Amazon Web Services vs DigitalOcean
- GPUs
- 14 9
- Cheapest GPU
- $0.53/hr $0.76/hr
- Price wins
- 0/4 4/4
DigitalOcean is cheaper on all 4 GPUs both rent. Amazon Web Services carries 5 more GPUs.
Hyperscaler that rents GPU and custom accelerator instances on demand, reserved or spot, alongside a full catalogue of managed cloud services.
Best for: Teams already building on AWS services
Developer cloud that rents GPU Droplets and managed AI services, billed by usage alongside its standard virtual machines.
Best for: Simple GPU VMs for small teams
Price by GPU
The 4 GPUs both rent. Cheapest live rate per GPU-hour, most powerful first. The cheaper side is in purple.
| GPU | Amazon Web Services | DigitalOcean | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B300 SXM 262GB | $17.80/hr | $11.19/hr | 59% |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $6.88/hr | $4.41/hr | 56% |
| NVIDIA H200 SXM 141GB | $7.91/hr | $4.47/hr | 77% |
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | $1.86/hr | $1.57/hr | 19% |
Prices last checked: Amazon Web Services 1 Oct 2026, DigitalOcean 1 Oct 2026.
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Company facts
| Fact | Amazon Web Services | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters |  Seattle, WA | Broomfield, CO |
| Type | Hyperscaler | GPU cloud |
| Founded | 2006 | n/a |
| GPUs priced | 14 | 9 |
| Fastest GPU | NVIDIA B200 SXM 180GB | AMD Instinct MI350X OAM |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states it holds, linked to its own statement. Not published means we found no statement, not that the provider fails it. Check the scope with the provider.
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Questions
- What is the difference between Amazon Web Services and DigitalOcean?
- Amazon Web Services: Hyperscaler that rents GPU and custom accelerator instances on demand, reserved or spot, alongside a full catalogue of managed cloud services. DigitalOcean: Developer cloud that rents GPU Droplets and managed AI services, billed by usage alongside its standard virtual machines.
- Is Amazon Web Services cheaper than DigitalOcean?
- DigitalOcean is cheaper on all 4 GPUs both rent. Amazon Web Services carries 5 more GPUs.
- How much does a NVIDIA B300 SXM 262GB cost on Amazon Web Services and DigitalOcean?
- Amazon Web Services charges $17.80 per GPU-hour and DigitalOcean charges $11.19 per GPU-hour, the cheapest live rate on each.
- Which GPUs can I rent on both Amazon Web Services and DigitalOcean?
- 4 GPUs, including NVIDIA B300 SXM 262GB, NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA H200 SXM 141GB, NVIDIA L40S 48GB.
- How are these prices compared?
- Each figure is the cheapest live rate per GPU-hour for that GPU. We use on-demand pricing where a provider sells it and fall back to community or reserved terms, labelled, where that is all they sell. Spot capacity is left out because it can be reclaimed. Rates are refreshed by our daily ingest.
How we define a live price: methodology.
