Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 4C or Linode Dedicated 8GB?

DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 4C at $64/mo (excl. VAT) versus $72/mo — a difference of $8/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 4C: $8 per GB of RAM per month versus $9 for Linode Dedicated 8GB.

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

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 4C takes 4 of 6 spec rounds against Linode Dedicated 8GB. It is also the cheaper plan, at $64/mo versus $72/mo.

DigitalOceanwins 4 rounds

$64/mo

4 vCPU shared · 8 GB · 240 GB NVME

Linode

$72/mo

4 vCPU dedicated · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD

Monthly price(lower wins)

$64/mo

$72/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

RAM

8 GB

vCPU

4 shared

4 ded.

Disk

240 GB NVME

160 GB SSD

Bandwidth

6 TB/mo

5 TB/mo

Value score

56/100

41/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 8

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Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 4C or Linode Dedicated 8GB?: DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 4C at $64/mo (excl. VAT) versus $72/mo — a difference of $8/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 4C: $8 per GB of RAM per month versus $9 for Linode Dedicated 8GB.
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.