DigitalOcean
Short answer
DigitalOcean sells VPS servers in 13 locations across 8 countries, starting at $4.00 a month for Basic 512 MB (s-1vcpu-512mb-10gb) (1 vCPU, 512 MB RAM). It is number 13 of 41 in our overall ranking and rated 4.5/5 by 2,581 Trustpilot reviewers.
Checked October 14, 2026. How we rank
A good fit for
- tight budgets: the entry plan is $4.00 a month
- short-lived test servers thanks to hourly billing
- paying in cryptocurrency
- public services that need DDoS filtering
Look elsewhere if
- you need Windows Server
- you want a money-back guarantee
Plans and prices
| Plan | Line | vCPU | RAM | Disk | Traffic | $/month | $/GB RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic 512 MB (s-1vcpu-512mb-10gb) | Basic (Regular CPU) | 1 | 512 MB | 10 GB SSD | 500 GB | $4.00 | $8.00 |
| Basic 1 GB (s-1vcpu-1gb) | Basic (Regular CPU) | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB SSD | 1 TB | $6.00 | $6.00 |
| Basic 2 GB (s-1vcpu-2gb) | Basic (Regular CPU) | 1 | 2 GB | 50 GB SSD | 2 TB | $12.00 | $6.00 |
| Basic 4 GB (s-2vcpu-4gb) | Basic (Regular CPU) | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB SSD | 4 TB | $24.00 | $6.00 |
| Basic 8 GB (s-4vcpu-8gb) | Basic (Regular CPU) | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 5 TB | $48.00 | $6.00 |
| Basic 16 GB (s-8vcpu-16gb) | Basic (Regular CPU) | 8 | 16 GB | 320 GB SSD | 6 TB | $96.00 | $6.00 |
| Basic Premium AMD 1 GB (s-1vcpu-1gb-amd) | Basic Premium AMD (NVMe) | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB NVMe | 1 TB | $7.00 | $7.00 |
| Basic Premium AMD 8 GB (s-4vcpu-8gb-amd) | Basic Premium AMD (NVMe) | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 5 TB | $56.00 | $7.00 |
| CPU-Optimized 4 GB (c-2) | CPU-Optimized (Regular) (dedicated) | 2 | 4 GB | 25 GB SSD | 4 TB | $42.00 | $10.50 |
| CPU-Optimized 8 GB (c-4) | CPU-Optimized (Regular) (dedicated) | 4 | 8 GB | 50 GB SSD | 5 TB | $84.00 | $10.50 |
| General Purpose 8 GB (g-2vcpu-8gb) | General Purpose (Regular) (dedicated) | 2 | 8 GB | 25 GB SSD | 4 TB | $63.00 | $7.88 |
Monthly list prices in US dollars. Highlighted row: cheapest plan. Current prices on the provider's site.
Where the servers are
What's included
- NVMe storage
- DDoS protection
- Snapshots
- Backups (paid)
- IPv6
- IPv4 included
- API
- Custom ISO
- Dedicated-CPU plans
- Private networking
- Unmetered traffic
- Managed option
Images: Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, CentOS Stream. Virtualization: KVM. Panel: DigitalOcean Cloud Control Panel.
Rules and support
Acceptable use. The provider's terms address crypto mining, spam, VPN, proxies, Tor, torrents, IPTV. Read them before running anything in those categories.
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
Uptime SLA. 99.99%. Money-back. None published.
How it stacks up
- Its entry plan is cheaper than 67% of providers in the directory.
- On price per GB of RAM it beats 15% of them.
- Its 13 locations put it #14 of 41 for footprint.
- It ticks 13 of the 18 feature boxes we track, against an average of 9.
- Among 37 providers with 50+ Trustpilot reviews, its 4.5 ranks #11.
Where DigitalOcean appears on this site
- VPS in Kansas City#1 of 3
- VPS in San Francisco#1 of 3
- VPS in Bangalore#2 of 3
- VPS for learning Linux and DevOps#3 of 40
- VPS with hourly billing#5 of 15
- VPS in Atlanta#5 of 6
- VPS for PostgreSQL and MySQL#6 of 39
- VPS for game servers (CS2, Rust, Valheim)#6 of 38
- VPS in Canada#6 of 17
- VPS with dedicated CPU cores#6 of 17
- VPS in India#6 of 15
- VPS in Toronto#6 of 13
- VPS in Frankfurt#7 of 22
- VPS with a free trial or credit#7 of 12
- VPS with GPU instances#7 of 11
- VPS with an API and Terraform support#8 of 30
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Questions
Where are DigitalOcean's servers?
North America: Atlanta, Kansas City, Memphis, New York, Richmond, San Francisco, Toronto; Europe: Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London; Asia: Bangalore, Singapore; Oceania: Sydney.
What is DigitalOcean's cheapest plan?
Basic 512 MB (s-1vcpu-512mb-10gb) at $4.00 a month ($0.00595/hr, per-second billing capped at 672 h/month; IPv4 included; shared vCPU).
Can I pay DigitalOcean with crypto or PayPal?
Accepted methods: card, paypal, crypto, alipay, other.
Profile built from 22 pages on digitalocean.com and related sites, checked October 14, 2026.