DigitalOcean vs Webdock
DigitalOcean is a full cloud ecosystem where databases, storage and backups are separate products. Webdock runs production on one VPS with backups and SSL included, predictable monthly costs and EU data residency under Danish jurisdiction.
Choose DigitalOcean if you…
- Rely on Kubernetes, Terraform, or doctl
- Need global infrastructure across NA, Asia, or AU
- Want managed databases, object storage, or serverless
- Prefer per-second billing for short-lived workloads
Choose Webdock if you…
- Want backups and SSL on every plan; WordPress and email on €5.99+ plans
- Need predictable monthly costs without add-ons
- Run production without stitching 4–5 services together
- Are EU-based and want EU data residency, Danish jurisdiction and a signed DPA
- Need single-tenant EU hardware with the same dashboard and API (Private Cloud)
Background
Who are they?
DigitalOcean
Est. 2011 · New York, USA
Founded in New York in 2011 with a simple idea: cloud infrastructure that didn't take a week to figure out. Shipped SSD-based Droplets in 2012, went fully SSD by 2013, and IPO'd on the NYSE in March 2021. Today they run 16 data centers across 9 regions, serving developers, startups, and small businesses.
Webdock
Est. 2019 · Denmark
Born from frustration, not a business plan. After years of hosting client sites at Danish ad agencies, moving through shared, VPS, bare metal, and AWS, the team spent close to a year building a better platform before taking a single paying customer. Launched late 2019, opened their own renewable-powered data center on Funen Island in 2024. Still bootstrapped, still a small team.
What each provider actually sells
DigitalOcean offers a full cloud catalog. Webdock deliberately stays focused on VPS and Private Cloud, with security infrastructure built in.
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Both catalogs are intentional, DigitalOcean built outward from Droplets; Webdock chose depth over breadth.
Cost comparison
What the same server costs elsewhere
Move the sliders to match your workload. Egress is where the gap opens up.
Each side shows the lowest price for at least the cores, memory and disk you pick. For Webdock that is a published plan or a custom server from the builder, whichever costs less. For the other provider it is the cheapest published plan. Prices exclude VAT.
Webdock, flat monthly
€31.20
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DigitalOcean Basic 16 GiB
Cheapest published plan that fits
€112.13
8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 320 GB
Monthly cap, billed per second
6.44 TB included
€8.36/TB beyond that
Daily backups: €25.88/mo
€971 a year less on Webdock, with backups included.
DigitalOcean daily backups add 30% on top. With Webdock they are included.
Included with Webdock at this price
- Daily backups: 2 daily, 3 weekly and 3 manual slots
- Web control panel and free SSL certificates
- Month-to-month billing, cancel anytime
- Chat and email support from the engineers who run the servers
- Own datacenter in Denmark, powered by renewable energy
- Transactional email, email forwarding and WordPress management
The other provider's column uses its cheapest published plan with at least the selected cores, memory and disk, so the matched plan can be larger than your selection. Webdock's column uses the cheaper of a published plan and a custom server priced by the live Webdock builder, excluding VAT. Outbound transfer beyond the included amount is €2.50 per TB. Backup price: DigitalOcean daily backups cost 30% of the Droplet price. DigitalOcean figures: Basic Droplets (shared CPU), and regular dedicated-CPU Droplets (General Purpose, CPU-Optimized, Memory-Optimized) when no Basic plan is large enough, monthly cap, excl. tax. Transfer allowance converted from GiB to TB; RAM and disk GiB shown as GB. Checked 8 November 2026 on digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets. Converted at the ECB rate of 29 October 2026 (1 EUR = 1.1130 USD). Prices change, so check the provider's page before deciding.
Droplet types, OS & hardware
Both run Linux only. The difference is what's standard vs. what requires a Premium tier.
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Key difference: DigitalOcean splits Basic, General Purpose, CPU-Optimized, and Memory-Optimized across standard and Premium subtiers, NVMe and dedicated CPU live behind Premium. Webdock VPS runs on shared infrastructure with NVMe and 1 Gbit/s included, upgradeable to 5 Gbit/s. Dedicated infrastructure is available through Webdock Private Cloud.
Network, security & bundled tools
Both cover the basics. The gap widens once you look past DDoS and firewalls.
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Bundled value: Backups and the control panel are included on every plan. Transactional email and WordPress tools, services you'd contract separately on DigitalOcean, come with Webdock plans at €5.99+.
Infrastructure
Data center locations
DigitalOcean, 16 Data Centers
Europe: Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London
North America: New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Atlanta
Asia / AU: Bangalore, Singapore, Sydney
Facilities: Leased from Equinix, Telx, Flexential
16 data centers across 9 regions. Your data lives in third-party facilities, each with its own access policies sitting beneath DigitalOcean's layer.
Webdock, 1 Self-Owned Facility
Location: Nørre Aaby, Funen Island, Denmark (EU)
Built: 2024, fully owned & 100% renewable-powered
Advantage: Full hardware & network control
✓ EU data residency, Danish jurisdiction, signed DPA
Private Cloud
Private Cloud and dedicated infrastructure
What each provider offers when you need hardware that isn't shared with anyone else.
DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean's general compute runs on Droplets. Dedicated CPU Droplets reserve vCPU threads for you, but the physical host is still shared with other customers, inside leased third-party facilities.
If you need single-tenant GPU hardware for AI or ML work, DigitalOcean's Bare Metal GPUs cover that and Webdock doesn't. For general workloads that need isolated hardware, Private Cloud gives you single-tenant servers in the EU with the same dashboard and API as a Webdock VPS.
Webdock Private Cloud
Single-tenant, Denmark
Physical servers are allocated only to your environment, with a dedicated Incus + KVM hypervisor, NVMe storage and a dedicated /29 IP range. Bring Your Own IP is an option if you already hold address space.
Everything runs in our own datacenter in Denmark: EU data residency, Danish jurisdiction and a signed DPA.
Nodes connect to an EVPN-VXLAN Spine-Leaf fabric with active-active redundancy, designed and operated by ITcare with a 24/7 NOC. Tenant networks are created at the hypervisor, separate from the physical fabric.
When load spikes, you can burst into Webdock's public VPS capacity at flat rates and move workloads back afterwards, from the same dashboard and API.
Pricing
Private Cloud plans
Starting points, sized to your workload. Every plan includes the Core SLA. The Advanced Operational SLA adds a named technical contact, full-stack monitoring, capacity planning and a 15-minute P1 response. It is included from Core + PRO SLA and can be added to Core.
Getting help when things break
DigitalOcean's docs are excellent, but real-time support sits behind a paywall. Webdock keeps live chat and email open to everyone, and the AI Assistant answers from our docs.
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Pricing
Custom VPS pricing compared
Advertised prices tell part of the story. Billing terms, bundled features, and exit flexibility tell the rest.
DigitalOcean Droplet Plans
Webdock
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The bottom line: On DigitalOcean, a production WordPress or SaaS stack usually adds a control panel license, a transactional email service and paid backups to the Droplet price. On Webdock, the control panel and backups are included, and Postmark and WordPress tools come with plans from €5.99/mo.
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Frequently Asked Questions
DigitalOcean vs Webdock: your questions answered
For most single-server apps, no. Backups and SSL are included with Webdock. On DigitalOcean, backups are a paid add-on and transactional email is not offered.
DigitalOcean runs 16 data centers in 9 regions. Webdock runs one renewable-powered facility in Denmark, keeping data in the EU.