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Droplets · $4/mo (512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB SSD, 500 GB transfer)
DigitalOcean's $4/mo Basic 512MB Droplet is solid, but several providers offer more RAM, storage, or transfer for the same or lower price. IONOS and Vultr deliver better specs at $2-3.50/mo, though watch for renewal traps and bandwidth overages.
Double the RAM (1GB vs 512MB), same vCPU, 10GB NVMe storage, and unlimited traffic up to 1 Gbit/s for half the price.
Caveat: Intro pricing is a 3-month or 1-year promotional rate; renewal pricing is 2-6x higher after contract expires.
Identical specs to DigitalOcean (512MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10GB SSD, 512GB transfer) at $0.50/mo less with a published 100% network uptime SLA.
Caveat: Bandwidth overage rates vary by data center location; no renewal trap disclosed but verify your region's overage pricing.
Better specs (2 vCPU, 20GB SSD, 1000GB transfer vs DigitalOcean's 1 vCPU, 10GB, 500GB) at the same $3.50/mo price.
Caveat: Data transfer overage rates are region-dependent ($0.09-$0.132/GB) and significantly higher than DigitalOcean's $0.01/GB.
1GB RAM (vs 512MB), 1 vCPU, 10GB SSD at $3.50/mo with an exceptional 99.999% SLA and no per-GB bandwidth overage charges.
Caveat: Backup add-ons are pricey (10-60% surcharge); verify the Fair Transfer Policy allowance before committing.
1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 20GB SSD, 1000GB transfer for $3.88/mo, unmanaged by default but includes user-responsible setup.
Caveat: Renewal pricing is substantially higher than intro; unmanaged by default (add $10-25/mo for management); SLA is undefined.
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 |
| Fly.io | Machines (Shared CPU) · shared-cpu-1x - 256MB | $2.02/mo | 256 MB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| InMotion Hosting | Shared Hosting · Core | $2.99/mo | 512 MB RAM, 100 GB SSD | 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 |
| 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 |
| Exoscale | Standard Instances · Micro | $5.75/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 200 GB SSD | Visit |
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