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A great catch in an ocean of options.
February 14, 2017

A great catch in an ocean of options.

Chris Gabriel | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with DigitalOcean

I needed a robust, scalable server setup in a datacenter to power my online businesses. Shared hosting didn't cut it anymore and I found DigitalOcean did a better job of letting me control my hardware. Their API allows for advanced automation options should I choose to implement them down the line.
  • Server management dashboard
  • Community support
  • Infrastructure as a service
  • More automation options
  • Saved me money having moving from shared hosting.
My cost savings were significant and I felt like I was much more in control of the hardware and processes. I also had issues with certain marketing decisions my former hosting company made, DigitalOcean was an easy choice!
Love the speed in which one can spin up a fresh machine, it literally takes only a few seconds. Why bother with virtual machines when you can just as easily do it in the cloud? The community is particularly responsive and helpful. I really like the improvement they've made to their administrative dashboard. While the selection of OS images is pretty good, their one-click apps are awesome though I haven't used them in production yet.

DigitalOcean Feature Ratings

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
8.0
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
9
Dynamic scaling
8
Elastic load balancing
Not Rated
Pre-configured templates
Not Rated
Monitoring tools
8
Pre-defined machine images
8
Operating system support
8
Security controls
7