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DigitalOcean App Platform vs Sevalla

A sourced, side-by-side comparison for paas / app hosting. DigitalOcean App Platform has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it.

DigitalOcean App Platform has the lower entry price — DigitalOcean App Platform starts at $0/mo, Sevalla at $5/mo. Free tier: DigitalOcean App Platform Yes, Sevalla No. HIPAA: DigitalOcean App Platform —, Sevalla —.

As of 2026-06-14 · figures link to their source below

Side by side

DigitalOcean App Platform

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (Static Sites (Free))
Free tierYes
HIPAA (BAA)—
SOC 2Yes
GDPRYes
Best forStatic site and frontend deployments on a free tier

Sevalla

$5/mo entry
Entry price$5/mo (Hobby H1)
Free tierNo
HIPAA (BAA)—
SOC 2Yes
GDPRYes
Best forTeams migrating from Kinsta Application Hosting (direct successor)

Sources — DigitalOcean App Platform: digitalocean.com (verified 2026-06-14) · Sevalla: sevalla.com (verified 2026-06-14)

Key features

DigitalOcean App Platform: SOC 2 + SOC 3 certified; HIPAA workload eligibility (platform-level, BAA process not confirmed for App Platform specifically); GDPR DPA available at /legal/data-processing-agreement with SCCs; Request-based autoscaling (GA as of May 2026); Free static site hosting on global CDN with automatic HTTPS and DDoS mitigation

Sevalla: SOC 2 Type II + ISO 27001 + GDPR + CCPA certified; 25 global data centers + 260+ edge PoP servers for static delivery; Live preview environments per pull request; Vertical and horizontal auto-scaling without downtime; Private service-to-service connections by default

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