Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 8C or Hetzner CPX41?

DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 8C at $128/mo (excl. VAT) versus $140.03/mo — a difference of $12.03/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 8C: $8 per GB of RAM per month versus $8.75 for Hetzner CPX41.

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

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 8C takes 4 of 6 spec rounds against Hetzner CPX41. It is also the cheaper plan, at $128/mo versus $140.03/mo.

DigitalOceanwins 4 rounds

$128/mo

8 vCPU shared · 16 GB · 480 GB NVME

Hetzner

$140.03/mo

8 vCPU shared · 16 GB · 240 GB NVME · ↑ $0.53 on 5 Sept 2026

Monthly price(lower wins)

$128/mo

$140.03/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$8.75

RAM

16 GB

vCPU

8 shared

Disk

480 GB NVME

240 GB NVME

Bandwidth

9 TB/mo

4 TB/mo

Value score

53/100

36/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 1

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Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 8C or Hetzner CPX41?: DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 8C at $128/mo (excl. VAT) versus $140.03/mo — a difference of $12.03/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 8C: $8 per GB of RAM per month versus $8.75 for Hetzner CPX41.
Can I deploy both in the same country?: Yes — both plans are offered in 1 shared country: 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.