Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Regular 8C or Gcore g2s-shared-8-16-320?

Gcore g2s-shared-8-16-320 at $88.51/mo (excl. VAT) versus $96/mo — a difference of $7.49/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

Gcore g2s-shared-8-16-320: $5.53 per GB of RAM per month versus $6 for DigitalOcean Basic Regular 8C.

Can I deploy both in the same country?

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

DigitalOcean Basic Regular 8C vs Gcore g2s-shared-8-16-320.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

DigitalOcean Basic Regular 8C and Gcore g2s-shared-8-16-320 split the 6 spec rounds evenly — price, RAM, vCPU, disk, bandwidth and $/GB — so the decision comes down to location and workload.

DigitalOcean

Basic Regular 8C · 16 GB · 320 GB

$96/mo

8 vCPU shared · 16 GB · 320 GB SSD

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Gcore

g2s-shared-8-16-320 · 8 vCPU · 16 GB

$88.51/mo

8 vCPU shared · 16 GB · 0 MB

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$96/mo

$88.51/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$5.53

RAM

16 GB

vCPU

8 shared

Disk

320 GB SSD

0 MB

Bandwidth

6 TB/mo

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Value score

52/100

30/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 1

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Regular 8C or Gcore g2s-shared-8-16-320?: Gcore g2s-shared-8-16-320 at $88.51/mo (excl. VAT) versus $96/mo — a difference of $7.49/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: Gcore g2s-shared-8-16-320: $5.53 per GB of RAM per month versus $6 for DigitalOcean Basic Regular 8C.
Can I deploy both in the same country?: Yes — both plans are offered in 1 shared country: NL.

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 10 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.