PEER · DOCN · SOURCED PUBLIC FACTS
Sourced public facts, grouped by the twelve letters, and a machine-check FOUND score. Facts are what the source says; the score is what our code could see.
Medium confidence: 58% of the points rest on evidence we read ourselves (the site, listing pages, awarders' lists, filings, X data, answer samples); the rest was found by live search or estimated, and is labelled so.
Change since the previous read: none. Read from public evidence; not a judgement of the company.
Last refreshed 4 Nov 2026. Stale after 14 days.
Size: >$1B revenue ($1.01B trailing twelve months to 2026-06-30; $901M in the fiscal year to 2025-12-31). SEC EDGAR, read 19 Oct 2026. A comparison group, not a score input.
Site: digitalocean.com. Snapshots stored: 7. Nothing is overwritten; earlier snapshots stay.
Rank 13 of 20 · peers’ median 76.5 of 100
DigitalOcean ranks 13 of 20 scored companies (tied with 2 others). The peers' median is 76.5 and their range 61 to 87, all of 100. Not ranked, because no score is stored: Zoho. Peers are read at different times; each read date is on the peers table.
The parts of the score furthest below what the method lets them reach, worked out from the evidence shown on this page. Each says what to do and why it moves the score. “Up to” is the most the overall score could rise if that part reached full; it is not a forecast.
12.8 of 35 points now · up to +4 overall
Do this: Brief one analyst firm (Gartner, Forrester or IDC) for a market guide or vendor landscape in your category; inclusion is often free for vendors who qualify.
Why it moves the score: Analyst reports that name you are worth 35 points of Nods, full at 4 reports; the analyst’s own page counts fully.
Now: 1 analyst mentions (the publisher’s own page 1, another third party 0.8, the company’s own page 0.6; full at 4).
Draft: review and edit before you publish. Built from what we scanned, with each fact linked to where we read it; [square brackets] mark what only you know, and [needs proof] marks a claim you must back up before you publish it. Nothing is published or sent: you copy, edit and publish it yourself. We never write reviews or testimonials.
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11.5 of 25 points now · up to +3 overall
Do this: Pitch one story with a real number in it (original data or a customer result) to a tier-1 business or technology outlet.
Why it moves the score: Stories in tier-1 outlets are worth 25 points of Nods, log-scaled, full at 10, so the first one counts the most.
Now: 2 stories in tier-1 outlets (full at 10).
Draft: review and edit before you publish. Built from what we scanned, with each fact linked to where we read it; [square brackets] mark what only you know, and [needs proof] marks a claim you must back up before you publish it. Nothing is published or sent: you copy, edit and publish it yourself. We never write reviews or testimonials.
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15 of 25 points now · up to +2 overall
Do this: Add the kinds of pages others cite that you do not have yet: a blog or newsroom, customer stories, a partners page, docs or an academy, events or a community page.
Why it moves the score: Content worth citing is worth 25 points of Underdog Moves: 5 points for each of the 5 kinds found on your site.
Now: 3 of 5 kinds found: blog or newsroom, customer stories, partners, academy or docs, events or community.
Draft: review and edit before you publish. Built from what we scanned, with each fact linked to where we read it; [square brackets] mark what only you know, and [needs proof] marks a claim you must back up before you publish it. Nothing is published or sent: you copy, edit and publish it yourself. We never write reviews or testimonials.
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Get your improvement plan Free. A person reads this result and replies with a plan built on this list.
Four weekly steps. Your Start here choice comes first when selected; other steps follow points versus effort. Each step names the FOUND letters it moves. Re-score on day 30 to see what changed. Built from the fix list with no AI model. Put a name next to each step.
Analyst reports that name you · moves N (Nods) · high effort · up to +4 overall
Brief one analyst firm (Gartner, Forrester or IDC) for a market guide or vendor landscape in your category; inclusion is often free for vendors who qualify.
Off your site: you do this yourself. We only prepared drafts; we never post, send, review or enter anything for you.
