DigitalOcean App Platform Now With Dedicated IP, Autoscaling, & Lower Pricing

DigitalOcean has just released several updates to its fully managed Platform as a Service (PaaS) solution, designed to help you focus on building exceptional apps that are easy to deploy and manage.

Reimagined App Platform

Let’s take a look at what’s new in the App Platform:

• CPU-Based Autoscaling: Scalability is effortless with their new CPU-based autoscaling that adjusts instances based on workload, eliminating the need for manual scaling or custom scripts.
• Dedicated Egress IPs: Enable secure connections with the ability to allowlist IPs for third-party apps.
• Improved Runtime Performance: New gVisor enhancements within App Platform have significantly improved throughput performance for apps, with notable improvements observed in testing for Wordpress and Node.js apps.
• Enhanced Flexibility & Lower Pricing: 
  • Simplified Pricing: No more pricing tiers, simplifying thewri developer experience. Mix and match between fixed, shared and dedicated instances to build your business applications.
  • Expanded Dedicated Instance Options: Choose from 6 new dedicated instance configurations.
  • Increased Egress Data Transfer Allowance: Benefit from significantly improved allowances per instance.
  • Lower Pricing: Enjoy up to 35% lower pricing for dedicated instances.
  • Reduced Bandwidth Overage Fee: Pay only $0.02 cents/GB, reduced from $0.10 cents/GB.

DigitalOcean‘s App Platform gives you the flexibility, scalability and cost-efficiency you need to grow, whether you’re deploying and managing simple static websites or complex, business-critical apps.