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DigitalOcean

Basic Droplet 1 GB

Entry-level shared CPU. Perfect for staging and side projects.

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specs.json 13 regions · DigitalOcean
vCPU
1 Intel/AMD shared
RAM
1 GB
SSD
25 GB
Bandwidth
1 TB
from $0.0089 /hr
$6.00/mo cap

How it ranks in its category

Price per GB of RAM
$6.00 per month
Cheaper than 32 of 101 plans in its category · vps
Price per vCore
$6.00 per month
Cheaper than 40 of 101 plans in its category · vps
Price per GB of storage
$0.240 per month
Cheaper than 34 of 91 plans in its category · vps
Price per TB of traffic
$6.00 per month

Calculation basis: Prices converted to US dollars and to monthly cost before comparing. Method: methodology.

Price published by the provider at digitalocean.com Checked on

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benchmark vs peers

How does this plan compare?

Each spec measured against the category median and maximum with percentile and cost per unit.

🎯 Compared against 34 plans in the same price range
Similar price (±50%): $3.00 — $9.00/mo
CPU 1 vCPU
bottom 0%
0 med 2 vCPU max 6 vCPU
RAM 1 GB
bottom 3%
0 med 1.75 GB max 12 GB
Storage 25 GB
below median
0 med 40 GB max 300 GB
Bandwidth 1 TB
bottom 0%
0 max 20 TB

cpu.model: "Intel/AMD shared"

Estimated latency per region

From 🇪🇸 Spain · best: AMS3 ~15 ms

  • 🇳🇱 Ámsterdam, Netherlands
    AMS3
    Closest ~15 ms · Excellent
  • 🇬🇧 Londres, United Kingdom
    LON1
    ~15 ms · Excellent
  • 🇩🇪 Frankfurt, Germany
    FRA1
    ~25 ms · Excellent
  • 🇺🇸 Nueva York, United States
    NYC1
    ~75 ms · Good
  • 🇺🇸 Nueva York, United States
    NYC3
    ~75 ms · Good
  • 🇨🇦 Toronto, Canada
    TOR1
    ~75 ms · Good
  • 🇮🇳 Bangalore, India
    BLR1
    ~130 ms · Acceptable
  • 🇺🇸 San Francisco, United States
    SFO3
    ~145 ms · Acceptable
  • 🇸🇬 Singapur, Singapore
    SGP1
    ~175 ms · Acceptable
  • 🇦🇺 Sídney, Australia
    SYD1
    ~270 ms · Far
  • 🇺🇸 San Francisco, United States
    SFO2
    —
  • 🇺🇸 Atlanta, United States
    ATL1
    —
  • 🇺🇸 Richmond, United States
    RIC1
    —

Estimates based on public medians (cloudping/wondernetwork). Real latency may vary ±20-40 ms by ISP, hour and BGP route.

features.list 3 items

Included features

  • 01 Snapshots and backups
  • 02 Free Reserved IPs when attached
  • 03 1-click Marketplace

Price history

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  1. 2026-08-23 6,00 USD www.digitalocean.com Price on catalog entry, not yet verified
infrastructure.config net · support

[network]

ipv4
1 included
ipv6
Yes free
private_net
Yes

[support]

level
email
panel
DO Cloud Console
tco.compute base=$6/mo · setup=$0

Estimated total cost (TCO)

Projection with no plan changes or promos.

1y 12 months
$72
~$6.00/mo
2y 24 months
$144
~$6.00/mo
3y 36 months
$216
~$6.00/mo
diff --editorial --split digitalocean/basic-1gb
+2 pros −2 cons
01 + Available in all 14 regions
02 + IPv4 + IPv6 included
01 − Shared CPU with noisy neighbors
02 − 1 TiB transfer is modest
+2 additions, −2 deletions