Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C or Vultr Optimized Cloud 1C?

Vultr Optimized Cloud 1C at $40/mo (excl. VAT) versus $42/mo — a difference of $2/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

Vultr Optimized Cloud 1C: $5 per GB of RAM per month versus $5.25 for DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C.

Yes — both plans are offered in 8 shared countries: AU, CA, DE, GB, IN, NL, SG, US.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Vultr Optimized Cloud 1C takes 3 of 6 spec rounds against DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C. It is also the cheaper plan, at $40/mo versus $42/mo.

DigitalOcean

$42/mo

2 vCPU shared · 8 GB · 100 GB NVME

Vultrwins 3 rounds

$40/mo

1 vCPU dedicated · 8 GB · 50 GB NVME

Monthly price(lower wins)

$42/mo

$40/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$5.25

RAM

8 GB

vCPU

2 shared

1 ded.

Disk

100 GB NVME

50 GB NVME

Bandwidth

5 TB/mo

5.1 TB/mo

Value score

54/100

42/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 8

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Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C or Vultr Optimized Cloud 1C?: Vultr Optimized Cloud 1C at $40/mo (excl. VAT) versus $42/mo — a difference of $2/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: Vultr Optimized Cloud 1C: $5 per GB of RAM per month versus $5.25 for DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C.
Can I deploy both in the same country?: Yes — both plans are offered in 8 shared countries: AU, CA, DE, GB, IN, NL, SG, US.

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 5 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.