Cheap DigitalOcean alternative for cloud hosting & compute

Cheap DigitalOcean alternative for cloud hosting & compute

With Huddle01 Cloud, what you see is what you pay. Our pricing is clear, predictable, and up to 59% more affordable than DigitalOcean's CPU-Optimized Droplets. No bandwidth caps, no hidden billing layers — straightforward cloud pricing that scales with you.

With Huddle01 Cloud, what you see is what you pay. Our pricing is clear, predictable, and up to 59% more affordable than DigitalOcean's CPU-Optimized Droplets. No bandwidth caps, no hidden billing layers — straightforward cloud pricing that scales with you.

Huddle01 Cloud  (Anton-8)

Huddle01 Cloud  (Anton-8)

Huddle01 Cloud  (Anton-8)

~ $73.50 / month

~ $73.50 / month

8 vCPU | 16 GB RAM | NVMe Storage | Unlimited Bandwidth

8 vCPU | 16 GB RAM | NVMe Storage | Unlimited Bandwidth

DigitalOcean  (CPU-Optimized)

DigitalOcean  (CPU-Optimized)

DigitalOcean  (CPU-Optimized)

~ $168.00 / month

~ $168.00 / month

8 vCPU | 16 GB RAM | SSD Storage | 6,000 GiB Bandwidth cap

8 vCPU | 16 GB RAM | SSD Storage | 6,000 GiB Bandwidth cap

Trusted by thousands of developers and startups building on high-performance cloud compute.

Trusted by thousands of developers and startups building on high-performance cloud compute.

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Why Teams Choose Huddle01 Cloud Over DigitalOcean

Why Teams Choose Huddle01 Cloud Over DigitalOcean

Virtual Machines

Virtual Machines

CPU

CPU

RAM

RAM

Our Price

Our Price

Digital Ocean Droplet

Digital Ocean Droplet

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2vCPU

2vCPU

4GB

4GB

$0.031/hr  (~$22/mo)

$0.031/hr  (~$22/mo)

0.06250/hr  ($42/mo)

0.06250/hr  ($42/mo)

~ 50%

~ 50%

4vCPU

4vCPU

8GB

8GB

$0.055/hr  (~$40/mo)

$0.055/hr  (~$40/mo)

$0.12500/hr  ($84/mo)

$0.12500/hr  ($84/mo)

~ 56%

~ 56%

8vCPU

8vCPU

16GB

16GB

$0.102/hr  (~$74/mo)

$0.102/hr  (~$74/mo)

$0.25000/hr ($168/mo)

$0.25000/hr ($168/mo)

~ 59%

~ 59%

Kubernetes

Kubernetes

Feature/Component

Huddle01 Cloud

DigitalOcean (DOKS)

Control plane (standard)

Included, no charge

Free

HA control plane

Included, no charge

+$40.00/mo per cluster

Worker node pricing

Same as VM rates (Anton series)

Same as Droplet rates

Node - 2vCPU/4GB

$0.031/hr  (~$22/mo)

$0.06250/hr ($42/mo) - CPU-Opt

Node - 4vCPU/8GB

$0.055/hr  (~$40/mo)

$0.12500/hr ($84/mo) - CPU-Opt

Node - 8vCPU/16GB

$0.102/hr  (~$74/mo)

$0.25000/hr ($168/mo) - CPU-Opt

Autoscaling

Free - billed per active node

Free - billed per active node

Outbound bandwidth

Unlimited, included

Capped allowance per node tier

Block storage (add-on)

Available separately

$0.10/GiB/mo (from $10/mo)

Load balancer (add-on)

Available separately

Regional HTTP: $12/mo/node

India region / compliance

Mumbai - DPDPA compliant

Bangalore - no DPDPA noted

Feature/Component

Huddle01 Cloud

DigitalOcean (DOKS)

Control plane (standard)

Included, no charge

Free

HA control plane

Included, no charge

+$40.00/mo per cluster

Worker node pricing

Same as VM rates (Anton series)

Same as Droplet rates

Node - 2vCPU/4GB

$0.031/hr  (~$22/mo)

