DigitalOcean vs Vultr
DigitalOcean comes out ahead of Vultr on 2 of the 6 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
DigitalOcean takes it, 2–1 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, DigitalOcean takes 2 of 6 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 customers say on trustpilot and whether ddos protection is free
Choose Vultr if…
- • You want Vultr's edge on the uptime promise
Round by round
- Round 1The uptime promiseVultr winsDigitalOcean5/10
99.99%
monthly uptime commitment for each Droplet
- 99.99%, against 100%
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Vultr wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2What customers say on TrustpilotDigitalOcean winsDigitalOcean8/10
4.5
TrustScore on Trustpilot
- TrustScore from 2,584 reviews on Trustpilot
Source: trustpilot.com ↗
Vultr5/101.6 out of 5
TrustScore from 584 reviews on Trustpilot
- 1.6 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 3What the cheapest plan costsTie
Nothing to separate them here.
- Round 4What the entry plan includesTie
Nothing to separate them here.
- Round 5How much data you can moveTie
Nothing to separate them here.
- Round 6Whether DDoS protection is freeDigitalOcean winsVultr5/10
DDoS protection +$10/mo
Regular Performance $3.50 (0.5 GB, with IPv4)
- DDoS protection +$10/mo, against Free DDoS protection
Source: vultr.com ↗
DigitalOcean 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
- 1.6 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
- DDoS protection +$10/mo, against Free DDoS protection
- 0.5 GB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
- 0.5 TB, against 20 TB