GPU cloud

DigitalOcean GPU Droplets

On-demand GPU Droplets (virtual machines) from DigitalOcean, which now includes Paperspace.

Overview

Plans: 6 paid plans, from $0.76/hr (RTX 4000 Ada 20GB) to $4.47/hr (HGX H200 141GB).
Compared on: GPU cloud

DigitalOcean GPU Droplets plans and prices
Plan	Price	Specs / includes	Notes
HGX H200 141GB	$4.47/hr	H200 (HGX) · 24 vCPU · 240 GB RAM	Per GPU. 1 or 8 GPUs per Droplet. vCPU/RAM as listed for the Droplet (RAM 240 GiB). 720 GiB NVMe boot disk + 5 TiB NVMe scratch, 15,000 GiB transfer.
HGX H100 80GB	$4.41/hr	H100 (HGX) · 20 vCPU · 240 GB RAM	Per GPU. 1 or 8 GPUs per Droplet. Page says 'NVIDIA HGX H100' and does not say SXM explicitly. RAM 240 GiB.
L40S 48GB	$1.57/hr	8 vCPU · 64 GB RAM	1 GPU per Droplet. RAM 64 GiB, 500 GiB NVMe boot disk, 10,000 GiB transfer.
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB	$1.57/hr	8 vCPU · 64 GB RAM	1 GPU per Droplet. RAM 64 GiB.
RTX 4000 Ada 20GB	$0.76/hr	8 vCPU · 32 GB RAM	1 GPU per Droplet. RAM 32 GiB.
AMD Instinct MI300X 192GB	$2.59/hr	AMD MI300X · 20 vCPU · 240 GB RAM	AMD, not NVIDIA. Per GPU, 1 or 8 GPUs per Droplet. MI325X 256GB is $3.80/GPU/hr (20 vCPU, 164 GiB RAM).

Prices in US dollars from DigitalOcean GPU Droplets' own site, checked Oct 17, 2026: digitalocean.com/pricing/gpu-droplets

New-account credit; GPU use not confirmed

Other tools on our GPU cloud page, cheapest first where prices compare.

How much does DigitalOcean GPU Droplets cost?

DigitalOcean GPU Droplets' cheapest paid plan is RTX 4000 Ada 20GB at $0.76/hr (checked Oct 17, 2026 on DigitalOcean GPU Droplets' own site).

Does DigitalOcean GPU Droplets have a free plan?

No free plan. New-account credit; GPU use not confirmed.

What are the best alternatives to DigitalOcean GPU Droplets?

Other GPU cloud options we've checked: RunPod ($0.34/hr), TensorDock ($0.35/hr), Vast.ai ($0.49/hr), Modal ($1.10/hr).

This page is built from the prices and facts we checked on each tool's own site. We haven't tested DigitalOcean GPU Droplets hands-on.How we work