DigitalOcean App Platform pricing.
prices as of · 14 plans · 14 sized instances
You push a repository or an image and the platform builds it, runs it and keeps it running. There is no operating system to look after and no root, which is the point: the container is replaced rather than repaired. What you size is memory and a share of a processor.
DigitalOcean App Platform publishes 14 prices, from $5/mo for apps-s-1vcpu-0.5gb · 1 shared vCPU · 512 MB, read 17 Sept 2026.
Kind of platform
App platform
it takes your code or an image and runs a container of it for you
Stops when idle
no
every plan we read stays on
Free tier
no
the cheapest step is a paid one
Smallest billing unit
Hour
billed per hour, on every plan
What the monthly price includes
14 of DigitalOcean App Platform's 14 prices buy a runtime of a stated size. The price buys a runtime of a stated size for a month, so two of them compare on memory, processor and money. None of its plans includes a disk in the price, and 14 state that none is included. Its largest instance is apps-d-8vcpu-32gb · 8 dedicated vCPU · 32 GB, 8 vCPU · 32 GB RAM at $392/mo. It lists 9 regions: Amsterdam, NL, Bangalore, IN, Frankfurt, DE, London, GB, New York, US, San Francisco, US, and more. Tax is extra.
Live web · the instance-size table in DigitalOcean's App Platform docs
What the invoice adds
The rates DigitalOcean App Platform charges for what a plan price does not cover. A rate that is not published is not a rate of zero, and none of these is folded into the monthly figures above.
- Outbound transfer
- $0.02 per GB
- every gigabyte you serve past the allowance
- Build minute
- not published
- one minute of CI past the allowance
- Extra member
- not published
- one more person on the account
- Persistent disk
- not published
- a gigabyte you keep between deploys
Transfer allowances pool across the app's components. Build minutes and seats are not charged.
Everything DigitalOcean App Platform charges
Cheapest by the month first. A subscription row is tagged, because its price buys an account rather than a server.
- apps-s-1vcpu-0.5gb · 1 shared vCPU · 512 MB
1 vCPU · 512 MB RAM · always on · members not charged
transfer 50 GB · builds not stated · disk none · volumes extra
App Platform container, billed by the hour with a one cent minimum · 50 GiB outbound transfer included, then metered · no disk included, a managed database is priced separately
$5a month$10.00/GB-mo
- apps-s-1vcpu-1gb-fixed · 1 shared vCPU · 1 GB
1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · always on · members not charged
transfer 100 GB · builds not stated · disk none · volumes extra
App Platform container, billed by the hour with a one cent minimum · 100 GiB outbound transfer included, then metered · no disk included, a managed database is priced separately
$10a month$10.00/GB-mo
- apps-s-1vcpu-1gb · 1 shared vCPU · 1 GB
1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · always on · members not charged
transfer 150 GB · builds not stated · disk none · volumes extra
App Platform container, billed by the hour with a one cent minimum · 150 GiB outbound transfer included, then metered · no disk included, a managed database is priced separately
$12a month$12.00/GB-mo
- apps-s-1vcpu-2gb · 1 shared vCPU · 2 GB
1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · always on · members not charged
transfer 200 GB · builds not stated · disk none · volumes extra
App Platform container, billed by the hour with a one cent minimum · 200 GiB outbound transfer included, then metered · no disk included, a managed database is priced separately
$25a month$12.50/GB-mo
- apps-d-1vcpu-0.5gb · 1 dedicated vCPU · 512 MB
1 vCPU · 512 MB RAM · always on · members not charged
transfer 100 GB · builds not stated · disk none · volumes extra
App Platform container, billed by the hour with a one cent minimum · 100 GiB outbound transfer included, then metered · no disk included, a managed database is priced separately
$29a month$58.00/GB-mo
- apps-d-1vcpu-1gb · 1 dedicated vCPU · 1 GB
1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · always on · members not charged
transfer 200 GB · builds not stated · disk none · volumes extra
App Platform container, billed by the hour with a one cent minimum · 200 GiB outbound transfer included, then metered · no disk included, a managed database is priced separately
$34a month$34.00/GB-mo
