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On the basic metrics alone, the score was 65.3 and the rank 5. The score is now 57.6 and rank 5 (no change). The difference comes from the buying motives: they measure what a buyer asks before deciding.
DigitalOcean on yhdysvaltalainen, pörssilistattu (NYSE: DOCN) pilvialusta, jonka halvin Basic Droplet maksaa 4 $/kk. Hinnat ja resurssit näkyvät selkeästi ja EU-datakeskuksia on kolme. Ulossuuntautuvan liikenteen ylitysmaksua ja palvelutasolupausta ei kuitenkaan ilmoiteta hinnoittelusivulla.
Buying motives checked 13.10.2026 and basic metrics measured 20.8.2026 from public sources. Same formula for everyone, read the full methodology.
| Server location | 20 p × 60.0 % | 12.0 |
| Usability guarantee | 12 p × 0.0 % | 0.0 |
| Transfer transport | 10 p × 50.0 % | 5.0 |
| Price is shown before purchase | 8 p × 100.0 % | 8.0 |
| Basic metrics | 50 % × 65,3 | 32.6 |
| Metric | Measured value | Source | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Server location | Data centres in Amsterdam, London and Frankfurt | digitalocean.com checked 13.10.2026 | 12.0 / 20 |
| Usability guarantee | The Droplet pricing page does not state an uptime guarantee, and no SLA page was found: legal/service-level-agreement and legal/droplet-sla returned 404, and the sitemap has no SLA page. | digitalocean.com, Droplet price list checked 13.10.2026 | 0.0 / 12 |
| Transfer transport | Quota from 500 GiB per month | digitalocean.com checked 13.10.2026 | 5.0 / 10 |
| Price is shown before purchase NOTEThe price is shown on the page in dollars. | From 4 dollars per month | digitalocean.com checked 13.10.2026 | 8.0 / 8 |
If information is missing, the row gets 0 points and the reason is shown. Points rise when the company publishes the information.
| Digital quality | 30 % × 63,4 | 19.0 |
| Transparency | 30 % × 82,5 | 24.8 |
| Reachability | 20 % × 27,5 | 5.5 |
| AI quality score | 20 % × 80,3 | 16.1 |
| Metric | Measured value | Source | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Performance (mobile) | 22/100 | Technical measurement | 8.8 / 40 |
| Accessibility | 90/100 | Technical measurement | 27.0 / 30 |
| Findability (SEO) | 92/100 | Technical measurement | 13.8 / 15 |
| Technical practices | 92/100 | Technical measurement | 13.8 / 15 |
| Metric | Measured value | Source | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly or hourly price of the server publicly displayed without logging in OBSERVATIONDroplets-hinnoittelusivu: halvin Basic 4,00 $/kk = 1 vCPU, 512 MiB RAM, 10 GB SSD, 500 GiB siirto. | Yes | Website + AI extraction | 20.0 / 20 |
| CPU, memory, disk and traffic itemised in the price and scaling is clear OBSERVATIONKunkin Dropletin vCPU, RAM, SSD ja siirtomäärä eritelty taulukossa. | Yes | Website + AI extraction | 15.0 / 15 |
| Data centre locations (EU or Finland) clearly stated OBSERVATIONSivu listaa datakeskukset, mm. Amsterdam, Lontoo, Frankfurt. | Yes | Website + AI extraction | 20.0 / 20 |
| Monthly traffic limit and excess charges stated OBSERVATIONSivu: sisään tuleva liikenne aina maksuton, ulos alk. 500 GiB/kk; ylitysmaksua ei kerrota tällä sivulla. | Partly | Website + AI extraction | 7.5 / 15 |
| Service level promise or availability guarantee shown OBSERVATIONKäytettävyystakuuta ei mainita hinnoittelusivulla. | Partly | Website + AI extraction | 5.0 / 10 |
| Support availability and channels stated OBSERVATIONSivulla on 'Get Support' -linkki mutta tukitasoja tai saatavuutta ei eritellä. | Partly | Website + AI extraction | 5.0 / 10 |
| Operating company or owner stated on the website OBSERVATIONDigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DOCN), pääkonttori New York. | Yes | Website + AI extraction | 10.0 / 10 |
| Metric | Measured value | Source | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phone number shown | No | Website + AI extraction | 0.0 / 30 |
| Email shown | Partly | Website + AI extraction | 7.5 / 15 |
| Chat support | No | Website + AI extraction | 0.0 / 15 |
| Opening hours shown | No | Website + AI extraction | 0.0 / 15 |
| FAQ section | Yes | Website + AI extraction | 15.0 / 15 |
| Mobile app | Partly | Website + AI extraction | 5.0 / 10 |
| Metric | Measured value | Source | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarity of information | 82/100 | AI analysis | 27.9 / 34 |
| Findability of pricing | 85/100 | AI analysis | 28.1 / 33 |
| Content coverage | 74/100 | AI analysis | 24.4 / 33 |
Oletko DigitalOcean-palvelun asiakas? Kerro kokemuksesi. Does not affect the Suomen Paras Score, the score is based on measurable data only.
The free pre-analysis shows every item where points are lost and how much fixing it raises the score and rank. The paid analysis shows what the items are and how to fix them.
With website and information fixes you gain at most +28.8 points: 57.6 → 86.4, rank 5 → 2.
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