DigitalOcean pricing
DigitalOcean targets developer experience: clean API, predictable per-droplet pricing, and a marketplace of 1-click stacks. The Basic Droplet family is the on-ramp; Premium Intel/AMD, CPU-Optimized, and Memory-Optimized tiers carry production workloads with no surprise egress fees up to a generous monthly cap.
- ▸Clean developer experience and clear pricing
- ▸Generous bandwidth allowance per droplet
- ▸Marketplace of 1-click apps and managed databases
- ▸Smaller region map (~14 DCs)
- ▸Fewer enterprise compliance certifications
- ▸GPU catalogue limited compared to AWS/GCP/Azure
DigitalOcean pricing table
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DigitalOcean pricing — frequently asked
What is the cheapest DigitalOcean server?
The cheapest DigitalOcean instance we track is s-1vcpu-512mb-10gb at about $0.0060/hour, and the lowest monthly list price is roughly $4.00/month. Spot/preemptible and committed-use pricing can lower this further.
How is DigitalOcean pricing calculated?
Prices shown are USD on-demand list prices for Linux instances, normalised to hourly, monthly (730-hour), and 1-year reserved equivalents so you can compare DigitalOcean against other providers at matching vCPU and RAM. We track 31 DigitalOcean instances across 6 families.
Is DigitalOcean cheaper than AWS?
It depends on the workload. Compare DigitalOcean head-to-head against AWS, GCP, Azure, Hetzner, DigitalOcean, Vultr, and Linode at the same vCPU/RAM tier using the comparison links on this page. Lean providers usually win on flat price/performance; hyperscalers win on regions, managed services, and compliance.