[invalid_]

I love the ease and concept of digital ocean, but for some reason my billing for $5 droplets always charged $5 a month per droplet and then some seemingly random smaller amounts of money here and there during a month.

I never could figure out the plan, mainly because I thought it was just $5 a month period

[blacksmith_tb]

Scheduled backups and ad hoc snapshots can both add small amounts to the monthly bill, if you use them. I haven't ever had enough variance to feel too upset - the difference between a $5/mo. server and a $6/mo. one doesn't really impact their value proposition for me (and I like to keep at least one known-good snapshot around...).