Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Regular 1C or Vultr Cloud Compute 1C?

DigitalOcean Basic Regular 1C at $4/mo (excl. VAT) versus $5/mo — a difference of $1/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

Vultr Cloud Compute 1C: $5 per GB of RAM per month versus $8 for DigitalOcean Basic Regular 1C.

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.

DigitalOcean Basic Regular 1C vs Vultr Cloud Compute 1C.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Vultr Cloud Compute 1C takes 4 of 6 spec rounds against DigitalOcean Basic Regular 1C. DigitalOcean Basic Regular 1C counters on price: $1/mo less, for 512 MB RAM and 1 vCPU instead of 1 GB and 1.

DigitalOcean

Basic Regular 1C · 0.5 GB · 10 GB

$4/mo

1 vCPU shared · 512 MB · 10 GB SSD

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Vultrwins 4 rounds

Cloud Compute 1C · 1 GB

$5/mo

1 vCPU shared · 1 GB · 25 GB SSD

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$4/mo

$5/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

RAM

512 MB

1 GB

vCPU

1 shared

Disk

10 GB SSD

25 GB SSD

Bandwidth

500 GB/mo

1.0 TB/mo

Value score

80/100

84/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 8

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Regular 1C or Vultr Cloud Compute 1C?: DigitalOcean Basic Regular 1C at $4/mo (excl. VAT) versus $5/mo — a difference of $1/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: Vultr Cloud Compute 1C: $5 per GB of RAM per month versus $8 for DigitalOcean Basic Regular 1C.
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.