Drafts ready: Analyst one-pager, Analyst briefing request
Content worth citing · moves U (Underdog Moves) · medium effort · up to +2 overall
Add the kinds of pages others cite that you do not have yet: a blog or newsroom, customer stories, a partners page, docs or an academy, events or a community page.
On your site: you or your web team publish it after review.
Drafts ready: Outlines for the kinds of pages others cite, Customer story outline
Follow up: Following of the brand and its leaders · moves O (Opinions) · medium effort
Keep the weekly posts going from both accounts and note the follower counts.
Off your site: you do this yourself. We only prepared drafts; we never post, send, review or enter anything for you.
Tier-1 press · moves N (Nods) · high effort · up to +3 overall
Pitch one story with a real number in it (original data or a customer result) to a tier-1 business or technology outlet.
Off your site: you do this yourself. We only prepared drafts; we never post, send, review or enter anything for you.
Drafts ready: Press or analyst pitch, aimed at the outlets AI answers cite
Follow up: Analyst reports that name you · moves N (Nods) · high effort
Follow up on the briefing request and send anything the analyst asked for.
Off your site: you do this yourself. We only prepared drafts; we never post, send, review or enter anything for you.
Check what is live
Open each page and file you changed and check it is live on your site. Write down the date and address of everything published on or off your site, so the re-score can be checked against it.
Run the FOUND Score again for digitalocean.com and compare each letter. Re-score digitalocean.com
A score can move for reasons outside this plan, and answer engines change. It is not a forecast.
Optional. The calendar file is the reliable reminder.
Looking for an earlier stored score…
Each check reads only the public home page and a few standard files, once, from one place, at the time shown. A check that could not run says so and is left out, not counted as zero. Read from https://www.digitalocean.com, score method found-score-v1.0.
The first few sourced facts of each kind. Every one links to the page it came from and the date it was read.
FOUND · O · Opinions
FOUND · N · Nods
Press
Social
Company facts
Searched 19 Oct 2026, each line tied by Google Search to the review site's own listing page. Our crawler then opens each listing page where the site allows it (robots.txt obeyed, no login, no bot check worked around): a rating read on the page counts in full and replaces the search figure; one only from search counts 0.9 and is marked “from search, page not read”. Business-software sites count fully; consumer sites such as Trustpilot count 0.4. Capterra, GetApp and Software Advice share one pool of reviews and count once. In this read the review part scored 32 of 50.
| Site | Listing | Rating | Reviews | As of | Read on the page | Weight | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G2 | DigitalOcean | 4.6 of 5 | 757 | 19 Oct 2026 | From search, page not read: The site refused our crawler (HTTP 403); not worked around. | Business site, 1 | G2 listing |
| Gartner Peer Insights | DigitalOcean | 4.5 of 5 | 47 | 19 Oct 2026 | From search, page not read: The site refused our crawler (HTTP 403); not worked around. | Business site, 1 | Gartner Peer Insights listing |
| Capterra | DigitalOcean | 4.6 of 5 | 159 | 19 Oct 2026 | From search, page not read: The site refused our crawler (HTTP 403); not worked around. | Business site, 1 (Gartner Digital Markets, counts once) | Capterra listing |
| PeerSpot | DigitalOcean | 4 of 5 | 13 | 19 Oct 2026 | Confirmed on the page | Business site, 1 | PeerSpot listing |
| Trustpilot | DigitalOcean | 4.5 of 5 | 2,607 | 19 Oct 2026 | From search, page not read: robots.txt does not allow our crawler to read this page. | Consumer site, 0.4 | Trustpilot listing |
4 Opinions and 24 Nods evidence items, each with its source, tier and date: see them all on the evidence page.
Top stories by quality
From Bing News RSS, read 19 Oct 2026. Recent items only, as Bing News returns them (mostly the last few weeks); twelve-month counts not read yet. Wire copy, the company’s own releases and sponsored content score 0. Headline, outlet, date and address only; we do not get past paywalls. Method: coverage quality. Not in the score.
