DigitalOcean App Platform

Managed app PaaS on DigitalOcean

Free tier + paidHosting, deploy & edgedigitalocean.com

What it is

DigitalOcean's Git-to-container PaaS built on their droplet infrastructure, with managed Postgres, autoscaling, cron jobs and a CDN for static components. Instances are always-on containers so there are no cold starts, and outbound transfer beyond the plan allowance is a flat $0.02 per GiB.

Why it earns a slot

Boring in the best way: flat monthly instance prices, one of the cheapest bandwidth overage rates on the market, and Spaces, managed Postgres and droplets one click away when you outgrow it.

Know before you commit

The free static tier includes only 1 GiB of transfer per app before you must add a paid component. Transfer pools across the account, so one heavy app can consume another's allowance. Set a billing alert; there is no hard cap.

Getting started

doctl apps create --spec .do/app.yaml

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Pricing snapshot

3 static-site apps free with 1 GiB transfer each. Cheapest container $5/mo (shared 1 vCPU, 512 MiB, 50 GiB transfer); $10/mo gives 1 GiB RAM and 100 GiB; $50/mo gives 2 vCPU, 4 GiB, 250 GiB. Overage $0.02/GiB.

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Evaluate DigitalOcean App Platform (https://www.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: Managed app PaaS on DigitalOcean. DigitalOcean's Git-to-container PaaS built on their droplet infrastructure, with managed Postgres, autoscaling, cron jobs and a CDN for static components. Instances are always-on containers so there are no cold starts, and outbound transfer beyond the plan allowance is a flat $0.02 per GiB.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): Boring in the best way: flat monthly instance prices, one of the cheapest bandwidth overage rates on the market, and Spaces, managed Postgres and droplets one click away when you outgrow it.
Watch out for: The free static tier includes only 1 GiB of transfer per app before you must add a paid component. Transfer pools across the account, so one heavy app can consume another's allowance. Set a billing alert; there is no hard cap.
Pricing: 3 static-site apps free with 1 GiB transfer each. Cheapest container $5/mo (shared 1 vCPU, 512 MiB, 50 GiB transfer); $10/mo gives 1 GiB RAM and 100 GiB; $50/mo gives 2 vCPU, 4 GiB, 250 GiB. Overage $0.02/GiB.
Setup: doctl apps create --spec .do/app.yaml
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