DigitalOcean: New Bandwidth Pricing Calculator & More 1-Click Apps

DigitalOcean just published their monthly recap for March 2020. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, they were busy adding new features and benefits to their cloud computing platform including a new bandwidth pricing calculator, new 1-click apps, and more.

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Find Out What’s New

• Bandwidth Pricing Calculator
  This new tool helps you estimate overage charges due to outbound transfer from your DigitalOcean resources.
• New 1-Click Apps
  In the DigitalOcean Marketplace, they launched several new preconfigured 1-Click Apps to help you save time and remove the hassle of provisioning servers. When you deploy one of their 1-Click Apps, you can now access the instructions for the app by clicking the Get Started link next to your Droplet on the project homepage.
• A curated collection of 1-Click Apps for working from home or remotely
• Strapi: A leading open source Node.js Headless CMS
• Kepler: A powerful drag & drop WordPress website builder
• Dokos: A full-featured open source ERP
• Jelastic PaaS: Automates creation, scaling, clustering, and security updates of microservices & monolithic apps
• Titra: An easy and modern way to track your time spent on projects
• Billing History Endpoint In DigitalOcean API
  Along with invoices and balance endpoints released earlier this year, their third wave of billing API improvements now adds the billing_history endpoint that allows you to access past invoiced amounts, payments made, credits granted, etc.
• Deletion Of Associated Resources
  When you destroy a Droplet, you can now easily delete associated resources like snapshots and volumes.

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