DigitalOcean
US · serverless
Gradient AI inference bundled into DigitalOcean's developer platform.
OpenAI-compatible
- Category
- serverless
- Free tier
- No
- OpenAI API
- Compatible
- Adds on top
- None - sets its own prices
Margin over the underlying model price
What DigitalOcean charges
Live prices for widely-hosted open-weight models, sampled from the shared catalogue. Compare the same row against other hosts on each model page.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Throughput |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLM 5.3 Flash | $0.112 | $0.375 | 1.0M | - |
| MiniMax M3.1 Flash | $0.150 | $0.600 | 1.0M | - |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | $0.180 | $0.720 | 1.0M | - |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | $0.225 | $0.900 | 1.0M | - |
| Beam 1.0 501B A23B | $0.400 | $1.20 | 1.0M | - |
| GLM 5.3 | $0.910 | $2.86 | 1.0M | - |
DigitalOcean alternatives
Other services in the same category. These are genuine substitutes - services in a different category solve a different problem.
Frequently asked
Is DigitalOcean OpenAI-compatible?
Yes. DigitalOcean accepts the OpenAI chat-completions request shape, so most SDKs work by changing the base URL and API key.
Does DigitalOcean have a free tier?
Not currently. DigitalOcean bills from the first request.
How does DigitalOcean charge?
Per token Margin over the underlying model price: none - sets its own prices.