Another important "potential pro" metric is how fast can you reset a server to a blank state without having to flat out destroy + create a new one. This is sup

Another important "potential pro" metric is how fast can you reset a server to a blank state without having to flat out destroy + create a new one. This is super handy for testing configuration management tools. With DigitalOcean they have a rebuild option where you can take an existing server and rebuild it with a new image. It takes like 10 seconds to wipe your server clean in 1 button press and you always get the same IP address. You also don't get charged for a new server since you're still using the original one. It makes testing something like Ansible really pleasant because you can iterate so quickly. I know you can always test things in a local VM (and I do for most of it) but there are subtle differences in DO's base image vs a stock or bento vagrant box of ubuntu / debian.