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DigitalOcean Functions

DigitalOcean Functions is a function-as-a-service platform built on Apache OpenWhisk, running short-lived handlers in several native language runtimes.

www.digitalocean.com/products/functionspricing

Functions on the ocean, asleep until called.

DigitalOcean Functions is a function-as-a-service platform built on Apache OpenWhisk, part of the wider DigitalOcean account rather than a standalone product. Handlers run in native runtimes for PHP, Node, Python and Go, each pulling dependencies through its own package manager.

Billing is per GiB-second of execution. Every team gets a free monthly allowance shared across all of its functions, and usage beyond it is metered. Functions scale to zero between invocations. Handlers are stateless with no local disk that outlives a call, so anything that has to persist belongs in a managed database or an object storage service.

Identity

Ownership
Subsidiary6
Parent
DigitalOcean
Status
Active

Regions and law

Regions
United States, Netherlands, Singapore, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, India, Australia, Mexico4

Automation

CLI
Official5
API
Public5

Sources

  1. 2026-07-31: Pricing model, Free tier, Entry price, Typical ceiling, Currencies
    docs.digitalocean.com/products/functions/details/pricing/
  2. 2026-08-02: Billed, Paid
    docs.digitalocean.com/platform/billing/
  3. 2026-08-02: Exit
    www.digitalocean.com/legal/terms-of-service-agreement
  4. 2026-08-01: Regions
    docs.digitalocean.com/products/functions/details/availability/
  5. 2026-08-09: API, CLI
    www.digitalocean.com/products/functions
  6. 2026-08-21: Ownership
    www.digitalocean.com/about
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