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DigitalOcean Agent Droplets

Managed agent runtime on a monthly plan: compute, DigitalOcean-hosted inference, memory, session storage, and tools. Not classic Droplet VMs, not Claude Max, and not the OpenAI Agents API alone.

Free accessFree trialFree Trial is 5 USD in credit for new DigitalOcean customers. The introducing blog says no card is required. Existing customers start on a paid plan.
Paid fromPro50 USD per month, with a 15% discount on included agent usage: inference on DigitalOcean-hosted models, including Kimi K3, GLM 5.3, and Typesafe …

Category: Development & Code · Coding assistants & IDEs

Features

DigitalOcean Agent Droplets at digitalocean.com is a managed agent runtime. The bill covers compute, DigitalOcean-hosted inference, memory, session storage, and tools. It is not classic Droplet VMs, not Claude Max, and not the OpenAI Agents API alone.

Free Trial is 5 USD in credit for new customers, and the blog says no card is required. Pro is 50 USD per month with a 15% discount. Team is 200 USD per month with a 20% discount. Frontier models such as Claude and GPT stay at list price.

Prices and plans

TierPricePeriodWhat you get
Free Trial5 USDstarting credit5 USD in credit for new customers only. The pricing page says existing customers start on a paid plan. The introducing blog says no card is required.
The table lists the same tool access, 16000+ tools, and lists agents and seats as unlimited. Frontier models such as Claude and GPT stay at list price.
Pro50 USDmonth50 USD per month, with a 15% discount on included agent usage: inference on DigitalOcean-hosted models, including Kimi K3, GLM 5.3, and Typesafe Jev, plus compute, memory, session storage, and tools. The table lists 16000+ tools.
The pricing table lists agents and seats as unlimited. Claude and GPT are pay-as-you-go at list price and are outside the discount.
Team200 USDmonth200 USD per month, with a 20% discount on the same usage stack: inference on DigitalOcean-hosted models, including Kimi K3, GLM 5.3, and Typesafe Jev, plus compute, memory, session storage, and tools. The table lists 16000+ tools.
The pricing table lists agents and seats as unlimited. Claude and GPT are pay-as-you-go at list price and are outside the discount.

Limits

New customers get a Free Trial of 5 USD in credit. The introducing blog says no card is required. Existing customers start on a paid plan. Pro is 50 USD per month with a 15% discount on included agent usage. Team is 200 USD per month with a 20% discount on that same usage. The discount covers inference on DigitalOcean-hosted models, including Kimi K3, GLM 5.3, and Typesafe Jev, plus compute, memory, session storage, and tools. Claude and GPT stay pay-as-you-go at list price and sit outside the discount. After the plan allowance, usage can continue at list price from the Inference and Agents Balance, or stop at the plan price. Vendor USD only, no converted price.

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FAQ

Is DigitalOcean Agent Droplets available for free?

Not permanently. What is published is a time-limited free trial. Free Trial is 5 USD in credit for new DigitalOcean customers. The introducing blog says no card is required. Existing customers start on a paid plan.

How is DigitalOcean Agent Droplets billed?

Vendor USD, no FX. Free Trial is 5 USD in credit for new customers. Pro is 50 USD per month with 15% on included agent usage. Team is 200 USD per month with 20%. Claude and GPT stay at list price.

How many plans are documented for DigitalOcean Agent Droplets?

The catalog documents 3 plans with price, billing period, and included features.

Is DigitalOcean Agent Droplets still active?

DigitalOcean Agent Droplets is still active: managed agent runtime, checked on the Agent Droplets pricing page.

How many official sources are on file for DigitalOcean Agent Droplets?

3 official sources are on file for DigitalOcean Agent Droplets, and prices and limits are based on them.

How we compare

We compare free access, paid entry, plan limits, features and the listed official sources. Unsourced figures stay marked as not published.

Only confirmed entries appear in the catalog. Prices, plans and limits come from listed official vendor pages. Missing figures stay marked as not published. Result lists are alphabetical by default and can be switched to Free access first; neither is a quality ranking. The vendor page always wins.

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