moreover, my website loads pretty fast, and this acts as an advantage for them, since most of top website builders are struggling with slower site speed. Pixpa has a very easy interface and compelling templates, better than Squarespace and Wix (I think) along with pre-built content blocks which I can use to build any kind of custom page with the help of their awesome drag-and-drop PageBuilder tool. This saves a lot of my time.
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    Scalability
    DigitalOcean
    Great scalability, you can start with small plans and move up to premium features at a very good price.
    Incentivized
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    Pixpa Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    DigitalOcean
    • Positive - Elastic computer instances make it possible to pay for only for what you need.
    • Positive - Competitive pricing - some of the products that DigitalOcean offers are much cheaper than those offered by competitors.
    • Negative - Having to go to other cloud computing platforms for more specific, advanced services like Computer Vision optimized services, GPU cloud compute instances, etc...
    Incentivized
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    Pixpa Inc.
    • Pixpa has just been amazing. It has proven to be a one-stop solution for me.
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    Screenshot of Pixpa - All-in-one website builder for creators and small businessesScreenshot of Pricing - Affordable, all-inclusive plansScreenshot of Design - Customise your website design to match your style and requirementsScreenshot of Create an Online Portfolio Website