DigitalOcean App Platform review

DigitalOcean App Platform ranks seventh. It suits teams that want fixed monthly prices rather than usage meters. The free tier hosts 3 apps with static sites, 1 GiB of data transfer per app, Git deploys from GitHub and GitLab, automatic HTTPS, custom domains, a global CDN and DDoS mitigation, with unlimited team members. The paid tier starts at $5 a month for a fixed 1 vCPU container with 512 MiB and 50 GiB of transfer, and adds deployment from container registries, shared and dedicated CPU, horizontal and vertical scaling, CPU-based autoscaling, automatic OS patching, log forwarding and high availability. A development database costs $7 a month, and production databases come from DigitalOcean's managed database products. The limits are clear but real: the fixed $5 and $10 containers allow only one instance, and autoscaling needs larger shared or dedicated sizes. The feature set is narrower than Render's, but the price list is short and predictable.

Who it is for

Small teams who want predictable fixed monthly container prices and databases from the same cloud.

Price

Free tier for 3 static site apps; paid tier from $5 per month per container.

Paid Tier Starting at $5 /month
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 9, 2026.

Key features

• Deploy from GitHub and GitLab with automatic HTTPS and a global CDN
• Free tier covers 3 apps with static sites and unlimited team members
• Paid tier adds container registry deploys, shared and dedicated CPU and CPU-based autoscaling
• Automatic OS patching, log forwarding and up to 10 revisions for rollbacks
• Development and production databases, plus dedicated egress IPs at $25 a month

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Fixed monthly container prices are easy to budget
• Strength: Unlimited team members on every tier
• Strength: Static sites inside a paid app cost nothing
• Weakness: Fixed $5 and $10 containers are limited to one instance
• Weakness: Autoscaling needs larger shared or dedicated instances
• Weakness: Free tier covers static sites only

Key facts

• Free plan: Yes, 3 apps with static sites
• Smallest paid container: 1 vCPU, 512 MiB, $5 per month
• Development database: $7 per month
• Rollbacks: Up to 10 revisions

Where it ranks

DigitalOcean App Platform is No. 7 in our Best App Hosting Platforms verdict.