Host profile · since 2012
DigitalOcean VPS: prices, locations and ping
DigitalOcean as a metro line
Every data-center city, west to east. Each station is a place you can deploy.
Plans and prices
| Plan | Line | vCPU | RAM | Disk | Traffic | USD / mo | $ / GB RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic 512 MB (s-1vcpu-512mb-10gb) | Basic (Regular CPU) | 1 | 512 MB | 10 GB | 0.5 TB | $4 | $8 |
| Basic 1 GB (s-1vcpu-1gb) | Basic (Regular CPU) | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB | 1 TB | $6 | $6 |
| Basic 2 GB (s-1vcpu-2gb) | Basic (Regular CPU) | 1 | 2 GB | 50 GB | 2 TB | $12 | $6 |
| Basic 4 GB (s-2vcpu-4gb) | Basic (Regular CPU) | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4 TB | $24 | $6 |
| Basic 8 GB (s-4vcpu-8gb) | Basic (Regular CPU) | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB | 5 TB | $48 | $6 |
| Basic 16 GB (s-8vcpu-16gb) | Basic (Regular CPU) | 8 | 16 GB | 320 GB | 6 TB | $96 | $6 |
| Basic Premium AMD 1 GB (s-1vcpu-1gb-amd) | Basic Premium AMD (NVMe) | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB | 1 TB | $7 | $7 |
| Basic Premium AMD 8 GB (s-4vcpu-8gb-amd) | Basic Premium AMD (NVMe) | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB | 5 TB | $56 | $7 |
| CPU-Optimized 4 GB (c-2) | CPU-Optimized (Regular) | 2 | 4 GB | 25 GB | 4 TB | $42 | $10.50 |
| CPU-Optimized 8 GB (c-4) | CPU-Optimized (Regular) | 4 | 8 GB | 50 GB | 5 TB | $84 | $10.50 |
| General Purpose 8 GB (g-2vcpu-8gb) | General Purpose (Regular) | 2 | 8 GB | 25 GB | 4 TB | $63 | $7.88 |
List prices converted to USD per month. Current pricing page ↗
Estimated ping from big markets
What’s included
- NVMe disks
- DDoS filtering
- Snapshots
- IPv6
- API
- Private networking
- Custom ISO
- Dedicated-CPU plans
- Unmetered traffic
- Windows images
- Backups (extra cost)
KVM · panel: DigitalOcean Cloud Control Panel
Support, terms, payment
Pay with: card, paypal, crypto, alipay, other.
Support: Free 24/7 ticket support (Starter, <24 h response); paid plans Developer $24/mo, Standard $99/mo (adds 24/7 live chat), Premium $999/mo; no phone support.
SLA: 99.99%. Refund window: none stated.
Based in: Broomfield, US.
Strengths
- Per-second billing with a monthly cap and a $4/mo entry Droplet
- Layer 3/4 DDoS protection, cloud firewalls and VPC networking included at no charge
- Free 24/7 ticket support and a 99.99% per-Droplet uptime SLA with 100% credit
Trade-offs
- Regular Basic Droplets use plain SSD; NVMe requires Premium Intel/AMD plans from $7/mo
- Backups cost 20% (weekly) or 30% (daily) of the Droplet price; snapshots $0.06/GB/mo
- No Windows images, custom images are Linux/Unix-only, and no refunds are offered
Moving to or from DigitalOcean
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- Akamai Cloud (Linode)$5 · 26 cities
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- Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines (B-series)$6.86 · 48 cities
- LikeVPS$10 · 26 cities
- SSD Nodes$17 · 15 cities
Questions people ask
How much does DigitalOcean cost?
Its cheapest priced plan is $4 a month (Basic 512 MB (s-1vcpu-512mb-10gb)). The median across its plans works out to $7 per GB of RAM. Check the provider’s page for current promotions.
Where are DigitalOcean’s servers?
New York, San Francisco, Atlanta, Richmond, Kansas City, Memphis, Toronto, Amsterdam, London, Frankfurt, Bangalore, Singapore and 1 more — 8 countries across North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania.
Does DigitalOcean accept crypto or PayPal?
Listed payment methods: card, paypal, crypto, alipay, other.