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Droplets · $6/mo (1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB SSD, 1000 GB transfer)
DigitalOcean's $6/mo Basic 1GB is fairly priced but faces stiff competition from IONOS Cloud VPS XS at $2/mo and Bluehost NVMe 2 at $2.09/mo on sticker price. However, renewal pricing traps and hidden costs on cheaper options mean DigitalOcean's transparent, stable pricing and included 1000GB transfer may offer better long-term value despite higher upfront cost.
Matches 1GB RAM and 1 vCPU at one-third the price, with unlimited traffic up to 1 Gbit/s (vs DigitalOcean's 1000GB cap).
Caveat: Intro pricing is a 3-month or 1-year promotional rate; renewal pricing is 2-6x higher, and additional IPv4 addresses cost $6/mo each.
Offers 2GB RAM (double DigitalOcean), 50GB NVMe SSD, and unmetered bandwidth for $2.09/mo intro pricing.
Caveat: Steep renewal increases (intro $2.09/mo renews at $9.99-$15.99/mo); requires 36-month contract for lowest price; free domain only first year.
Matches DigitalOcean's 1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, and 1000GB transfer at $3.88/mo, with 20GB SSD and unmanaged root access included.
Caveat: Renewal pricing substantially higher than intro rate; unmanaged by default (managed add-ons cost $10-$25/mo extra).
Matches specs (1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10GB SSD) at $3.5/mo with industry-leading 99.999% SLA and transparent pricing.
Caveat: Backup add-ons are percentage surcharges (10-60% of instance price); data transfer beyond Fair Transfer Policy may incur overages despite 'free egress' marketing.
Identical specs to DigitalOcean (1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25GB SSD, 1000GB transfer) at $5/mo with 99.99% SLA and strong reputation.
Caveat: Backup service is a separate add-on (roughly 20-25% of instance price); bandwidth overages billed at $0.005/GB after allowance.
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 |
| InMotion Hosting | Shared Hosting · Core | $2.99/mo | 512 MB RAM, 100 GB SSD | Visit |
| Fly.io | Machines (Shared CPU) · shared-cpu-1x - 512MB | $3.32/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| Vultr | Cloud Compute · Regular 1vCPU/0.5GB | $3.5/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| AWS Lightsail | Virtual Servers · GP 0.5GB (Linux, IPv6) | $3.5/mo | 512 MB RAM, 2 vCPU, 20 GB SSD | Visit |
| UpCloud | Cloud Servers - Starter · STARTER-1xCPU-1GB | $3.5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB Standard SSD | Visit |
| Microsoft Azure | Virtual Machines · B1ls | $3.8/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU | 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 |
| Alibaba Cloud | Simple Application Server · economy-e-2c-0.5g | $4.55/mo | 512 MB 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 |
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