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DigitalOcean: what they publish

digitalocean.com · Cloud hosting · checked 2026-10-11

65/100CBand C

Rank 4 of 35 in Cloud hosting, where the median is 35.

Public transparency score, not a product or security rating. Latest check: 2026-10-11. How the score works.

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Overview

5 days since the newest dated result, 5 since the oldest. 12 of 12 criteria have a measured result in the last 30 days. Failed checks and undated results are excluded.

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DigitalOcean

digitalocean.com · Cloud hosting

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. F
C 65of 100 Rank 4 of 35

Published commitments7 of 9 found

Measured behaviour1 of 3 found

Checked 2026-10-11. Every line links the page we found it on. A cross means we found nothing at the addresses we checked, not that the vendor has no such document. A transparency score, not a product rating.

Downloads include all checks, source URLs, dates and the snapshot ID for your procurement file. We do not issue badges.

The label is the whole measurement in one object: every criterion with its weight, the band, and the date. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.

Every line in it links the page we found the result on, or lists the addresses we checked. A cross means we found nothing there, not that DigitalOcean has no such document.

Where DigitalOcean sits in Cloud hosting

  1. A1 3%
  2. B2 6%
  3. C2 6%
  4. D6 17%
  5. E14 40%
  6. F10 29%
35 vendors with a score; 2 more without a score because we could measure too little. Bands have fixed thresholds, see how the score works.

The band of DigitalOcean is marked. Vendors without a score are the ones where we could measure too few criteria to rank them – a gap on our side, counted separately.

What DigitalOcean states

The exact figures and names we read off the pages linked below, with the sentence they stand in. This is what they publish, not what we verified about their systems.

Gaps, heaviest first

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Data location: where they say data is hosted

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No statement about data location found.

Checked 7 addresses on 2026-10-11.

Show the 7 addresses we checked
  1. https://digitalocean.com/security – reached, no match (HTTP 200)
  2. https://digitalocean.com/trust – reached, no match (HTTP 200)
  3. https://digitalocean.com/legal/privacy – reached, no match (HTTP 200)
  4. https://digitalocean.com/privacy – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  5. https://digitalocean.com/privacy-policy – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  6. https://digitalocean.com/compliance – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  7. https://digitalocean.com/legal/privacy-policy – reached, no match (HTTP 200)

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Across the market: Data location stated in Cloud hosting: 11 of 35 companies

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HTTPS enforced with HSTS

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No enforced HTTPS with HSTS found.

Checked 2 addresses on 2026-10-11.

Show the 2 addresses we checked
  1. http://digitalocean.com/ – redirects to https://www.digitalocean.com/
  2. https://digitalocean.com/ – no HSTS header

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Across the market: HTTPS enforced with HSTS in Cloud hosting: 26 of 37 companies

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Third-party requests seen on the first load, before any interaction.

Checked 1 address on 2026-10-11.

Show the 1 address we checked
  1. https://digitalocean.com/ – third-party requests before any interaction: ad.doubleclick.net, api-ingest.pocustrack.com, api.tx4.pw.adn.cloud, api.vector.co, api2.amplitude.com, cdn.amplitude.com, cdn.schemaapp.com, cdn.vector.co, consent.trustarc.com, data.schemaapp.com, o1109393.ingest.us.sentry.io, pocustrack.com, region1.analytics.google.com, sr-client-cfg.amplitude.com, stats.g.doubleclick.net, tags.pw.adn.cloud, www.google.com, www.google.de, www.googletagmanager.com

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Across the market: No third-party tracking before consent in Cloud hosting: 5 of 37 companies

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Uptime SLA with a figure

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No uptime figure found.

Checked 6 addresses on 2026-10-11.

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  1. https://digitalocean.com/legal/sla – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  2. https://digitalocean.com/sla – reached, no match (HTTP 200)
  3. https://digitalocean.com/legal/service-level-agreement – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  4. https://digitalocean.com/trust/sla – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  5. https://digitalocean.com/uptime – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
  6. https://digitalocean.com/legal/uptime-sla – reached, no match (HTTP 404)

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Across the market: Uptime SLA with a figure in Cloud hosting: 8 of 35 companies

Evidence

The full source lists sit behind these two groups, so that the answer above stays readable.

Published, with a source 8
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Data processing agreement (DPA)

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Published and readable without a login.

Source: https://www.digitalocean.com/legal/data-processing-agreement · checked 2026-10-11

Across the market: Data processing agreement in Cloud hosting: 9 of 35 companies

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Subprocessors: the published list

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The actual list is published, not just a promise to keep one.

Source: https://www.digitalocean.com/trust/subprocessors · checked 2026-10-11

Across the market: Subprocessor list in Cloud hosting: 3 of 35 companies

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Status page with incident history

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A public status page with incident history.

Source: https://status.digitalocean.com/ · checked 2026-10-11

Across the market: Status page with history in Cloud hosting: 17 of 36 companies

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Public pricing with figures

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Actual numbers on a public page.

Source: https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing · checked 2026-10-11

Across the market: Public pricing in Cloud hosting: 27 of 35 companies

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Notice before subprocessors change

weight 2 of 3

The vendor commits publicly to giving notice before the list changes.

Source: https://www.digitalocean.com/legal/data-processing-agreement · checked 2026-10-11

Across the market: Notice before subprocessors change in Cloud hosting: 9 of 35 companies

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Certifications named (SOC 2, ISO 27001)

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SOC 2 or ISO 27001 named on a public page.

  • Named on that page SOC 2 (not counted: the sentence does not carry it), SOC 2 Type II. The sentence we kept does not carry this finding on its own, so it counts in no list and no figure.
    Show the 2 exact wordings

    Learn more about SOC 2 and SOC 3 Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) DigitalOcean has achieved Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) STA

    Read at https://www.digitalocean.com/security

    Certification reports SOC 2 and SOC 3 DigitalOcean is AICPA SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 Type II certified.

    Read at https://www.digitalocean.com/security

Source: https://www.digitalocean.com/security · checked 2026-10-11

Across the market: Certifications named in Cloud hosting: 16 of 36 companies

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security.txt (RFC 9116)

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Served at /.well-known/security.txt.

Source: https://www.digitalocean.com/.well-known/security.txt · checked 2026-10-11

Across the market: security.txt (RFC 9116) in Cloud hosting: 17 of 35 companies

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Named privacy contact (DPO or privacy address)

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A data protection officer or a dedicated privacy address is named.

Source: https://www.digitalocean.com/legal/privacy-policy · checked 2026-10-11

Across the market: Named privacy contact in Cloud hosting: 20 of 35 companies

History

100 0 2026-10-04: 65 of 1002026-10-11: 65 of 100 2026-10-04 2026-10-11
Score over the last 2 runs we measured DigitalOcean in: 65 (2026-10-04), 65 (2026-10-11).

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DigitalOcean

8 found · 4 not found · 0 not measured across 12 public checks.

12 of 12 criteria have a measured result from the last 30 days. Oldest dated result: 2026-10-11.

Investigate 4 open evidence questions
  1. Data location stated

    Which locations apply to our primary data, backups and support access? Which region can we select for this plan?

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  2. Uptime SLA with a figure

    Which availability commitment applies to our plan? Please include the measurement window, exclusions and credit claim process.

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  3. HTTPS enforced with HSTS

    How is HTTPS enforced on the product and sign-in domains we will use? Please distinguish those domains from the public website.

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  4. No third-party tracking before consent

    Which third-party requests occur before a visitor makes a choice, and for what purpose? Please distinguish the public website from the product.

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