DigitalOcean App Platform
Fully managed PaaS for building, deploying, and scaling apps from source code with zero infrastructure management.
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Features
Compute (VMs / Instances)
Virtual machines and compute instances for general-purpose workloads
PaaS platform, not VM-based
Container Registry
Managed Docker/OCI container image registry
Automatic container builds, pushes to DO Registry
Free Tier
Generous free tier for getting started without upfront costs
Starter tier: free static sites, $0.01/hr basic apps
Global CDN
Content delivery network for low-latency global content distribution
Built-in CDN with automatic HTTPS
Managed Databases
Managed relational and NoSQL database services
Via DO Managed Databases integration
Managed Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes cluster service for container orchestration
Not available; use DOKS for K8s
Multi-Region Deployment
Deploy workloads across multiple geographic regions worldwide
Single-region deployment only (multi-region via DOKS)
Object Storage
S3-compatible or similar object storage for unstructured data
Via DO Spaces integration
Serverless Functions
Event-driven serverless compute (FaaS) for running code without provisioning servers
Not available on App Platform
VPC / Private Networking
Virtual private cloud with private networking, subnets, and firewalls
Private networking within DO ecosystem
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