# Anyone use Digital Ocean?

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/anyone-use-digital-ocean/17337>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [December 9, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/anyone-use-digital-ocean/17337 "2020-12-09T00:01:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![cheezballz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/cheezballz/32/3625_2.png) [@cheezballz](https://forum.mautic.org/u/cheezballz)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/anyone-use-digital-ocean/17337/1 "2020-12-09T00:01:24Z")

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I’m wondering if they’re worth checking out, they seem to have excellent performance. It seems like scaling droplets up & down is easy.

I’ve gotten comfortable with an Ubuntu 18 vps and imagine that DO would be similar, though I wonder if their support is genuinely helpful or not (on previous occasions they were slow & semi-helpful).

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**Author:** ![mikew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/mikew/32/5156_2.png) [@mikew](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mikew)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/anyone-use-digital-ocean/17337/2 "2020-12-09T13:47:40Z")

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Hi @cheezballz. I use them extensively and have over 30+ images running Mautic with them and no issues.

Regards,

Mike

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**Author:** ![cheezballz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/cheezballz/32/3625_2.png) [@cheezballz](https://forum.mautic.org/u/cheezballz)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/anyone-use-digital-ocean/17337/3 "2020-12-09T20:15:08Z")

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Thanks, I will definitely do that when the time comes. Can droplets have dedicated IPs? Do you have SMTP servers there too?

Also, can droplets be cloned? I currently build some WordPress sites that are basically clones of a master site. In WHM I put the backup files in the skeleton folder so they are there when a new cpanel is made. Then I have to install WP, activate the backup plugin, restore the backup, etc. Being able to just clone a whole droplet would streamline things so much, it would be a dream come true.