DigitalOcean App Platform pricing

Managed application hosting on DigitalOcean's infrastructure, with flat per-container pricing and bandwidth an order of magnitude cheaper than the frontend-focused platforms.

List prices checked

By DigitalOcean · Application platforms

Rate card

What DigitalOcean charges, by billing axis.

AxisPriceApplies to
Entry plan$5.00/moCheapest paid plan or typical entry configuration
Data transfer out$0.020/GB100 GB included, then metered
Free tierYesThree free static sites

Source: DigitalOcean pricing (May 2026). Published list prices only — committed-use discounts, regional variation, and per-request charges are not included. Not yet independently re-checked against the vendor’s page.

What it costs per month

DigitalOcean App Platform billed against three workload profiles, using the rates above. Every line shows its arithmetic.

Side project

A personal site or small app with modest traffic, a few gigabytes of assets, and one small always-on process.

$5.00/mo

  • Entry plan at $5/month$5.00
  • 100 GB used, 100 GB included, 0 GB billable at $0.02/GB$0

Growing SaaS

A funded product serving a few thousand daily users, with an image-heavy frontend and two application servers.

$23/mo

  • Entry plan at $5/month$5.00
  • 1 TB used, 100 GB included, 900 GB billable at $0.02/GB$18

Media-heavy site

A publisher or video product where delivery dominates the bill and compute is almost an afterthought.

$203/mo

  • Entry plan at $5/month$5.00
  • 10 TB used, 100 GB included, 9.9 TB billable at $0.02/GB$198

DigitalOcean App Platform vs the alternatives

The closest application platforms on price, with the difference on application platforms's headline axis.

ServiceEntry planvs DigitalOcean App PlatformCompare
Railway$5.00—Head to head
Heroku$5.00—Head to head
Koyeb$6.401.3× dearerHead to head
Fly.io$3.191.6× cheaperHead to head
Render$7.001.4× dearerHead to head
Netlify$9.001.8× dearerHead to head

Questions about pricing

How much does DigitalOcean App Platform cost in 2026?
DigitalOcean App Platform charges $5.00 per month for the entry plan, per DigitalOcean's published pricing page. There is also a free tier: Three free static sites. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.
Does DigitalOcean App Platform have a free tier?
Yes — Three free static sites. Check whether it is permanent or a trial before you build a budget around it; the two are often presented identically.
What does DigitalOcean App Platform charge for egress?
$0.020 per GB, after 100 GB included in the plan. Egress is where providers in this category differ most, so it is worth checking against the alternatives before committing.
Are these DigitalOcean App Platform prices current?
They were checked against DigitalOcean's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

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