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DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 4C vs Scaleway BASIC3-X4C-8G.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 4C takes 3 of 6 spec rounds against Scaleway BASIC3-X4C-8G. It is also the cheaper plan, at $64/mo versus $67.02/mo.

DigitalOceanwins 3 rounds

Basic Premium Intel 4C · 8 GB · 240 GB

$64/mo

4 vCPU shared · 8 GB · 240 GB NVME

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Scaleway

BASIC3-X4C-8G

$67.02/mo

4 vCPU shared · 8 GB · 0 MB · $0.25 on 5 Sept 2026

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$64/mo

$67.02/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$8

$8.38

RAM

8 GB

8 GB

vCPU

4 shared

4 shared

Disk

240 GB NVME

0 MB

Bandwidth

6 TB/mo

unmetered

Value score

49/100

24/100

Regions

10

3

Countries served by both · 1

  • NL

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 4C or Scaleway BASIC3-X4C-8G?
DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 4C at $64/mo (excl. VAT) versus $67.02/mo — a difference of $3.02/mo, as of 8 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 4C: $8 per GB of RAM per month versus $8.38 for Scaleway BASIC3-X4C-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.

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