DigitalOcean vs Phala: 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

DDigitalOcean

1.16× typical advantage

9 exact models with complete recent speed data

Lowest token cost

DDigitalOcean

$1.1687 / 1M

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

Most models available

PPhala

18 models

Complete catalog coverage across all indexed modalities

Shared-model benchmark summary

Model	DigitalOcean	Phala
ZA GLM 5.2Winner · DigitalOcean z-ai/glm-5.2	DigitalOcean Blended price $2.1667 / 1M 500-token response 12.22 s Response starts 1.11 s Output speed 45.0 tok/s Route uptime 98.78% Context 262.1K Route digitalocean	Phala Blended price $2.4 / 1M 500-token response 16.81 s Response starts 2.10 s Output speed 34.0 tok/s Route uptime 86.82% Context 1M Route phala
M Kimi K2.6Winner · DigitalOcean moonshotai/kimi-k2.6	DigitalOcean Blended price $1.5733 / 1M 500-token response 13.08 s Response starts 0.89 s Output speed 41.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.04% Context 262.1K Route digitalocean	Phala Blended price $2.26 / 1M 500-token response 27.84 s Response starts 2.84 s Output speed 20.0 tok/s Route uptime N/a Context 262.1K Route phala
ZA GLM 5.1Winner · DigitalOcean z-ai/glm-5.1	DigitalOcean Blended price $2.0833 / 1M 500-token response 29.06 s Response starts 1.28 s Output speed 18.0 tok/s Route uptime 57.53% Context 163.8K Route digitalocean	Phala Blended price $2.2067 / 1M 500-token response 38.16 s Response starts 22.53 s Output speed 32.0 tok/s Route uptime N/a Context 202.8K Route phala
Q Qwen3.5 397B A17BWinner · Phala qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b	DigitalOcean Blended price $1.0733 / 1M 500-token response 60.33 s Response starts 4.77 s Output speed 9.0 tok/s Route uptime 81.67% Context 131.1K Route digitalocean	Phala Blended price $1.5333 / 1M 500-token response 28.75 s Response starts 3.75 s Output speed 20.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.36% Context 262.1K Route phala
M MiniMax M2.5Winner · DigitalOcean minimax/minimax-m2.5	DigitalOcean Blended price $0.45 / 1M 500-token response 8.35 s Response starts 0.78 s Output speed 66.0 tok/s Route uptime 100.00% Context 65.5K Route digitalocean	Phala Blended price $0.5933 / 1M 500-token response 15.91 s Response starts 2.02 s Output speed 36.0 tok/s Route uptime N/a Context 196.6K Route phala
ZA GLM 5Winner · Phala z-ai/glm-5	DigitalOcean Blended price $1.3 / 1M 500-token response 63.85 s Response starts 1.35 s Output speed 8.0 tok/s Route uptime 95.70% Context 64K Route digitalocean	Phala Blended price $1.9667 / 1M 500-token response 22.96 s Response starts 2.96 s Output speed 25.0 tok/s Route uptime N/a Context 202.8K Route phala
M Kimi K2.5Winner · Phala moonshotai/kimi-k2.5	DigitalOcean Blended price $0.925 / 1M 500-token response 34.35 s Response starts 1.01 s Output speed 15.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.45% Context 262.1K Route digitalocean	Phala Blended price $1.4 / 1M 500-token response 21.68 s Response starts 1.68 s Output speed 25.0 tok/s Route uptime 89.90% Context 262.1K Route phala
D DeepSeek V3.2Winner · DigitalOcean deepseek/deepseek-v3.2	DigitalOcean Blended price $0.7367 / 1M 500-token response 57.26 s Response starts 1.71 s Output speed 9.0 tok/s Route uptime 96.84% Context 163.8K Route digitalocean	Phala Blended price $1 / 1M 500-token response 66.48 s Response starts 3.98 s Output speed 8.0 tok/s Route uptime 98.54% Context 163.8K Route phala
O gpt-oss-120bWinner · Phala openai/gpt-oss-120b	DigitalOcean Blended price $0.21 / 1M 500-token response 25.10 s Response starts 3.36 s Output speed 23.0 tok/s Route uptime 98.90% Context 128K Route digitalocean	Phala Blended price $0.3 / 1M 500-token response 12.10 s Response starts 0.74 s Output speed 44.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.76% Context 131.1K Route phala

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 16, 2026, 8:19 AM UTC. Values use one deterministic route per provider and model; missing measurements remain visible as N/a.