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Managed Databases · $162.4/mo (8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU)
DigitalOcean's PostgreSQL Basic Premium at $162.4/mo is significantly overpriced for the specs. Multiple providers offer 4GB RAM / 2 vCPU managed PostgreSQL for $60-70/mo, and even 8GB / 2 vCPU options exist at $80/mo. You're paying a 2-3x premium for marginal gains in vCPU count.
4GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 80-240GB storage at 60% savings; 99.99% SLA and transparent per-GB overage pricing.
Caveat: IPv4 addresses billed separately; APAC egress loses free status after mid-2026; single-node only.
8GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 20GB SSD at half DigitalOcean's price; matches your RAM spec at lower cost.
Caveat: Non-HA only; Object Storage egress charged after 75GB free tier; 99.9% SLA (lower than DigitalOcean).
8GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 99.99% SLA; compute-only estimate but 1-year reserved instances offer 38% additional discount.
Caveat: Price excludes storage; outbound bandwidth billed above 100GB/month; Premium SSD IOPS/throughput billed separately.
4GB RAM, 2 vCPU at 54% savings; simple pricing model with no surprise tier-lock penalties.
Caveat: Persistent disk storage billed separately at $0.25/GB/month; bandwidth overage ~$0.15/GB; 99.95% SLA.
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| Vultr | Managed Databases · MySQL CC-Reg 2vCPU/4GB (0 rep) | $60/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 80 GB | Visit |
| AWS Lightsail | Managed Databases · 4GB Standard | $60/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 120 GB | Visit |
| UpCloud | Managed MySQL · Single-node 2x4GB-50GB | $60/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 50 GB | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - MySQL · Essential DB1-4 | $64.24/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - PostgreSQL · Essential DB1-4 | $64.24/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| Linode (Akamai) | Managed Databases · Shared 4 GB - Standalone | $65/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 80 GB SSD | Visit |
| UpCloud | Managed PostgreSQL · Single-node 2x4GB-50GB | $68.61/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 50 GB | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - OpenSearch · Essential DB1-4 | $70.08/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| Render | Render Postgres · Basic-4gb | $75/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| Scaleway | Managed Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL · DB-PRO2-XXS (non-HA) | $80/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 20 GB SSD | Visit |
| Microsoft Azure | Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server · General Purpose D2s | $95/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - Kafka · Kafka Connect Essential DB1-4 | $98.62/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
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