CoreWeave vs DigitalOcean: LLM provider comparison

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

CCoreWeave

1.58× typical advantage

7 exact models with complete recent speed data

Lowest token cost

DDigitalOcean

$1.2127 / 1M

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

Most models available

CCoreWeave

20 models

Complete catalog coverage across all indexed modalities

Shared-model benchmark summary

Metric	CCoreWeave☆☆☆☆☆(0)	DDigitalOcean★★★★★★★★★★5.0(1)
Speed	CoreWeave6.55 s	DigitalOcean12.55 s
TTFT	CoreWeave0.50 s	DigitalOcean1.07 s
TPS	CoreWeave81.0 tok/s	DigitalOcean43.0 tok/s
Uptime	CoreWeave99.89%	DigitalOcean99.73%
Blended	CoreWeave$1.42 / 1M	DigitalOcean$1.2127 / 1M

Model	CCoreWeave☆☆☆☆☆(0)	DDigitalOcean★★★★★★★★★★5.0(1)
ZA GLM 5.2Winner · DigitalOcean	CoreWeave Speed— Worst comparable value 20.46 s TTFT— Worst comparable value 1.94 s TPS— Worst comparable value 27.0 tok/s Uptime— Best comparable value 99.96% Context 262.1K Route coreweave/fp4 Blended— Worst comparable value $2.3933 / 1M	DigitalOcean Speed— Best comparable value 12.36 s TTFT— Best comparable value 0.73 s TPS— Best comparable value 43.0 tok/s Uptime— Worst comparable value 99.83% Context 262.1K Route digitalocean Blended— Best comparable value $2.1667 / 1M
D DeepSeek V4 ProWinner · DigitalOcean	CoreWeave Speed— Best comparable value 64.00 s TTFT— Best comparable value 1.50 s TPS 8.0 tok/s Uptime— Best comparable value 98.59% Context 1M Route coreweave/fp8 Blended— Worst comparable value $2.32 / 1M	DigitalOcean Speed— Worst comparable value 64.68 s TTFT— Worst comparable value 2.18 s TPS 8.0 tok/s Uptime— Worst comparable value 88.39% Context 262.1K Route digitalocean Blended— Best comparable value $1.856 / 1M
D DeepSeek V4 FlashWinner · CoreWeave	CoreWeave Speed— Best comparable value 17.27 s TTFT— Best comparable value 0.60 s TPS— Best comparable value 30.0 tok/s Uptime— Best comparable value 99.85% Context 1M Route coreweave/fp8 Blended— Worst comparable value $0.1867 / 1M	DigitalOcean Speed— Worst comparable value 63.89 s TTFT— Worst comparable value 1.39 s TPS— Worst comparable value 8.0 tok/s Uptime— Worst comparable value 99.71% Context 262.1K Route digitalocean Blended— Best comparable value $0.1493 / 1M
M Kimi K2.6Winner · CoreWeave	CoreWeave Speed— Best comparable value 3.30 s TTFT— Best comparable value 0.34 s TPS— Best comparable value 169.0 tok/s Uptime— Best comparable value 99.89% Context 262.1K Route coreweave/fp4 Blended— Worst comparable value $1.9667 / 1M	DigitalOcean Speed— Worst comparable value 12.55 s TTFT— Worst comparable value 0.92 s TPS— Worst comparable value 43.0 tok/s Uptime— Worst comparable value 99.73% Context 262.1K Route digitalocean Blended— Best comparable value $1.5733 / 1M
ZA GLM 5.1Winner · CoreWeave	CoreWeave Speed— Best comparable value 4.38 s TTFT— Best comparable value 0.50 s TPS— Best comparable value 129.0 tok/s Uptime— Best comparable value 100.00% Context 202.8K Route coreweave/fp8 Blended— Worst comparable value $2.4 / 1M	DigitalOcean Speed— Worst comparable value 26.68 s TTFT— Worst comparable value 1.69 s TPS— Worst comparable value 20.0 tok/s Uptime— Worst comparable value 94.81% Context 163.8K Route digitalocean Blended— Best comparable value $2.0833 / 1M
M MiniMax M2.5Winner · CoreWeave	CoreWeave Speed— Best comparable value 6.55 s TTFT— Best comparable value 0.38 s TPS— Best comparable value 81.0 tok/s Uptime— Best comparable value 100.00% Context 196.6K Route coreweave/fp8 Blended— Worst comparable value $0.6 / 1M	DigitalOcean Speed— Worst comparable value 10.33 s TTFT— Worst comparable value 1.07 s TPS— Worst comparable value 54.0 tok/s Uptime— Worst comparable value 99.89% Context 65.5K Route digitalocean Blended— Best comparable value $0.45 / 1M
O gpt-oss-120bWinner · CoreWeave	CoreWeave Speed— Best comparable value 5.92 s TTFT— Best comparable value 0.36 s TPS— Best comparable value 90.0 tok/s Uptime— Worst comparable value 99.68% Context 131.1K Route coreweave/fp4 Blended— Best comparable value $0.0733 / 1M	DigitalOcean Speed— Worst comparable value 8.37 s TTFT— Worst comparable value 0.44 s TPS— Worst comparable value 63.0 tok/s Uptime— Best comparable value 99.96% Context 128K Route digitalocean Blended— Worst comparable value $0.21 / 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 Jul 24, 2026, 6:19 PM UTC. Values use one deterministic route per provider and model; missing measurements remain visible as N/a.