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DigitalOcean Functions

FTV 42

About

DigitalOcean Functions is a serverless computing service that lets developers run code on demand without managing servers. It is designed to help teams focus on application logic while the platform handles scaling, security, and environment maintenance.

The service supports building APIs, event-driven workflows, and lightweight application components that can be deployed directly or integrated with App Platform. It also offers local development and testing tools, along with support for popular runtimes such as Node.js, Python, Go, and PHP.

  • Serverless execution for event-driven code
  • Automatic scaling based on demand
  • Integration with App Platform and Managed Databases
  • Local development and live preview tooling
  • Support for Node.js, Python, Go, and PHP

Free Tier Value

42
FTV score
Est. value $1.67 / month
Credit card Required
Feature parity 100%

DigitalOcean Functions is a capped recurring free tier, not an always-free unbounded plan. The page states 90,000 GiB-seconds are free per month per account, with additional usage billed at $0.0000185 per GiB-second; per the instructions for usage-based free tiers, the conservative monthly value is the free quota multiplied by the paid rate: 90,000 × 0.0000185 = $1.665, rounded to $1.67. The page also says the allowance is not prorated, does not roll over, and can be used across apps under the same team/account, with functions deployed via App Platform, developer console, and CLI counting toward the same allowance.

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What's included in the free tier

  • 90,000 GiB-seconds of compute per month per account.
  • Minimum runtime billed in 100 ms increments per function invocation.
  • Additional usage billed at $0.0000185 per GiB-second after the free allowance.
  • Free allowance is not prorated and does not roll over to the next month.
  • Free allowance can be used across apps under the same team/account.
  • Functions deployed via App Platform, developer console, and CLI count toward the same free allowance.

See DigitalOcean Functions pricing for current limits.

Paid plans

Functions

Usage-based
$0.0000185 per GiB-seconds for additional memory and runtime
GiB-seconds
90,000 free per month per account
runtime increment
100 ms minimum per invocation
  • Serverless compute on-demand
  • Billed by GiB-seconds
  • Minimum runtime billed in 100 ms increments
  • Can be deployed via App Platform, developer console, or CLI
  • Usage pooled at account/team level
  • No idle costs

Pricing extracted from DigitalOcean Functions's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.