Cheaper at the floor. Builds for any language.
DO App Platform competes on price and the rest of the DigitalOcean ecosystem. velixir builds any language from source, keeps your data in the EU, starts below DO's cheapest container, and keeps managed databases cheap as you grow.
Why teams switch from DigitalOcean App Platform to velixir
The specific reasons, not generic ones.
- Always-on from €3.49/mo (Hobby, 0.5 vCPU / 512 MB), against DO's $5 for 512 MiB.
- Managed Postgres with point-in-time recovery from €4.95/mo. DO's $7 dev database isn't backed up and is deleted with its app; its managed Postgres starts at $15.15/mo.
- Unmetered bandwidth. DO includes 50 to 500 GiB a month depending on container size, then charges $0.02/GiB.
- Hands-on founder support, not a generic ticket queue. Plus EU-only hosting.
Side-by-side
Pricing checked October 2026. Specs reflect the closest equivalent plan in each direction.
| Dimension | velixir | DigitalOcean App Platform |
|---|---|---|
|
Smallest always-on tier
|
€3.49/mo (Hobby, 0.5 vCPU / 512 MB) | $5/mo (shared, 1 vCPU / 512 MiB) |
|
2 GB class
|
€12.95/mo (Standard, 1 vCPU / 2 GB) | $25/mo (shared, 1 vCPU / 2 GiB) |
|
4 GB class
|
€24.95/mo (Pro, 2 vCPU / 4 GB) | $50/mo (shared, 2 vCPU / 4 GiB) |
|
Build path
|
Any language | Buildpacks or Dockerfile |
|
Managed Postgres
|
Built-in, from €4.95/mo with point-in-time recovery | $7/mo dev database (no backups) or managed from $15.15/mo |
|
Managed Redis / Valkey
|
Valkey, built-in, from €2.45/mo | Managed Valkey, from $15/mo |
|
Sign-up trial
|
Free tier (sleeps) plus first-month credit | $5 credit for 90 days |
|
Founder & support
A direct line to the team running your platform.
|
Direct founder support | Standard DO support |
|
Pricing model
Euro billing for EU customers.
|
Hourly EUR | Monthly USD, prorated |
|
Bandwidth / egress
|
Unmetered, no egress fees | 50 to 500 GiB included per container, then $0.02/GiB |
Same workload, both sides
A 2 GB web app, managed Postgres, and a 1 GB cache.
- Shared container (1 vCPU / 2 GiB)
- $25.00
- Managed PostgreSQL (1 vCPU / 1 GiB)
- $15.15
- Managed Valkey (1 vCPU / 1 GiB)
- $15.00
- Per month
- $55.15
- Standard app (1 vCPU / 2 GB)
- €12.95
- Standard Postgres (1 vCPU / 2 GB)
- €17.95
- Standard Valkey (0.5 vCPU / 1 GB)
- €8.95
- Per month
- €39.85
At the ECB reference rate of €1 = $1.1206 (9 October 2026), velixir's €39.85 is about $44.66 a month: roughly 20% less than $55.15.
velixir's Standard Postgres has 2 GB of RAM against DO's 1 GiB.
List prices before tax, for a month of continuous running. DigitalOcean App Platform prices checked October 2026 on its own pricing pages; velixir prices are today's.
Move from DO App Platform to an any-language host in the EU.
Push your code via Git or CLI. velixir builds, publishes, and deploys it in EU Central, inside the EU, in under two minutes. No Docker, no YAML soup - and your first month's on us, up to €14.99.
No card needed to sign up or to deploy. Add one when you want the first-month credit.