🆚 DigitalOcean vs. Google Cloud

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Cloud service
Cloud service

About

DigitalOcean is a cloud computing service provider that offers developers and businesses scalable infrastructure and platform solutions such as virtual machines, managed databases, object and block storage, and container orchestration.

It provides on-demand Droplet virtual machines with multiple CPU and memory tiers, a managed Kubernetes service with automated scaling, managed PostgreSQL/MySQL/Redis databases with backups and high availability, S3-compatible object storage Spaces, block storage Volumes, serverless Functions, and a marketplace of one-click application deployments.

Google Cloud is a suite of cloud computing services offered by Google that runs on the same global infrastructure used to power its own products.

It includes infrastructure and platform services such as Compute Engine virtual machines, App Engine platform hosting, Google Kubernetes Engine, serverless compute with Cloud Functions and Cloud Run, object and block storage, scalable relational and NoSQL databases, and CDN.

Headquarters

New York, United States
Mountain View, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free version ❌Free 60-day trial
Droplets$4+/month
Kubernetes$12+/month
Databases$15+/month
Free tier ✔️1 micro VM instance with 30 GB disk + 1 GB of outbound data transfer + 2M Cloud Run requests + 5 GB of Cloud Storage per month

Categories

Cloud Services › Rank #5
Cloud Services › Rank #2

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Google Cloud technology is 3 times more popular than DigitalOcean.
Total websites

Market share

Cloud Services

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Google Cloud is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Italy, while DigitalOcean is more popular in Singapore, Russia, and Slovakia.
United States
United Kingdom
Italy
Australia
Canada
Netherlands
Germany
Spain
India
Brazil

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Google Cloud is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping, while DigitalOcean is more commonly used on real estate, recreation and hobbies, and art, culture and heritage sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Education/Reference
Blogs/Wiki
Internet Services
Travel
Entertainment
Health
Sports

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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#2,165
#2,223
#3,604
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