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DigitalOcean App Platform

Fully managed PaaS for building, deploying, and scaling apps from source code with zero infrastructure management.

DigitalOcean App Platform is a Platform-as-a-Service that lets developers deploy directly from Git. Features: automatic container builds, zero-config deployments, managed databases, custom domains with free TLS, auto-scaling, preview deployments for PRs, background workers, static site hosting, and integrated CI/CD. Supports Dockerfile, buildpacks, and popular frameworks (Node, Python, Go, Ruby, PHP, .NET). Free tier includes 3 static sites.
Free tier (3 static sites); Basic from $5/mo per service; Pro from $12/mo per service; Enterprise custom
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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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