Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C or Gcore g3a-cpu-2-2?

Gcore g3a-cpu-2-2 at $20.33/mo (excl. VAT) versus $21/mo — a difference of $0.67/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

Gcore g3a-cpu-2-2: $10.16 per GB of RAM per month versus $10.50 for DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C.

Can I deploy both in the same country?

Yes — both plans are offered in 1 shared country: DE.

DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C vs Gcore g3a-cpu-2-2.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C and Gcore g3a-cpu-2-2 split the 6 spec rounds evenly — price, RAM, vCPU, disk, bandwidth and $/GB — so the decision comes down to location and workload.

DigitalOcean

Basic Premium AMD 2C · 2 GB · 60 GB

$21/mo

2 vCPU shared · 2 GB · 60 GB NVME

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Gcore

g3a-cpu-2-2 · 2 vCPU · 2 GB

$20.33/mo

2 vCPU dedicated · 2 GB · 0 MB

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$21/mo

$20.33/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$10.50

$10.16

RAM

2 GB

vCPU

2 shared

2 ded.

Disk

60 GB NVME

0 MB

Bandwidth

3 TB/mo

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Value score

44/100

21/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 1

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C or Gcore g3a-cpu-2-2?: Gcore g3a-cpu-2-2 at $20.33/mo (excl. VAT) versus $21/mo — a difference of $0.67/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: Gcore g3a-cpu-2-2: $10.16 per GB of RAM per month versus $10.50 for DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C.
Can I deploy both in the same country?: Yes — both plans are offered in 1 shared country: DE.

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 10 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.