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Cloudflare vs DigitalOcean: LLM provider comparison

Compare Cloudflare and DigitalOcean on 3 exact shared text models. ProviderBench keeps speed, price, and catalog coverage separate so naturally faster model catalogs cannot distort the result.

Cloudflare

13 indexed models

Headquarters
United States
Server regions
N/a
Model types
13 text

DigitalOcean

16 indexed models

Headquarters
N/a
Server regions
N/a
Model types
16 text

At a glance

Metric winners

There is no overall score. Each winner answers one specific question using only directly comparable data.

Fastest on shared models

Cloudflare

3.32× typical advantage

3 exact models with complete recent speed data

Lowest token cost

DigitalOcean

$1.2964 / 1M

3 exact models using a 1K-input/500-output mix

Most models available

DigitalOcean

16 models

Complete catalog coverage across all indexed modalities

Shared-model benchmark summary

MetricCloudflare(0)DigitalOcean5.0(1)
SpeedCloudflare12.82 sDigitalOcean23.63 s
TTFTCloudflare1.01 sDigitalOcean1.16 s
TPSCloudflare42.0 tok/sDigitalOcean22.0 tok/s
UptimeCloudflare100.00%DigitalOcean99.44%
BlendedCloudflare$1.5178 / 1MDigitalOcean$1.2964 / 1M
Green value Better comparable resultRed value Worse comparable result

Visual comparison

Price and performance charts

CloudflareDigitalOcean
500-token response by shared model

Estimated seconds using recent median response-start and output-speed data. Lower is better.

Cloudflare has the lower typical same-model response ratio across 3 measured models.

Blended token price by shared model

USD per 1 million tokens using a 1,000-input/500-output mix. Lower is better.

DigitalOcean has the lower typical price ratio across 3 priced shared models.

Shared text models

3 exact models · newest first

ModelCloudflare(0)DigitalOcean5.0(1)
GLM 5.2Winner · Cloudflare
Cloudflare
Speed— Best comparable value
7.12 s
TTFT— Worst comparable value
1.02 s
TPS— Best comparable value
82.0 tok/s
Uptime— Best comparable value
100.00%
Context
262.1K
Route
cloudflare
Blended— Worst comparable value
$2.4 / 1M
DigitalOcean
Speed— Worst comparable value
23.63 s
TTFT— Best comparable value
0.91 s
TPS— Worst comparable value
22.0 tok/s
Uptime— Worst comparable value
99.04%
Context
262.1K
Route
digitalocean
Blended— Best comparable value
$2.1667 / 1M
DeepSeek V4 FlashWinner · Cloudflare
Cloudflare
Speed— Best comparable value
17.14 s
TTFT— Best comparable value
1.01 s
TPS— Best comparable value
31.0 tok/s
Uptime— Best comparable value
100.00%
Context
384K
Route
cloudflare
Blended— Worst comparable value
$0.1867 / 1M
DigitalOcean
Speed— Worst comparable value
64.11 s
TTFT— Worst comparable value
1.61 s
TPS— Worst comparable value
8.0 tok/s
Uptime— Worst comparable value
99.84%
Context
262.1K
Route
digitalocean
Blended— Best comparable value
$0.1493 / 1M
Kimi K2.6Winner · Cloudflare
Cloudflare
Speed— Best comparable value
12.82 s
TTFT— Best comparable value
0.92 s
TPS— Best comparable value
42.0 tok/s
Uptime
N/a
Context
262.1K
Route
cloudflare
Blended— Worst comparable value
$1.9667 / 1M
DigitalOcean
Speed— Worst comparable value
20.39 s
TTFT— Worst comparable value
1.16 s
TPS— Worst comparable value
26.0 tok/s
Uptime
99.81%
Context
262.1K
Route
digitalocean
Blended— Best comparable value
$1.5733 / 1M

A per-model winner combines blended price and estimated 500-token response time with equal proportional weight. Ties and rows missing either measurement receive no badge. Comparison data calculated . Values use one deterministic route per provider and model; missing measurements remain visible as N/a.

Cloudflare vs DigitalOcean analysis

How Cloudflare and DigitalOcean compare for AI inference

Cloudflare and DigitalOcean share 3 indexed text models, including GLM 5.2, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Kimi K2.6. Cloudflare has the stronger typical response-time result on the directly measured set.

Same-model speed evidence

3 shared models currently have complete response-start and output-speed measurements on both providers. The speed comparison uses per-model ratios before taking the median, so naturally faster model catalogs do not improve the result.

Token pricing on one workload

3 shared models have complete input and output prices on both providers. Prices use the same 1,000-input/500-output-token mix and are normalized to one million tokens for readability.

Catalog and deployment differences

Cloudflare has 13 indexed models and lists no published server regions; DigitalOcean has 16 models and lists no regions. Verify data residency, privacy terms, limits, and production latency directly before choosing.

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