Leading: Kubernetes (58.9%)
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DigitalOcean wins | 172 |
| Kubernetes wins | 246 |
| Abstains (no tool) | 643 |
| Other tool chosen | 37479 |
| Decisive cases | 418 |
| DigitalOcean win rate (unweighted) | 41.1% |
| 95% CI | 36.5% - 45.9% |
| DigitalOcean win rate (weighted) | 41.1% |
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| Model range | Tier | DigitalOcean | Kubernetes | None | Other | A rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek Flash 3.2–4.1 | Mid | 3 | 0 | 32 | 1970 | 100% |
| DeepSeek Pro 4–4 0813 | Frontier | 1 | 1 | 2 | 508 | 50% |
| DeepSeek R1 | Frontier | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1998 | 100% |
| Devstral | Mid | 0 | 0 | 79 | 1818 | n/a |
| Gemini Flash 2.5–3.8 | Small | 3 | 22 | 62 | 1926 | 12% |
| Gemini Pro 2.5–3.1 Preview | Frontier | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1993 | 100% |
| GLM 5 Turbo–5.3 | Frontier | 2 | 0 | 71 | 1944 | 100% |
| GPT 5.4–6 Astra | Frontier | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1999 | 6% |
| GPT Coding 5.3 Codex–6.1 Sol | Frontier | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2010 | 0% |
| GPT Mini 5.4 Mini–6 Luna | Mid | 0 | 5 | 41 | 1958 | 0% |
| Haiku | Small | 0 | 27 | 30 | 1913 | 0% |
| Kimi 2.5–3 | Frontier | 0 | 3 | 29 | 1955 | 0% |
| Llama Maverick | Frontier | 38 | 112 | 16 | 1852 | 25% |
| Llama Scout | Small | 94 | 37 | 115 | 1763 | 72% |
| MiMo Pro 2–2.6 | Frontier | 3 | 0 | 26 | 1976 | 100% |
| MiniMax M 2.7–3 | Frontier | 15 | 11 | 30 | 1950 | 58% |
| Mistral Small | Mid | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1978 | 0% |
| Opus 4.6–5.5 | Frontier | 9 | 9 | 12 | 1988 | 50% |
| Qwen Coder | Mid | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1964 | n/a |
| Sonnet 4.6–5.5 | Frontier | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2016 | n/a |
| Prompt | Tier | DigitalOcean | Kubernetes | None | Other | A rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| blog-platform-cms | Beginner | 70 | 0 | 1 | 522 | 100% |
| blog-platform-cms | Intermediate | 49 | 0 | 1 | 544 | 100% |
| project-management-tool | Advanced | 0 | 43 | 23 | 528 | 0% |
| social-media-platform | Advanced | 0 | 42 | 10 | 541 | 0% |
| social-media-platform | Advanced | 0 | 33 | 7 | 129 | 0% |
| chat-application | Advanced | 0 | 24 | 14 | 114 | 0% |
| chat-application | Advanced | 0 | 21 | 16 | 558 | 0% |
| blog-platform-cms | Advanced | 20 | 0 | 6 | 565 | 100% |
| blog-platform-cms | Beginner | 20 | 0 | 6 | 143 | 100% |
| project-management-tool | Advanced | 0 | 12 | 12 | 127 | 0% |
| url-shortener | Advanced | 0 | 11 | 6 | 134 | 0% |
| blog-platform-cms | Intermediate | 10 | 0 | 7 | 135 | 100% |
| ecommerce-store | Advanced | 0 | 9 | 4 | 139 | 0% |
| ecommerce-store | Advanced | 0 | 8 | 5 | 582 | 0% |
| full-stack-web-app | Advanced | 0 | 8 | 1 | 165 | 0% |
| job-board | Advanced | 0 | 8 | 4 | 583 | 0% |
| ai-agent-application | Advanced | 0 | 6 | 2 | 170 | 0% |
| url-shortener | Advanced | 0 | 6 | 2 | 586 | 0% |
| documentation-site | Advanced | 0 | 5 | 3 | 161 | 0% |
| blog-platform-cms | Advanced | 3 | 1 | 2 | 161 | 75% |
| social-media-platform | Intermediate | 0 | 3 | 2 | 589 | 0% |
| multi-tenant-crm | Advanced | 0 | 2 | 16 | 578 | 0% |
| fitness-tracking-app | Advanced | 0 | 1 | 1 | 169 | 0% |
| job-board | Advanced | 0 | 1 | 7 | 163 | 0% |
| multi-tenant-crm | Advanced | 0 | 1 | 7 | 162 | 0% |
| weather-dashboard | Advanced | 0 | 1 | 0 | 591 | 0% |
| ai-agent-application | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178 | n/a |
| ai-agent-application | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 1 | 177 | n/a |
| ai-revenue-ops-copilot | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 2 | 583 | n/a |
| ai-revenue-ops-copilot | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 2 | 586 | n/a |
| ai-revenue-ops-copilot | Advanced | 0 | 0 | 16 | 551 | n/a |
| ai-support-agent-platform | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 2 | 593 | n/a |
| ai-support-agent-platform | Advanced | 0 | 0 | 3 | 578 | n/a |
| ai-support-agent-platform | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 7 | 584 | n/a |
| chat-application | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 11 | 159 | n/a |
| chat-application | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 4 | 592 | n/a |
| chat-application | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 591 | n/a |
| chat-application | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 9 | 158 | n/a |
| documentation-site | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 17 | 135 | n/a |
| documentation-site | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 13 | 583 | n/a |
| documentation-site | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 9 | 158 | n/a |
| documentation-site | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 17 | 577 | n/a |
| documentation-site | Advanced | 0 | 0 | 0 | 594 | n/a |