$0.06250/hr ($42/mo) - CPU-Opt

Node - 4vCPU/8GB

$0.055/hr  (~$40/mo)

$0.12500/hr ($84/mo) - CPU-Opt

Node - 8vCPU/16GB

$0.102/hr  (~$74/mo)

$0.25000/hr ($168/mo) - CPU-Opt

Autoscaling

Free - billed per active node

Free - billed per active node

Outbound bandwidth

Unlimited, included

Capped allowance per node tier

Block storage (add-on)

Available separately

$0.10/GiB/mo (from $10/mo)

Load balancer (add-on)

Available separately

Regional HTTP: $12/mo/node

India region / compliance

Mumbai - DPDPA compliant

Bangalore - no DPDPA noted

> DigitalOcean charges +$40.00/month for every Kubernetes cluster running a High Availability control plane. Huddle01 does not charge extra for HA.

> K8s node pricing on Huddle01 matches VM rates. No additional egress fees levied with unlimited bandwidth included across all plans.

> Every cluster is provisioned with a dedicated control plane. You configure the worker nodes.

> Horizontal autoscaling adds or removes worker nodes based on workload and is billed only for compute actively in use.

Pricing based on public data from digitalocean.com and huddle01.com as of March 2025. Taxes excluded. Logos and names belong to their respective owners.

Built for builders who value performance and clarity

Built for builders who value performance and clarity

Whether you're running AI inference or real-time applications, scale without paying for unused compute.

Whether you're training AI models or running real-time applications, scale quickly without paying for unused compute.

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Proven Real-Time Network

Built on Huddle01’s global network powering huddle01.app. Handles 10,000+ daily users with sub-100 ms latency across continents.

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No Hidden Markups

Unlimited bandwidth across all plans - no caps, no overage billing. Transparent, per-second billing with predictable monthly costs.

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Purpose-Built for Speed

Dedicated AMD EPYC vCPUs, DDR4 ECC RAM, NVMe SSD storage, and 10Gbps bandwidth across all regions. No CPU sharing, no throttling.

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Transparent & Reliable

SOC 2 compliant across all regions. DPDPA compliant in Mumbai. Sub-100ms latency for real-time AI, robotics, gaming, and media.

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Global Edge Network

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Global Edge Network

Built on the same distributed infrastructure that powers Huddle01’s communication stack, offering low-latency performance, reliability, and edge-level scale.

Built on the same distributed infrastructure that powers Huddle01’s communication stack, offering low-latency performance, reliability, and edge-level scale.

Built and managed by us for full reliability across edge locations.

Built & managed by us for full reliability across edge locations.

On-prem performance combined with cloud flexibility.

On-prem performance combined with cloud flexibility.

Growing global nodes ensure low latency everywhere.

Growing global nodes ensure low latency everywhere.

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Trusted by teams saving up to 70% on cloud costs.

Trusted by teams saving up to 70% on cloud costs.

From AI startups to data-driven platforms, Huddle01 Cloud helps teams cut infrastructure spend by up to 70% while maintaining enterprise-grade performance.

From AI startups to data-driven platforms, Huddle01 Cloud helps teams cut infrastructure spend by up to 70% while maintaining enterprise-grade performance.

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“We deployed our workloads on Huddle01 Cloud in minutes. It was simple, fast, and way more affordable than the usual cloud providers.”

Ankit, CTO

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“We deployed our workloads on Huddle01 Cloud in minutes. It was simple, fast, and way more affordable than the usual cloud providers.”

Ankit, CTO

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“Switching to Huddle01 cloud was seamless. Setup took no time, and the cost savings are huge.”

Aayush, CEO

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“Switching to Huddle01 cloud was seamless. Setup took no time, and the cost savings are huge.”

Aayush, CEO

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“Huddle01 Cloud helped us cut our infrastructure bill by nearly 70% without changing a single line of code”

Vraj, Co-Founder

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“Huddle01 Cloud helped us cut our infrastructure bill by nearly 70% without changing a single line of code”

Vraj, Co-Founder

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