DigitalOcean Basic Regular 8C vs Gcore g3a-standard-8-16.
plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily
DigitalOcean Basic Regular 8C takes 4 of 6 spec rounds against Gcore g3a-standard-8-16. It is also the cheaper plan, at $96/mo versus $96.77/mo.
Monthly price(lower wins)
$96/mo
$96.77/mo
$ per GB RAM(lower wins)
$6
$6.05
RAM
16 GB
16 GB
vCPU
8 shared
8 ded.
Disk
320 GB SSD
0 MB
Bandwidth
6 TB/mo
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Value score
52/100
25/100
Regions
10
1
Countries served by both · 1
- DE
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Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Regular 8C or Gcore g3a-standard-8-16?
- DigitalOcean Basic Regular 8C at $96/mo (excl. VAT) versus $96.77/mo — a difference of $0.77/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.
- Which offers more RAM per dollar?
- DigitalOcean Basic Regular 8C: $6 per GB of RAM per month versus $6.05 for Gcore g3a-standard-8-16.
- Can I deploy both in the same country?
- Yes — both plans are offered in 1 shared country: DE.
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.