Kubernetes at scale managed for you
Powerful, cost-effective cloud infrastructure optimized for startups, growing digital businesses, and independent software vendors (ISVs).
DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS)
Thousands of ISVs, startups, and digital businesses run on DigitalOcean today, achieving top performance and unmatched scalability at significant cost savings. With DigitalOcean Kubernetes, you can easily scale workloads, optimize performance with a developer-friendly approach, and automate infrastructure and software delivery.
Simplify Ops+
DOKS fully manages the control plane so you can focus on your business utilizing the DO API, CLI, and UI.
Launch reliably
Increase the reliability of your clusters and prevent scaling issues from fault tolerance, load balancing, and traffic management.
Scale automatically
Use the DigitalOcean Cluster Autoscaler to seamlessly scale your clusters
Resilient disaster recovery
Protect your data with seamless SnapShooter backups, an effortless way to initiate and manage Kubernetes backups with just a few clicks.
Reduce costs
Dynamically scale your infrastructure up and down to meet demand and maximize your data solutions without worrying about bandwidth costs.
Update seamlessly
Effortlessly harness the latest Kubernetes with the option for automatic updates, maintenance windows, and surge upgrades.
Unwavering uptime
Rely on DOKS' High Availability control plane, championing a 99.95% uptime SLA. Secure your critical workloads with seamless accessibility and amplified productivity.
Uptime for SLA for DOKS + HA
99.95%
Uptime SLA for nodes
99.99%
Uptime SLA for Block Storage
99.99%
Now Available: SnapShooter for DigitalOcean Kubernetes is faster and simpler
SnapShooter for DOKS streamlines data backups, delivering enhanced simplicity and reliability. Connect your DigitalOcean account, configure your Kubernetes backup & let SnapShooter take over from here!
DOKS Real-world innovators
Innovative companies scaling massively trust DigitalOcean Kubernetes
Solving Scale
“There was a fear that we couldn't deliver at scale for a large event, with many concurrent users and more than a single stream per user.”
— Andrew Lombard, Chief Product Officer, Snipitz
Website optimization
“Kubernetes really pays off when you have to scale, we went from optimizing 15,000 sites in 2020 to 120,000 sites in 2022.”
— Ivailo Hristov, CTO, Nitropack
Web scraping platforms
“We used to run 100+ Droplets. We converted to DOKS. If you replicate with VMs, you can't go below one core.”
— Zoltan Bettenbuk, CTO, ScraperAPI
AI
“The high availability control plane is a great addition. We've never had an availability issue from DigitalOcean.”
— Stephen Lazarionok , Zingbrain
Microservices
“Our load is dynamic, low on weekends and high during the week. We wanted to solve our underutilized Droplets fast…”
— Nir Borenshtein, COO, BrightData
DevOps
“Upgrades happen weekly and keep the infrastructure current with the latest capabilities… ”
— Jenkins team
IOT and Data Science
“We were amazed at how easy DigitalOcean is to use and it let us spend more time focused on our product…”
— Marco Doncel, CTO, Shoppermotion
Event streams
“You don't want to get into a situation where you have a great product but then you have to go back and fix the infrastructure…”
— Robert Preoteasa, Founder and CEO, Framey
Online Advertising
“We'd have to know ahead of time to spin up servers which could take a whole afternoon. Now, I can click a button and it's done.”
— Joshua Verdehem, Co-Founder, Loot.tv
Security
“The DigitalOcean integration and provision of Kubernetes has been the most seamless that I've experienced so far.”
— James Hooker, CTO, Hack The Box
Connected-TV Ads
“In terms of deployment, using Ansible with DigitalOcean is easy…”
— CTO, Origin
Learning platforms
“…we've been able to grow as quickly…because of how scalable everything is and how easy it is to add new features…”
— Tim Osborne, CTO, Atom Learning
See what you can save
DigitalOcean Kubernetes includes the control plane, bandwidth allowance, container registry, automatic updates, and more for free. Know what you're paying and keep costs low with our simple pricing.
Basic node costs
Competitors charge $0.10/hr ($73/mo) per cluster just to use Kubernetes along with associated costs like nodes, storage, and bandwidth.
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Ditch expensive vendors
DigitalOcean Kubernetes is CNCF certified, which means you can migrate any conformant clusters and avoid being locked in by a vendor. Plus, DOKS integrates with the CNCF landscape of open-source software so you can customize your experience.
Nearly 90% of Kubernetes users leverage cloud-managed services, up from nearly 70% in 2020. CNCF Sees Record Kubernetes and Container Adoption in 2021 Cloud Native Survey
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