DigitalOcean vs NS1

NS1 is used by more websites in our catalog: 3,296 use DigitalOcean and 12,424 use NS1.

DigitalOcean sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (DigitalOcean: 28, NS1: 19).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, DigitalOcean went from 0.45% to 0.37% of all tracked sites, while NS1 went from 1.4% to 1.4%. NS1 is gaining ground faster in our index.

No. A site runs a single DNS provider, so DigitalOcean and NS1 are mutually exclusive.

Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; Domain Rating comes from Ahrefs and traffic from DataForSEO. Figures reflect the sites we track and refresh at least monthly.