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DigitalOcean Basic Regular 2C vs Gcore g3a-standard-2-4.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

DigitalOcean Basic Regular 2C takes 4 of 6 spec rounds against Gcore g3a-standard-2-4. It is also the cheaper plan, at $24/mo versus $24.19/mo.

DigitalOceanwins 4 rounds

Basic Regular 2C · 4 GB · 80 GB

$24/mo

2 vCPU shared · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD

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Gcore

g3a-standard-2-4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

$24.19/mo

2 vCPU dedicated · 4 GB · 0 MB

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$24/mo

$24.19/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$6

$6.05

RAM

4 GB

4 GB

vCPU

2 shared

2 ded.

Disk

80 GB SSD

0 MB

Bandwidth

4 TB/mo

Value score

57/100

29/100

Regions

10

1

Countries served by both · 1

  • DE

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Regular 2C or Gcore g3a-standard-2-4?
DigitalOcean Basic Regular 2C at $24/mo (excl. VAT) versus $24.19/mo — a difference of $0.19/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
DigitalOcean Basic Regular 2C: $6 per GB of RAM per month versus $6.05 for Gcore g3a-standard-2-4.
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.

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