Best DigitalOcean Droplets alternatives (2026)

Moving off DigitalOcean Droplets? Here are 4 alternatives — comparable options first. Compare free tiers, managed databases, regions and Docker support, then go straight to the one that fits.

VPS / IaaS

Hetzner Cloud

The price/performance benchmark for cloud VPS

~$7.09/mo

Self-host

VPS / IaaS

Vultr

Wide region coverage and flexible instance types

~$5/mo

Self-hostManaged DB

VPS / IaaS

Akamai (Linode)

Simple, stable pricing on Akamai's network

~$5/mo

Self-hostManaged DB

VPS / IaaS

Contabo

Maximum RAM and storage per dollar

Self-host