DigitalOcean pricing context

Free tier: up to 3 static site apps at $0/month (1 GiB outbound transfer per app; additional static-site apps at $3/month each). Paid tier starts at $5/month for a shared fixed container (1 vCPU, 512 MiB RAM, 50 GiB transfer). Shared containers range from $5–$50/month depending on vCPU and RAM. Dedicated CPU containers (recommended for production/autoscaling workloads) are separately priced. Additional outbound transfer beyond per-instance allowances is billed at $0.02/GiB. Optional paid add-ons: dedicated egress IP ($25/app/month), development PostgreSQL database ($7/month). Apps are billed by the second (one-minute minimum). No hidden build fees or image storage fees. New accounts receive $200 in credit for the first 60 days.