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Cloudflare vs DigitalOcean

Monthly hosting costs for typical app profiles — computed with the same recommendation engine as StackPlan stack reports. Assumes balanced budget and ops preferences unless noted.

Pricing data:Cloudflare · updated Jun 2026DigitalOcean · updated Jul 2026

Web app

MetricCloudflareDigitalOcean
Cost at 1k DAU$66/mo$36/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$21/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66/mo$36/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$735.65/mo$40.76/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7508.40/mo$181.76/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • DigitalOcean · Droplets · Basic 1GB
  • DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM
Fit score82/10081/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

SaaS product

MetricCloudflareDigitalOcean
Cost at 1k DAU$66.40/mo$36.40/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$21/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66.40/mo$36.40/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$741.25/mo$46.36/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7568/mo$241.36/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · Queues · Paid
  • Cloudflare · Cron Triggers · Free
  • DigitalOcean · Droplets · Basic 1GB
  • DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM
  • Cloudflare · Queues · Paid
  • Cloudflare · Cron Triggers · Free
Fit score82/10061/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

E-commerce store

MetricCloudflareDigitalOcean
Cost at 1k DAU$67.96/mo$41/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$26/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$67.96/mo$41/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$755.19/mo$65.06/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7703.72/mo$516.84/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · R2 · Standard
  • DigitalOcean · Droplets · Basic 1GB
  • DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM
  • DigitalOcean · Spaces · Standard
Fit score83/10081/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

API / backend service

MetricCloudflareDigitalOcean
Cost at 1k DAU$66/mo$36/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$21/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66/mo$36/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$735.65/mo$40.76/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7508.40/mo$181.76/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • DigitalOcean · Droplets · Basic 1GB
  • DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM
Fit score82/10081/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Mobile app backend

MetricCloudflareDigitalOcean
Cost at 1k DAU$67.96/mo$41/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$26/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$67.96/mo$41/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$755.19/mo$65.06/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7703.72/mo$516.84/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · R2 · Standard
  • DigitalOcean · Droplets · Basic 1GB
  • DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM
  • DigitalOcean · Spaces · Standard
Fit score83/10081/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Realtime / collaborative

MetricCloudflareDigitalOcean
Cost at 1k DAU$66/mo$36/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$21/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66/mo$36/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$735.65/mo$40.76/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7508.40/mo$181.76/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • DigitalOcean · Droplets · Basic 1GB
  • DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM
Fit score80/10088/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Jobs & pipelines

MetricCloudflareDigitalOcean
Cost at 1k DAU$66.40/mo$36.40/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$21/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66.40/mo$36.40/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$741.25/mo$46.36/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7568/mo$241.36/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · Queues · Paid
  • Cloudflare · Cron Triggers · Free
  • DigitalOcean · Droplets · Basic 1GB
  • DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM
  • Cloudflare · Queues · Paid
  • Cloudflare · Cron Triggers · Free
Fit score82/10071/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

AI app

MetricCloudflareDigitalOcean
Cost at 1k DAU$67.96/mo$41/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$26/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$67.96/mo$41/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$755.19/mo$65.06/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7703.72/mo$516.84/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · R2 · Standard
  • DigitalOcean · Droplets · Basic 1GB
  • DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM
  • DigitalOcean · Spaces · Standard
Fit score83/10081/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Internal tool

MetricCloudflareDigitalOcean
Cost at 1k DAU$66/mo$36/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$21/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66/mo$36/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$735.65/mo$40.76/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7508.40/mo$181.76/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • DigitalOcean · Droplets · Basic 1GB
  • DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM
Fit score82/10081/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

These numbers assume a typical profile

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