DigitalOcean vs RunPod
RunPod is cheaper than DigitalOcean on all 7 GPUs both providers list with on-demand pricing, verified 2026-09-22. The biggest gap is the B300: $7.89 on RunPod vs $11.19 on DigitalOcean. Platform facts come from each provider's own documentation.
Price per GPU, side by side (2026-09-22)
| GPU (on-demand $/hr) | DigitalOcean | RunPod | Price diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTX A4000 | not offered | $0.25 | – |
| RTX A5000 | not offered | $0.27 | – |
| L4 | not offered | $0.49 | – |
| A40 | not offered | $0.49 | – |
| RTX 3090 | not offered | $0.50 | – |
| RTX A6000 | not offered | $0.53 | – |
| RTX PRO 4500 | not offered | $0.72 | – |
| RTX 4090 | not offered | $0.74 | – |
| L40 | not offered | $0.82 | – |
| RTX 6000 Ada | $1.57 | $0.84 | -$0.73 (-46.5%) RunPod |
| RTX 5090 | not offered | $0.99 | – |
| L40S | $1.57 | $1.09 | -$0.48 (-30.6%) RunPod |
| A100 | not offered | $1.59 | – |
| RTX PRO 6000 | not offered | $2.09 | – |
| MI300X | $2.59 | $2.39 | -$0.20 (-7.7%) RunPod |
| H100 | $4.41 | $2.89 | -$1.52 (-34.5%) RunPod |
| H200 | $4.47 | $3.79 | -$0.68 (-15.2%) RunPod |
| MI325X | $3.80 | not offered | – |
| MI350X | $6.16 | $5.49 | -$0.67 (-10.9%) RunPod |
| B200 | not offered | $6.79 | – |
| B300 | $11.19 | $7.89 | -$3.30 (-29.5%) RunPod |
Cheapest verified on-demand rate per side from today's snapshot; highlighted = cheaper. Price diff is the absolute and percent saving on the cheaper side (named), relative to the higher price; – means one side does not offer that GPU on-demand. Spot/marketplace tiers shown on the individual pages.
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Platform facts
| DigitalOcean | RunPod | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing increment | not published | per-second |
| Egress | not published | free |
| Storage /GB-mo | not published | $0.10/GB/month volume disk; $0.07/GB/month network volume under 1TB |
| Spot offered | not published | not published |
| Reserved offered | not published | yes self-serve |
| Notebook support | not published | templates |
From each provider's documentation, verified 2026-07-07; sources on the fees matrix and enterprise matrix.
FAQ
RunPod is cheaper on 7 of the 7 GPUs both providers offer, verified 2026-09-22. The other is cheaper on the rest, so the right pick depends on the specific GPU you need.
The B300: $7.89 per GPU-hour on RunPod vs $11.19 on DigitalOcean, a difference of $3.30 per hour, verified 2026-09-22.
DigitalOcean lists 1 GPU with on-demand pricing that RunPod does not: MI325X. RunPod lists 13 that DigitalOcean does not: RTX A4000, RTX A5000, L4, A40, RTX 3090, RTX A6000 and 7 more.
Prices render from the live dataset each build. More: the screener · price movers · methodology.