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Managed Databases · $282.35/mo (32 GB RAM, 4 vCPU)
DigitalOcean's OpenSearch 32GB plan is significantly overpriced compared to direct alternatives. OVHcloud offers an identical OpenSearch tier at $295.50/mo (4.6% cheaper), and if you can accept 16GB RAM, Scaleway and Vultr deliver 40-44% savings with comparable specs and lower bandwidth overage costs.
Exact product match (OpenSearch, 16GB RAM, 4 vCPU) at lower price with 99.99% SLA and no per-GB bandwidth overage charges.
Caveat: Storage range is 160GB-800GB vs DigitalOcean's unspecified allocation; verify your storage needs fit within OVHcloud's tiers.
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
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| Scaleway | Managed Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL · DB-PRO2-XS | $158/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 50 GB SSD | Visit |
| Vultr | Managed Databases · Valkey Mem-Opt 2vCPU/16GB (0 rep) | $160/mo | 16 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| AWS Lightsail | Managed Databases · 16GB Standard | $245/mo |
Half the price of DigitalOcean with 4 vCPU, 50GB SSD storage, and only 16GB RAM; bandwidth overage at EUR 0.01/GB is comparable to DigitalOcean's $0.01/GB.
Caveat: This is PostgreSQL/MySQL, not OpenSearch; only suitable if your workload can switch database engines.
43% cheaper with 16GB RAM and in-memory optimization; Valkey (Redis-compatible) is suitable for caching/session workloads with 100% network uptime SLA.
Caveat: Only 2 vCPU vs DigitalOcean's 4, and Valkey is not OpenSearch; bandwidth overage rates vary by data center location.
13% cheaper with 4 vCPU, 16GB RAM, 480GB disk, and 300GB monthly transfer included; 99.9% SLA matches DigitalOcean.
Caveat: 16GB RAM vs 32GB; data transfer overage at $0.09-$0.132/GB is significantly higher than DigitalOcean's $0.01/GB if you exceed the 300GB allowance.
11% cheaper with 6 vCPU (more than DigitalOcean), 16GB RAM, 320GB SSD, and 99.99% SLA; outbound bandwidth at $0.005/GB is half DigitalOcean's rate.
Caveat: Price is ESTIMATED from linear node pricing, not directly confirmed; 16GB RAM vs 32GB; HA clusters cost 2-3x more if you need redundancy.
Before you switch
| 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 480 GB |
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| Linode (Akamai) | Managed Databases · Shared 16 GB - Standalone | $250/mo | 16 GB RAM, 6 vCPU, 320 GB SSD | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - Valkey (Redis-compatible) · Discovery-B3-16 | $284.04/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - OpenSearch · Discovery-B3-16 | $295.5/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - MySQL · Discovery-B3-16 | $337.92/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - PostgreSQL · Discovery-B3-16 | $337.92/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - Kafka · Kafka Connect Discovery-B3-16 | $339.01/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - ClickHouse · Discovery-B3-16 | $402.6/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Autonomous Database (ATP/ADW) · Serverless - 2 ECPU | $490.56/mo | 2 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - MongoDB · Production B3-16 | $506.99/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| Heroku | Heroku Postgres · Standard-4 | $750/mo | 30.5 GB RAM, 768 GB | Visit |
| Fly.io | Managed Postgres · Scale | $962/mo | 32 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| Heroku | Heroku Data for Redis · Premium-10 | $3500/mo | 25 GB RAM | Visit |
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