A DigitalOcean App Platform alternative on your own Droplets
Keep DigitalOcean. Pay for the Droplet, not each container.
What you get moving from DigitalOcean App Platform
DigitalOcean App Platform runs each component as a billed container on DigitalOcean. Serversinc deploys many containers to one server you own, including a DigitalOcean Droplet.
Per server, not per container
£5 a month for three servers, then £2 each. Apps, workers and databases share the server.
Provision with your key
Serversinc creates the Droplet on your DigitalOcean account and sets it up.
Many apps, one Droplet
Run as many applications as the server fits. Each one gets its own CPU and memory limits.
Rollback on a failed check
Traffic stays on the old container until the new one passes its health check.
Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB
Provisioned on your server, with users, schemas and grants.
Straight to Spaces
Scheduled database and volume backups to Spaces or any S3-compatible bucket.
The bill, side by side
App Platform hosts up to 3 static sites free. Containers start at $5 a month for 1 vCPU and 512 MiB, $10 for 1 GiB, and $12 to $50 for scalable sizes. Each container includes a bandwidth allowance, then $0.02 per GiB. A dev database is $7 a month.
- Platform fee
- DigitalOcean App Platform None; pay per container Serversinc £5/mo for three servers
- Compute
- DigitalOcean App Platform $5/mo per container (512 MiB), $10 (1 GiB), $12–$50 scalable Serversinc Your server at your provider's price; run as many apps as fit
- Web app, worker and database
- DigitalOcean App Platform $17/mo on the smallest sizes: two $5 containers and a $7 dev database Serversinc One server at your provider's price, plus £5/mo
- Bandwidth
- DigitalOcean App Platform Allowance per container, then $0.02 per GiB Serversinc Not billed by Serversinc; your provider's terms apply
- Seats
- DigitalOcean App Platform DigitalOcean team members, no seat charge Serversinc Up to 10, no seat charge
Prices checked on 2026-09-27, in each vendor's own currency.
From DigitalOcean App Platform to Serversinc
Run both side by side. Cut over when the new deploy is green.
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01
Add a Dockerfile
Serversinc builds from a Dockerfile at the repo root. Apps already on a Dockerfile or image skip this step.
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02
Provision a Droplet
Add your DigitalOcean API key and pick a size and region. Serversinc sets up routing, HTTPS and the agent.
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03
Recreate each component
One application per service or worker, from the same repo or image. Paste the env vars in bulk.
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04
Move data, then DNS
Provision the database, import a dump, deploy, confirm the health check passes, then switch the domain.
Switching from DigitalOcean App Platform
Bring your first server
£5 a month covers your first three servers. Every server after that adds £2.