- apps-d-1vcpu-2gb · 1 dedicated vCPU · 2 GB
1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · always on · members not charged
transfer 300 GB · builds not stated · disk none · volumes extra
App Platform container, billed by the hour with a one cent minimum · 300 GiB outbound transfer included, then metered · no disk included, a managed database is priced separately
$39a month$19.50/GB-mo
- apps-d-1vcpu-4gb · 1 dedicated vCPU · 4 GB
1 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · always on · members not charged
transfer 400 GB · builds not stated · disk none · volumes extra
App Platform container, billed by the hour with a one cent minimum · 400 GiB outbound transfer included, then metered · no disk included, a managed database is priced separately
$49a month$12.25/GB-mo
- apps-s-2vcpu-4gb · 2 shared vCPU · 4 GB
2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · always on · members not charged
transfer 250 GB · builds not stated · disk none · volumes extra
App Platform container, billed by the hour with a one cent minimum · 250 GiB outbound transfer included, then metered · no disk included, a managed database is priced separately
$50a month$12.50/GB-mo
- apps-d-2vcpu-4gb · 2 dedicated vCPU · 4 GB
2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · always on · members not charged
transfer 500 GB · builds not stated · disk none · volumes extra
App Platform container, billed by the hour with a one cent minimum · 500 GiB outbound transfer included, then metered · no disk included, a managed database is priced separately
$78a month$19.50/GB-mo
- apps-d-2vcpu-8gb · 2 dedicated vCPU · 8 GB
2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · always on · members not charged
transfer 600 GB · builds not stated · disk none · volumes extra
App Platform container, billed by the hour with a one cent minimum · 600 GiB outbound transfer included, then metered · no disk included, a managed database is priced separately
$98a month$12.25/GB-mo
- apps-d-4vcpu-8gb · 4 dedicated vCPU · 8 GB
4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · always on · members not charged
transfer 700 GB · builds not stated · disk none · volumes extra
App Platform container, billed by the hour with a one cent minimum · 700 GiB outbound transfer included, then metered · no disk included, a managed database is priced separately
$156a month$19.50/GB-mo
- apps-d-4vcpu-16gb · 4 dedicated vCPU · 16 GB
4 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · always on · members not charged
transfer 800 GB · builds not stated · disk none · volumes extra
App Platform container, billed by the hour with a one cent minimum · 800 GiB outbound transfer included, then metered · no disk included, a managed database is priced separately
$196a month$12.25/GB-mo
- apps-d-8vcpu-32gb · 8 dedicated vCPU · 32 GB
8 vCPU · 32 GB RAM · always on · members not charged
transfer 900 GB · builds not stated · disk none · volumes extra
App Platform container, billed by the hour with a one cent minimum · 900 GiB outbound transfer included, then metered · no disk included, a managed database is priced separately
$392a month$12.25/GB-mo
Frequently asked
- What kind of platform is DigitalOcean App Platform?
- App platform: it takes your code or an image and runs a container of it for you. You push a repository or an image and the platform builds it, runs it and keeps it running. There is no operating system to look after and no root, which is the point: the container is replaced rather than repaired. What you size is memory and a share of a processor.
- What is the cheapest DigitalOcean App Platform plan?
- apps-s-1vcpu-0.5gb · 1 shared vCPU · 512 MB at $5/mo, which is 1 vCPU · 512 MB RAM and always on. Read on 17 Sept 2026.
- Does DigitalOcean App Platform stop your app when nothing calls it?
- No. DigitalOcean App Platform states that all 14 of the plans we read stay on, so nothing here waits for a cold start.
- What does DigitalOcean App Platform charge on top of the plan price?
- outbound transfer, $0.02 per GB; build minute, not published; extra member, not published; persistent disk, not published. Transfer allowances pool across the app's components. Build minutes and seats are not charged.
- How current are these DigitalOcean App Platform prices?
- Live web · the instance-size table in DigitalOcean's App Platform docs Last refresh: 17 Sept 2026.