Cloud.ru vs DigitalOcean Comparison

Why choose Cloud.ru

• Has a free plan (DigitalOcean does not)
• Higher Scalability score (8/10 vs 7/10)
• Higher Support score (6/10 vs 5/10)
• Better fit for enterprise (8/10 vs 5/10)

Why choose DigitalOcean

• Higher Ease of Use score (9/10 vs 5/10)
• Higher Cost score (7/10 vs 5/10)
• Better fit for developers (9/10 vs 6/10)

Cloud.ru

Pros

• Nine Tier III data centers in Russia support data-localisation requirements
• Certified for personal data, state information systems and critical information infrastructure workloads
• Broad catalogue of more than 120 services, including managed Kubernetes, databases and an AI model platform
• Free Tier and a bonus for new users make testing low-cost
• Terraform provider and public API support infrastructure-as-code

Cons

• All regions are in Russia, so it does not suit global latency or residency needs
• No traditional shared hosting, cPanel or bundled email and domain plans
• CLI and Python SDK were only announced as coming soon
• Few independent user reviews exist, and most coverage is promotional
• Exact data center locations are not published

DigitalOcean

Pros

• Flat, published hourly and monthly rates with no promotional first-term pricing or renewal price jumps.
• A $4 per month entry Droplet and per-second billing make it cheap to test and run small workloads.
• One account covers a full set of managed services, including Kubernetes, databases, Spaces with CDN, load balancers, App Platform and Functions.
• Developers can automate everything through the API, the doctl CLI and a Terraform provider, and the tutorials are widely used.

Cons

• Free support is ticket-only with a target response under 24 hours, chat starts at $99 per month, and no plan includes phone support.
• Outbound SMTP ports 25, 465 and 587 are blocked on new Droplets, so you cannot self-host email.
• Raw compute costs noticeably more than budget providers such as Hetzner.
• No refunds, and Droplets on suspended accounts are deleted after a grace period.