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DigitalOcean

Basic Droplet 4 GB

2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB SSD. Sweet spot for small/medium web apps.

4.5
specs.json 13 regions · DigitalOcean
vCPU
2 Intel/AMD shared
RAM
4 GB
SSD
80 GB
Bandwidth
4 TB
from $0.036 /hr
$24.00/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
$12.00 per month
Cheaper than 20 of 101 plans in its category · vps
Price per GB of storage
$0.300 per month
Cheaper than 24 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 No check date on record — verify the price at the source before purchasing.

compare.specbars · $ analyze --category=vps
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%): $12.00 — $36.00/mo
CPU 2 vCPU
bottom 6%
0 med 3.5 vCPU max 16 vCPU
RAM 4 GB
bottom 24%
0 max 64 GB
Storage 80 GB
below median
0 med 80 GB max 400 GB
Bandwidth 4 TB
below median
0 med 4 TB max 32 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 14 global regions
  • 02 Premium Intel/AMD variants with NVMe
  • 03 1-click Marketplace

Price history

202325283023 ago23 ago · today
Verified Not verified
  1. 2026-08-23 24,00 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=$24/mo · setup=$0

Estimated total cost (TCO)

Projection with no plan changes or promos.

1y 12 months
$288
~$24.00/mo
2y 24 months
$576
~$24.00/mo
3y 36 months
$864
~$24.00/mo
diff --editorial --split digitalocean/basic-4gb
+2 pros −1 cons
01 + Good combination of specs and global reach
02 + 4 TiB included transfer
01 − Pricier than Hetzner CCX13 with dedicated CPU
+2 additions, −1 deletions