Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 2C or Scaleway BASIC3-X2C-8G?

DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 2C at $48/mo (excl. VAT) versus $50.24/mo — a difference of $2.24/mo, as of 8 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 2C: $6 per GB of RAM per month versus $6.28 for Scaleway BASIC3-X2C-8G.

Yes — both plans are offered in 1 shared country: NL.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 2C takes 3 of 6 spec rounds against Scaleway BASIC3-X2C-8G. It is also the cheaper plan, at $48/mo versus $50.24/mo.

DigitalOceanwins 3 rounds

$48/mo

2 vCPU shared · 8 GB · 160 GB NVME

Scaleway

$50.24/mo

2 vCPU shared · 8 GB · 0 MB · ↑ $0.19 on 5 Sept 2026

Monthly price(lower wins)

$48/mo

$50.24/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$6.28

RAM

8 GB

vCPU

2 shared

Disk

160 GB NVME

0 MB

Bandwidth

5 TB/mo

unmetered

Value score

47/100

30/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 1

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Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 2C or Scaleway BASIC3-X2C-8G?: DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 2C at $48/mo (excl. VAT) versus $50.24/mo — a difference of $2.24/mo, as of 8 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 2C: $6 per GB of RAM per month versus $6.28 for Scaleway BASIC3-X2C-8G.
Can I deploy both in the same country?: Yes — both plans are offered in 1 shared country: NL.

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 8 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.