Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Regular 4C or Hetzner CPX32?

Hetzner CPX32 at $41.25/mo (excl. VAT) versus $48/mo — a difference of $6.75/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

Hetzner CPX32: $5.16 per GB of RAM per month versus $6 for DigitalOcean Basic Regular 4C.

Yes — both plans are offered in 2 shared countries: DE, SG.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Hetzner CPX32 takes 3 of 6 spec rounds against DigitalOcean Basic Regular 4C. It is also the cheaper plan, at $41.25/mo versus $48/mo.

DigitalOcean

$48/mo

4 vCPU shared · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD

Hetznerwins 3 rounds

$41.25/mo

4 vCPU shared · 8 GB · 160 GB NVME · ↑ $0.16 on 5 Sept 2026

Monthly price(lower wins)

$48/mo

$41.25/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$5.16

RAM

8 GB

vCPU

4 shared

Disk

160 GB SSD

160 GB NVME

Bandwidth

5 TB/mo

20 TB/mo

Value score

65/100

80/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 2

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Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Regular 4C or Hetzner CPX32?: Hetzner CPX32 at $41.25/mo (excl. VAT) versus $48/mo — a difference of $6.75/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: Hetzner CPX32: $5.16 per GB of RAM per month versus $6 for DigitalOcean Basic Regular 4C.
Can I deploy both in the same country?: Yes — both plans are offered in 2 shared countries: DE, SG.

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.