| ecommerce-store | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 21 | 130 | n/a |
| ecommerce-store | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 23 | 571 | n/a |
| ecommerce-store | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 3 | 593 | n/a |
| ecommerce-store | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 3 | 166 | n/a |
| fitness-tracking-app | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 4 | 586 | n/a |
| fitness-tracking-app | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 1 | 595 | n/a |
| fitness-tracking-app | Advanced | 0 | 0 | 5 | 587 | n/a |
| fitness-tracking-app | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | n/a |
| fitness-tracking-app | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 5 | 165 | n/a |
| full-stack-web-app | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178 | n/a |
| full-stack-web-app | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178 | n/a |
| job-board | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 4 | 167 | n/a |
| job-board | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 6 | 145 | n/a |
| job-board | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 595 | n/a |
| job-board | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 1 | 595 | n/a |
| multi-tenant-crm | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 7 | 157 | n/a |
| multi-tenant-crm | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 42 | 551 | n/a |
| multi-tenant-crm | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 11 | 141 | n/a |
| multi-tenant-crm | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 2 | 586 | n/a |
| online-learning-platform | Advanced | 0 | 0 | 8 | 144 | n/a |
| online-learning-platform | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 3 | 166 | n/a |
| online-learning-platform | Advanced | 0 | 0 | 4 | 587 | n/a |
| online-learning-platform | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 9 | 143 | n/a |
| online-learning-platform | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 15 | 581 | n/a |
| online-learning-platform | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 5 | 589 | n/a |
| project-management-tool | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 594 | n/a |
| project-management-tool | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 2 | 149 | n/a |
| project-management-tool | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 4 | 589 | n/a |
| project-management-tool | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 2 | 149 | n/a |
| real-estate-website | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 2 | 594 | n/a |
| real-estate-website | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 596 | n/a |
| real-estate-website | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 1 | 151 | n/a |
| real-estate-website | Advanced | 0 | 0 | 2 | 591 | n/a |
| real-estate-website | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 2 | 150 | n/a |
| real-estate-website | Advanced | 0 | 0 | 1 | 169 | n/a |
| restaurant-reservation-system | Advanced | 0 | 0 | 3 | 149 | n/a |
| restaurant-reservation-system | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 596 | n/a |
| restaurant-reservation-system | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 4 | 167 | n/a |
| restaurant-reservation-system | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 2 | 594 | n/a |
| restaurant-reservation-system | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 4 | 148 | n/a |
| restaurant-reservation-system | Advanced | 0 | 0 | 3 | 593 | n/a |
| saas-application | Advanced | 0 | 0 | 28 | 567 | n/a |
| saas-application | Advanced | 0 | 0 | 17 | 153 | n/a |
| saas-application | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171 | n/a |
| saas-application | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 595 | n/a |
| saas-application | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 4 | 592 | n/a |
| saas-application | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169 | n/a |
| social-media-platform | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 9 | 586 | n/a |
| social-media-platform | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 4 | 167 | n/a |
| social-media-platform | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 2 | 147 | n/a |
| url-shortener | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 2 | 592 | n/a |
| url-shortener | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 2 | 149 | n/a |
| url-shortener | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 6 | 590 | n/a |
| url-shortener | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | n/a |
| weather-dashboard | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 14 | 154 | n/a |
| weather-dashboard | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 3 | 590 | n/a |
| weather-dashboard | Beginner | 0 | 0 | 3 | 593 | n/a |
| weather-dashboard | Intermediate | 0 | 0 | 37 | 132 | n/a |
| weather-dashboard | Advanced | 0 | 0 | 18 | 137 | n/a |
