DigitalOcean General Purpose Premium Intel 2C vs Vultr Optimized Cloud 2C.
plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily
Vultr Optimized Cloud 2C takes 4 of 6 spec rounds against DigitalOcean General Purpose Premium Intel 2C. DigitalOcean General Purpose Premium Intel 2C counters on price: $7.80/mo less, for 8 GB RAM and 2 vCPU instead of 16 GB and 2.
General Purpose Premium Intel 2C · 8 GB · 165 GB
$92.20/mo
2 vCPU dedicated · 8 GB · 165 GB NVME
Monthly price(lower wins)
$92.20/mo
$100/mo
$ per GB RAM(lower wins)
$11.53
$6.25
RAM
8 GB
16 GB
vCPU
2 ded.
2 ded.
Disk
165 GB NVME
200 GB NVME
Bandwidth
4 TB/mo
6.1 TB/mo
Value score
11/100
37/100
Regions
10
33
Countries served by both · 8
- AU
- CA
- DE
- GB
- IN
- NL
- SG
- US
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Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean General Purpose Premium Intel 2C or Vultr Optimized Cloud 2C?
- DigitalOcean General Purpose Premium Intel 2C at $92.20/mo (excl. VAT) versus $100/mo — a difference of $7.80/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.
- Which offers more RAM per dollar?
- Vultr Optimized Cloud 2C: $6.25 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 8 shared countries: AU, CA, DE, GB, IN, NL, SG, US.
Prices exclude VAT, fetched 5 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.