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DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 2C vs Scaleway PLAY2-NANO.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Scaleway PLAY2-NANO takes 3 of 6 spec rounds against DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 2C. DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 2C counters on price: $2.36/mo less, for 2 GB RAM and 2 vCPU instead of 4 GB and 2.

DigitalOcean

Basic Premium Intel 2C · 2 GB · 60 GB

$21/mo

2 vCPU shared · 2 GB · 60 GB NVME

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Scalewaywins 3 rounds

PLAY2-NANO

$23.36/mo

2 vCPU shared · 4 GB · 0 MB · $0.09 on 5 Sept 2026

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$21/mo

$23.36/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$10.50

$5.84

RAM

2 GB

4 GB

vCPU

2 shared

2 shared

Disk

60 GB NVME

0 MB

Bandwidth

3 TB/mo

unmetered

Value score

55/100

61/100

Regions

10

3

Countries served by both · 1

  • NL

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 2C or Scaleway PLAY2-NANO?
DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 2C at $21/mo (excl. VAT) versus $23.36/mo — a difference of $2.36/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
Scaleway PLAY2-NANO: $5.84 per GB of RAM per month versus $10.50 for DigitalOcean Basic 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 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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