DigitalOcean App Platform pricing
Alternative. Maturity: Established (12 months or more). Replaces Heroku, Netlify, Vercel. Last checked 2026-10-21.
visit digitalocean.com/products/app-platform ↗ its pricing page ↗
Visitors who say they use DigitalOcean App Platform: none yet. Self-reported, anonymous, and never used for order.
| plan | from $/mo | billed | source | checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free tier | $0 | by number of developers (for one small app) | pricing page | 2026-10-21 |
| Paid tier | $5 | by number of developers (for one small app) | pricing page | 2026-10-21 |
Free tier: Static sites only: 3 apps with 1 GiB of data transfer each. It cannot run server code, so it is not priced. Unlimited team members.
Paid tier: A shared container with 1 vCPU and 512 MiB of memory is $5 a month with 50 GiB of transfer included; extra outbound transfer is $0.02 per GiB. Team members are unlimited. Worked out as $5 + (93.1 GiB - 50 GiB) x $0.02, because 100 GB is 93.1 GiB, whatever the team size.
features recorded
| feature | status | from plan | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your own domain | yes | Free tier | Bring your custom domain. |
| Free HTTPS certificate | yes | Free tier | Automatic HTTPS. |
| Preview for every branch or pull request | not stated | - | |
| Run server code | yes | Paid tier | Containers with shared or dedicated CPU. |
| One-step rollback | yes | Paid tier | Roll back to a previous deployment (up to 10 revisions are kept). |
| Free read-only seats | yes | Free tier | Unlimited team members on every tier. |
| Hard spending limit | not stated | - | |
| Scheduled and background jobs | not stated | - | |
| Deploy a Docker container | yes | Paid tier | Deployment from container registries. |
| Managed database from the same vendor | yes | Paid tier | Development database $7 a month (512 MiB); production databases are separate. Not in the cost shown. |
limits and caveats
| limit | what the vendor says | source | checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| free-tier | The free tier is for static sites only (3 apps, 1 GiB of transfer each) | source | 2026-10-21 |
| units | Transfer is counted in GiB; 100 GB is about 93.1 GiB | source | 2026-10-21 |
| egress-ip | A dedicated egress IP is $25 a month per app; not in the cost shown | source | 2026-10-21 |
compare
- +Heroku alternatives: how DigitalOcean App Platform compares.
- +Netlify alternatives: how DigitalOcean App Platform compares.
- +Vercel alternatives: how DigitalOcean App Platform compares.
- +All hosting and deploy tools, including Cloudflare Pages, Fly.io, Heroku, Netlify, Railway.
switches
Reported switches to DigitalOcean App Platform from other listed tools: none yet. Self-reported by visitors, shown as a raw count, and never used for ranking.
What people said they gave up (read first, one person's view each):
proof signals
- +Pricing page lists high availability, DDoS mitigation and a global CDN
- +Monthly caps and flat container prices published
details
- hosting
- managed
- open source
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