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DigitalOcean General Purpose Premium Intel 2C vs Scaleway MEMORY3-X2C-16G.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Scaleway MEMORY3-X2C-16G takes 3 of 6 spec rounds against DigitalOcean General Purpose Premium Intel 2C. DigitalOcean General Purpose Premium Intel 2C counters on price: $3.93/mo less, for 8 GB RAM and 2 vCPU instead of 16 GB and 2.

DigitalOcean

General Purpose Premium Intel 2C · 8 GB · 165 GB

$92.20/mo

2 vCPU dedicated · 8 GB · 165 GB NVME

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Scalewaywins 3 rounds

MEMORY3-X2C-16G

$96.13/mo

2 vCPU dedicated · 16 GB · 0 MB · $0.37 on 5 Sept 2026

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$92.20/mo

$96.13/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$11.53

$6.01

RAM

8 GB

16 GB

vCPU

2 ded.

2 ded.

Disk

165 GB NVME

0 MB

Bandwidth

4 TB/mo

unmetered

Value score

10/100

18/100

Regions

10

3

Countries served by both · 1

  • NL

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean General Purpose Premium Intel 2C or Scaleway MEMORY3-X2C-16G?
DigitalOcean General Purpose Premium Intel 2C at $92.20/mo (excl. VAT) versus $96.13/mo — a difference of $3.93/mo, as of 8 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
Scaleway MEMORY3-X2C-16G: $6.01 per GB of RAM per month versus $11.53 for DigitalOcean General Purpose Premium Intel 2C.
Can I deploy both in the same country?
Yes — both plans are offered in 1 shared country: NL.

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 8 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.

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