I am kinda confused... On the one hand, most people here seem to be fans of the DO services and praise their simplicity, on the other hand, I see their page an wonder what they are offering...
The names of their services seem to be equally confusing as the AWS names. Yes, overall their portfolio is closer to the actual use-cases (as in 'I want to have a blog' -> they have an offer for that), but I am still wondering what a droplet is (looks somehow similar to a Virtual Private Server).
When Hetzner released their cloud service earlier this year, I tried it, loved it and still do. Sure they don't offer the same products (e.g. no S3/Spaces), but at least they use established technical terms instead of some made up marketing names you have to learn for again for every new cloud hoster you want to try.
You are probably correct. Their product range is quite limited and probably qualifies as IaaS. But on the other hand, everything fits very nicely together (e.g. adding a backup plan for your servers is just a matter of a few clicks and if you don't like clicking through a Web interface: Their API is quite reasonable and easy to use too).
The names of their services seem to be equally confusing as the AWS names. Yes, overall their portfolio is closer to the actual use-cases (as in 'I want to have a blog' -> they have an offer for that), but I am still wondering what a droplet is (looks somehow similar to a Virtual Private Server).
When Hetzner released their cloud service earlier this year, I tried it, loved it and still do. Sure they don't offer the same products (e.g. no S3/Spaces), but at least they use established technical terms instead of some made up marketing names you have to learn for again for every new cloud hoster you want to try.