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DigitalOcean has always been behind the curve of these things. All of the other big cloud platforms have had this for at least a few months. I haven't actually

by cremp 8y ago

DigitalOcean has always been behind the curve of these things. All of the other big cloud platforms have had this for at least a few months. I haven't actually seen anything 'new' come out of DigitalOcean in years.

parhamn 8y ago
Were they ever 'new' in anything? I use them for small personal projects (they've gotten a lot more stable recently). I never thought of them as an innovative cloud provider but just one that was cheap and easy.
- chrisweekly 8y ago
  Same here. IME, DO is a great choice for many projects, because it's inexpensive, straightforward and reliable. I wouldn't trade any of those 3 attributes for "innovative".
- hinkley 8y ago
  You remember a few years back when "performance is a feature"? Well, sanity is also a feature. When none of your competitors are doing it, then it starts to look like innovation. I mean, the transparent fee structure alone is why I push dabblers toward DO. I'm looking at you, AWS.
- quickthrower2 8y ago
  To me they are closer to the classic hosting companies, the ones where you can get a "Virtual Private Server" for $20/month rather than "Some Ether" for $0.0000001 / weird unit.
- btashton 8y ago
  There was a window where they were a nice option for small SSD backed instances when EC2 was still doing low performance spinning disks for their bottom tier.
- mike_j 8y ago
  first only ssd host.
mjlee 8y ago
Their homepage even says "The simplest cloud platform for developers & teams". Their goal is simplicity, not bleeding edge.
- pascalxus 8y ago
  and that's just one of the many reasons they're so awesome.
gtf21 8y ago
Like many others, I'm not sure DO's USP is being at the cutting edge. I like them because I get a decent amount of control, I have found their support to be quite responsive, and their products have always been very stable for me.
tyingq 8y ago
Offering these things without exorbitant egress charges is 'new' enough for me.
- qaq 8y ago
  This ^^ just price the bandwith DO throughs with the instances at AWS prices. Plus I know exactly what my bill will be next month :)
thinkshiv 8y ago
Echoing @gtf21 and @chrisweekly: in short, us taking out the complexity in using and scaling with cloud capabilities and making learning easy for all developers has been our innovation. We don't always have to be the first to launch to add value to millions of developers around the world :)
- com2kid 8y ago
  Ya'll have the best tutorials and guides around, I've gone from embedded C Dev to full stack, and DO's guides have helped immensely. I'm working on migrating a large part of my stack over to DO, and I'll be much happier when I'm done! :)

by cremp 8y ago

parhamn 8y ago

Were they ever 'new' in anything? I use them for small personal projects (they've gotten a lot more stable recently). I never thought of them as an innovative cloud provider but just one that was cheap and easy.

chrisweekly 8y ago
Same here. IME, DO is a great choice for many projects, because it's inexpensive, straightforward and reliable. I wouldn't trade any of those 3 attributes for "innovative".
hinkley 8y ago
You remember a few years back when "performance is a feature"? Well, sanity is also a feature. When none of your competitors are doing it, then it starts to look like innovation. I mean, the transparent fee structure alone is why I push dabblers toward DO. I'm looking at you, AWS.
quickthrower2 8y ago
To me they are closer to the classic hosting companies, the ones where you can get a "Virtual Private Server" for $20/month rather than "Some Ether" for $0.0000001 / weird unit.
btashton 8y ago
There was a window where they were a nice option for small SSD backed instances when EC2 was still doing low performance spinning disks for their bottom tier.
mike_j 8y ago
first only ssd host.

mjlee 8y ago

Their homepage even says "The simplest cloud platform for developers & teams". Their goal is simplicity, not bleeding edge.

pascalxus 8y ago
and that's just one of the many reasons they're so awesome.

gtf21 8y ago

Like many others, I'm not sure DO's USP is being at the cutting edge. I like them because I get a decent amount of control, I have found their support to be quite responsive, and their products have always been very stable for me.

tyingq 8y ago

Offering these things without exorbitant egress charges is 'new' enough for me.

qaq 8y ago
This ^^ just price the bandwith DO throughs with the instances at AWS prices. Plus I know exactly what my bill will be next month :)

thinkshiv 8y ago

Echoing @gtf21 and @chrisweekly: in short, us taking out the complexity in using and scaling with cloud capabilities and making learning easy for all developers has been our innovation. We don't always have to be the first to launch to add value to millions of developers around the world :)

com2kid 8y ago
Ya'll have the best tutorials and guides around, I've gone from embedded C Dev to full stack, and DO's guides have helped immensely. I'm working on migrating a large part of my stack over to DO, and I'll be much happier when I'm done! :)