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DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C vs Hetzner CPX11.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C and Hetzner CPX11 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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Hetzner

CPX11 · 2 vCPU · 2 GB

$20.33/mo

2 vCPU shared · 2 GB · 40 GB NVME · $0.08 on 5 Sept 2026

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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

2 GB

vCPU

2 shared

2 shared

Disk

60 GB NVME

40 GB NVME

Bandwidth

3 TB/mo

1 TB/mo

Value score

56/100

44/100

Regions

10

2

Countries served by both · 1

  • US

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C or Hetzner CPX11?
Hetzner CPX11 at $20.33/mo (excl. VAT) versus $21/mo — a difference of $0.67/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
Hetzner CPX11: $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: 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.

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