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DigitalOcean Servers (Flexible) · $24/mo (2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50 GB SSD, 2000 GB transfer)
Cloudways DigitalOcean Basic Standard 2GB at $24/mo is significantly overpriced compared to direct DigitalOcean or other managed cloud providers. You're paying a substantial markup for Cloudways' management layer. Several alternatives offer 2GB RAM + 1-2 vCPU at $2-$6/mo with comparable or better specs, though some carry renewal-price traps.
Matches your 2GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50GB SSD exactly at 1/11th the price with unmetered bandwidth and root SSH access.
Caveat: Intro pricing only; renewal jumps to $9.99-$15.99/mo after contract term, and requires 36-month commitment for lowest rate.
Exceeds your specs with 2GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 90GB NVMe, and unlimited traffic at $5/mo intro pricing.
Caveat: Renewal pricing is 2-6x higher after 1-year contract; this is a promotional rate only.
Outperforms your plan with 4GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40GB NVMe, daily backups, and unlimited traffic for $4.54/mo.
Caveat: IPv4 addresses billed separately; Windows licensing adds $0.039/vCore/hour surcharge if needed.
Cheapest option at $2/mo with 1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10GB NVMe, and unlimited traffic up to 1 Gbit/s.
Caveat: Intro pricing only; renewal is 2-6x higher; specs are lower (1GB RAM vs 2GB, 10GB vs 50GB storage).
Established provider with 1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25GB SSD, 1TB transfer at $5/mo and transparent $0.005/GB overage rates.
Caveat: Backups are a separate add-on (~$1/mo); shared CPU is less performant than dedicated; lower specs than Cloudways plan.
Before you switch
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scaleway | Virtual Instances · STARDUST1-S | $0.43/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| IONOS | Cloud VPS (Linux) · Cloud VPS XS | $2/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Bluehost | VPS Hosting · NVMe 2 | $2.09/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| UpCloud | Cloud Servers - Starter · STARTER-1xCPU-1GB | $3.5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB Standard SSD | Visit |
| Namecheap | VPS Hosting · Spark | $3.88/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 20 GB SSD | Visit |
| Kamatera | Cloud VMs · Type A base (Availability, 1 vCPU/1GB) | $4/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 20 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| OVHcloud | VPS · VPS-1 | $4.54/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Vultr | Cloud Compute · Regular 1vCPU/1GB | $5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| AWS Lightsail | Virtual Servers · GP 1GB (Linux, IPv6) | $5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40 GB SSD | Visit |
| IONOS | VPS Hosting (VPS+) · VPS S+ | $5/mo | 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 90 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Liquid Web | VPS Hosting · Compute 1 | $5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 30 GB SSD | Visit |
| Linode (Akamai) | Shared CPU Compute · Nanode 1 GB | $5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB SSD | Visit |
| Civo | Compute Instances · xSmall | $5.43/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB NVMe | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD Cubes (Basic) · Basic Cube XS | $5.76/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 60 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Fly.io | Machines (Shared CPU) · shared-cpu-1x - 1GB | $5.92/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
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