Head to head

DigitalOcean Droplets vs Docker Desktop

Two dated pricing records, side by side. Every figure links to its source from the product pages.

The records

Price history, compared

DigitalOcean Droplets

Stepped price history$0$1$3$4$52023202420252026$4$4
Basic 512 MiB$4per month
Basic 1 GiB$6per month
Basic 2 GiB$12per month
Basic 4 GiB$24per month
  • 2026-08-12 Basic 4 GB was renamed to Basic 4 GiB
  • 2026-08-12 Basic 2 GB was renamed to Basic 2 GiB
  • 2026-08-12 Basic 1 GB was renamed to Basic 1 GiB
  • 2026-08-12 Basic 512 MB was renamed to Basic 512 MiB
  • 2022-07-01 Basic 4 GB rose from $20/mo to $24/mo (+20%)

Docker Desktop +80%

Stepped price history$0$3$6$9$1220222023202420252026$5$9
Personal$0per month
Pro$9per seat / mo
Team$15per seat / mo
Business$24per seat / mo
  • 2024-11-15 Team rose from $9/mo to $15/mo (+66.7%)
  • 2024-11-15 Pro rose from $5/mo to $9/mo (+80%)
  • 2022-10-27 Business rose from $21/mo to $24/mo (+14.3%)
  • 2022-10-27 Team rose from $7/mo to $9/mo (+28.6%)