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DigitalOcean Basic Regular 2C vs Scaleway PLAY2-NANO.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Scaleway PLAY2-NANO takes 3 of 6 spec rounds against DigitalOcean Basic Regular 2C. It is also the cheaper plan, at $23.36/mo versus $24/mo.

DigitalOcean

Basic Regular 2C · 4 GB · 80 GB

$24/mo

2 vCPU shared · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD

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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)

$24/mo

$23.36/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$6

$5.84

RAM

4 GB

4 GB

vCPU

2 shared

2 shared

Disk

80 GB SSD

0 MB

Bandwidth

4 TB/mo

unmetered

Value score

64/100

56/100

Regions

10

3

Countries served by both · 1

  • NL

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Regular 2C or Scaleway PLAY2-NANO?
Scaleway PLAY2-NANO at $23.36/mo (excl. VAT) versus $24/mo — a difference of $0.64/mo, as of 6 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
Scaleway PLAY2-NANO: $5.84 per GB of RAM per month versus $6 for DigitalOcean Basic Regular 2C.
Can I deploy both in the same country?
Yes — both plans are offered in 1 shared country: NL.

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 6 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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