Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C or Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 4?

DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C at $28/mo (excl. VAT) versus $28.99/mo — a difference of $0.99/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 4: $4.83 per GB of RAM per month versus $7 for DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C.

Can I deploy both in the same country?

Yes — both plans are offered in 2 shared countries: NL, US.

DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C vs Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 4.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 4 takes 3 of 6 spec rounds against DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C. DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C counters on price: $0.99/mo less, for 4 GB RAM and 2 vCPU instead of 6 GB and 2.

DigitalOcean

Basic Premium AMD 2C · 4 GB · 80 GB

$28/mo

2 vCPU shared · 4 GB · 80 GB NVME

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Hostwindswins 3 rounds

Unmanaged SSD Cloud 4 · 2 vCPU · 6 GB

$28.99/mo

2 vCPU shared · 6 GB · 100 GB SSD

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$28/mo

$28.99/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$4.83

RAM

4 GB

6 GB

vCPU

2 shared

Disk

80 GB NVME

100 GB SSD

Bandwidth

4 TB/mo

2 TB/mo

Value score

47/100

56/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 2

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C or Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 4?: DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C at $28/mo (excl. VAT) versus $28.99/mo — a difference of $0.99/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 4: $4.83 per GB of RAM per month versus $7 for DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C.
Can I deploy both in the same country?: Yes — both plans are offered in 2 shared countries: NL, US.

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.