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Compute Options
Droplets: VMs with per-second billing. Five families: Basic, General Purpose, CPU-Optimized, Memory-Optimized, Storage-Optimized (NVMe). GPU Droplets for AI/ML. Deploy in seconds from 1-Click Apps or custom images.
App Platform: Managed PaaS -- git push to deploy. Supports Node.js, Python, Go, PHP, Ruby, .NET, Dockerfiles. Preview environments, cron jobs, auto-scaling, dedicated egress IPs.
Functions: Serverless with 90K GiB-seconds free/month. Supports JavaScript/TypeScript.
Kubernetes (DOKS): Free HA control plane, autoscaler, OIDC SSO, Cilium CNI, GPU node pools.
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Storage, Databases & Networking
Spaces: S3-compatible object storage with built-in CDN.
Volumes: Block storage, 10GiB-16TiB, hot-pluggable.
Network File Storage: NFS, Standard $0.15/GiB, High Performance $0.30/GiB.
Managed Databases: 7 engines -- PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, Kafka, Valkey, OpenSearch. Automated backups, failover, monitoring.
VPC: Unlimited free VPCs, peering, NAT Gateway.
Load Balancers: $12/mo, Global LBs available, HTTP/3, auto TLS.
Security & Management
Cloud Firewall: Free, stateful, tag-based.
CSPM: Free agentless security scanning -- misconfiguration detection, CISA KEV monitoring, guided remediation.
IAM: Granular RBAC with API keys, team roles.
Monitoring: Free metrics, alerting, uptime checks.
Container Registry: Private image storage, integrated with DOKS and App Platform.
MCP Server: AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code) can manage resources from the editor.
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