DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean simplifies your cloud infrastructure with transparent pricing, managed services, and developer-focused deployment tools.
Proven Score
Established. Ranked #4 of 4 researched vendors in Cloud infrastructure. Checked 2026-10-21.
Evidence
| Founded | 2011 (15 years) source |
| Market standing | Publicly traded. NYSE: DOCN source |
| Clients named by the vendor | 5, of which 0 are public companies or major institutions |
| Clients verified on Proven | 16 (CRM sync or Crossbeam) |
| Trusted networks | 17 investor, bank and government networks (shown, not scored) |
Clients named by the vendor
| Client | Caliber | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Hippocratic AI | $1B+ private company or top investor | vendor page |
| Bright Data | Named client | vendor page |
| Traversal | Named client | vendor page |
| Double Eleven | Named client | vendor page |
| Snapt | Named client | vendor page |
Discounts for Proven network members
$2000 Credit for 12 Months · $24,000 value
$5,000 in Cloud Credit from DigitalOcean · $5,000 value
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Competitors in Cloud infrastructure
| AWS | 80 |
| Google Cloud | 78 |
| Microsoft Azure | 70 |
| DigitalOcean | 60 |
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Source: Proven platform data, public records and vendor websites. Vendors cannot pay to change a score. Methodology. Updated 2026-10-21.