Droplets
Competitor mapping for DigitalOcean.
This page is a structured knowledge reference. For step-by-step migration guidance, see the migration guide.
Details
- Provider
- DigitalOcean
- Service term
- Droplets
- Provider documentation
- External reference
Behavioral divergences
Droplets
Quake AI concept: Instances
- API surface is DigitalOcean’s proprietary REST/CLI/Terraform tooling rather than OpenStack Nova/Neutron/Glance APIs (Droplets are managed via DigitalOcean UI/CLI/API/Terraform).
- Billing is usage-based with per-second billing (60-second minimum and monthly cap) rather than the typical per-hour, quota-based charge model users often see in OpenStack-based clouds.
- Droplets include a bundled outbound transfer allowance with each plan (starting at 500 GiB/month) rather than a separate bandwidth quota/metering model users often encounter in OpenStack deployments.
- Droplets are described as Linux-based VMs on virtualized hardware with local SSD storage, whereas OpenStack deployments commonly expose distinct block storage (Cinder) and image services (Glance) and may not bundle bandwidth/monitoring/firewalls into the instance offering.
Documentation
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Add an SSH key pair to your account
how-to
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Coming from DigitalOcean
evaluation
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Compute migration guides
migration
- →
Droplets on Quake AI
explanation
- →
How to Create a Virtual Machine Instance
how-to
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How to Create a VM on a Private Network
how-to
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How to Create a VM on a Public Network
how-to
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How to deploy a multi-tier application with Terraform
how-to
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How to deploy VMs with Terraform (simple example)
how-to
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How to Interrupt a Virtual Machine (VM) Boot Process
troubleshooting
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How to provision a production-ready VM
how-to
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Instance Snapshots CLI Reference
reference
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Instance Snapshots Console
reference
- →
Instances
explanation
- →
Instances Console
reference
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Migrate from DigitalOcean Droplets to Quake AI Compute
migration
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Migrating from DigitalOcean to Quake AI
migration
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Networks Console
reference
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Sending Mail (SMTP) with Your Virtual Machine
how-to
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Set up a Minecraft server
deployment
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Snapshot fails on images that enable the QEMU guest agent
troubleshooting
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Topology Console
reference
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Virtual machines (VMs)
explanation
Related
Analog of (incoming)
- Add an SSH key pair to your account→
- Coming from DigitalOcean→
- Compute migration guides→
- Droplets on Quake AI→
- How to Create a Virtual Machine Instance→
- How to Create a VM on a Private Network→
- How to Create a VM on a Public Network→
- How to deploy a multi-tier application with Terraform→
- How to deploy VMs with Terraform (simple example)→
- How to Interrupt a Virtual Machine (VM) Boot Process→
- How to provision a production-ready VM→
- Instance Snapshots CLI Reference→
- Instance Snapshots Console→
- Instances→
- Instances Console→
- Migrate from DigitalOcean Droplets to Quake AI Compute→
- Migrating from DigitalOcean to Quake AI→
- Networks Console→
- Sending Mail (SMTP) with Your Virtual Machine→
- Set up a Minecraft server→
- Snapshot fails on images that enable the QEMU guest agent→
- Topology Console→
- Virtual machines (VMs)→
Diverges from (incoming)
Citations
- DigitalOcean
- DigitalOcean
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