Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Regular 2C or Gcore a1-cpu-2-2?

DigitalOcean Basic Regular 2C at $18/mo (excl. VAT) versus $18.45/mo — a difference of $0.45/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

DigitalOcean Basic Regular 2C: $9 per GB of RAM per month versus $9.23 for Gcore a1-cpu-2-2.

No — the two plans have no country in common, so location alone may decide it.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

DigitalOcean Basic Regular 2C takes 4 of 6 spec rounds against Gcore a1-cpu-2-2. It is also the cheaper plan, at $18/mo versus $18.45/mo.

DigitalOceanwins 4 rounds

$18/mo

2 vCPU shared · 2 GB · 60 GB SSD

Gcore

$18.45/mo

2 vCPU dedicated · 2 GB · 0 MB

Monthly price(lower wins)

$18/mo

$18.45/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$9.23

RAM

2 GB

vCPU

2 shared

2 ded.

Disk

60 GB SSD

0 MB

Bandwidth

3 TB/mo

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Value score

55/100

27/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 0

No overlap — if location matters, that alone may decide it.

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Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Regular 2C or Gcore a1-cpu-2-2?: DigitalOcean Basic Regular 2C at $18/mo (excl. VAT) versus $18.45/mo — a difference of $0.45/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: DigitalOcean Basic Regular 2C: $9 per GB of RAM per month versus $9.23 for Gcore a1-cpu-2-2.
Can I deploy both in the same country?: No — the two plans have no country in common, so location alone may decide it.

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.