DigitalOcean vs Liquid Web
Liquid Web comes out ahead of DigitalOcean on 6 of the 8 things that decide this, going by what each company publishes and what independent review sites report. The one that matters for you may be one the leader loses.
The verdict
Liquid Web takes it, 6–2 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, Liquid Web takes 6 of 8 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose DigitalOcean if…
- • You want DigitalOcean's edge on what the cheapest plan costs and what customers say on trustpilot
Choose Liquid Web if…
- • You want Liquid Web's edge on what the entry plan includes and how much data you can move
Round by round
- Round 1What the cheapest plan costsDigitalOcean winsLiquid Web5/10
$5
cheapest VPS: 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 30 GB SSD, self-managed or managed
- $5, against $4
Source: liquidweb.com ↗
DigitalOcean wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2What the entry plan includesLiquid Web winsDigitalOcean5/10
512 MiB RAM
the $4 Droplet, one vCPU
- 512 MiB RAM, against 1 GB RAM
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Liquid Web wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3How much data you can moveLiquid Web winsDigitalOcean5/10
500 GiB
included outbound transfer on the $4 Droplet
- 500 GiB, against 1 TB
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Liquid Web wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4The uptime promiseLiquid Web winsDigitalOcean5/10
99.99%
monthly uptime commitment for each Droplet
- 99.99%, against 100%
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Liquid Web wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5Who picks up when the server is downLiquid Web winsDigitalOcean5/10
Free 24/7 tickets, answered within 24 hours
the free Starter plan; faster response is paid
- Free 24/7 tickets, answered within 24 hours, against 24/7 support, 59-second response
Source: docs.digitalocean.com ↗
Liquid Web8/1024/7 support, 59-second response
support around the clock with a guaranteed 59-second response
Source: liquidweb.com ↗
Liquid Web wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 6How much memory a dollar buysLiquid Web winsDigitalOcean5/10
0.12 GB per $1
512 MiB RAM for $4 a month
- 0.12 GB per $1, against 0.2 GB per $1
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Liquid Web wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 7What customers say on TrustpilotDigitalOcean winsLiquid Web5/10
3.8 out of 5
TrustScore from 2,794 reviews on Trustpilot
- 3.8 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
Source: trustpilot.com ↗
DigitalOcean wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 8How much disk space you getLiquid Web winsDigitalOcean5/10
10 GiB SSD
Basic Droplet (Regular, 512 MiB)
- 10 GiB SSD, against 30 GB SSD
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Liquid Web wins this round on what the published sources say.
Side by side
- TrustScore from 2,584 reviews on Trustpilot
- 512 MiB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
- 500 GiB, against 20 TB
- 1 vCPU, against 2 vCPU (AMD)
- 10 GiB SSD, against 40 GB NVMe
- $5, against $4
- 3.8 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
- 1 GB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
- 1 TB, against 20 TB