Most-engaged third-party posts
From X API v2 through the X connector (public reads, no login), read 19 Oct 2026. Windows: own posts 2026-09-19 to 2026-10-19 (posts returned by X search; may be incomplete where the search index is shorter); mentions 2026-10-12 08:00 UTC to 2026-10-19 07:04 UTC (X recent counts). LinkedIn: Not read yet: LinkedIn follower counts need a login. YouTube: Not read yet: no YouTube channel address held per company. Not in the score.
| Award list | How winners are picked | In the score | What the awarder’s page shows | Read on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRN Partner Program Guide 5-Star, security vendors 2026 | application-based | Counts | Not found on the page read source | 19 Oct 2026 |
| CRN Partner Program Guide 5-Star, software vendors 2026 | application-based | Counts | Not found on the page read source | 19 Oct 2026 |
| CRN Partner Program Guide 5-Star, networking vendors 2026 | application-based | Counts | Not found on the page read source | 19 Oct 2026 |
| CRN Tech Innovator Awards 2026 | application-based | Counts | Not found on the page read source | 19 Oct 2026 |
| CRN Channel Chiefs 2026 | editorial selection | Not counted: an award for a person | Not found on the page read source | 19 Oct 2026 |
| G2 Best Software Awards 2026 | review-based | Counts | Not found on the page read source | 19 Oct 2026 |
| ANA B2 Awards winners 2026 | entry-based | Counts | Not found on the page read source | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service winners 2026 | entry-based | Counts | Not found on the page read source | 19 Oct 2026 |
| CMI Content Marketing Awards winners 2026 | entry-based | Counts | Not found on the page read source | 19 Oct 2026 |
| SIIA CODiE Awards winners 2026 | entry-based | Counts | Not found on the page read source | 19 Oct 2026 |
A listing is read on the awarder’s own page and is not verified by a person, so it counts at most 1 of 5 for Authority (2 for Authenticity, review-based only). “Not found” may mean not seen: most programmes need an entry, and some pages are built by script. Not finding a company never lowers its score. How each programme works is on the awards page; the method is on the score page.
Taken from official pages and filings, each with its source and the date it was read. The full tables are on the evidence page.
Perplexity Sonar, asked category questions that do not name the company. One sample per question, at one time. A peer not named here was not named in this one answer; it is not a ranking and not a verified result. File: 2026-10-19-perplexity.json.
| Question | Named in the answer |
|---|---|
| What are the best endpoint security platforms for a mid-size company? Name up to 8 vendors. | no |
| Which vendors lead in zero trust and secure access service edge (SASE) for enterprises? Name up to 8. | no |
| What are the best identity and access management vendors for a growing SaaS company? Name up to 8. | no |
| Which vulnerability and exposure management tools should a security team shortlist? Name up to 8. | no |
| What are the leading cloud observability and monitoring platforms? Name up to 8. | no |
| Which cloud data platforms should a company consider for analytics? Name up to 8. | no |
| What are the best CRM and marketing automation platforms for B2B marketing teams? Name up to 8. | no |
| Which vendors lead in network security firewalls for enterprises? Name up to 8. | no |
| What are the best software team collaboration and work management tools? Name up to 8. | no |
| Which cloud platforms are best for startups and small development teams? Name up to 8. | yes |
Named in 1 of 10 answers. Not every question is about this company’s category, so “no” is expected for most.
| Source group | Last refreshed | Stale after | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home page, robots.txt, llms.txt, sitemap, trust page and the FOUND machine checks | 4 Nov 2026 | 14 days | fresh |
| Partner, marketplace, academy, events, community, analyst, customer and trust pages | 4 Nov 2026 | 14 days | fresh |
| Winner and list pages of B2B and channel awards, checked for each company's name | 19 Oct 2026 | 60 days | fresh |
| SEC EDGAR filing list (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 20-F) | 19 Oct 2026 | 120 days | fresh |
| Marketing passages in the latest annual report, read again only when a new one is filed | 19 Oct 2026 | 120 days | fresh |
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