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DigitalOcean vs Gcore.

vps pricing compared · September 2026 · refreshed daily

On today's data, Gcore undercuts DigitalOcean on memory pricing — a median of $4.94/GB of RAM vs $8/GB. The cheapest way in is Gcore at $0.83/mo (g2s-shared-1-1-25 · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). DigitalOcean counters with broader reach: 10 locations vs 8.

Plans tracked7090
Cheapest plan$4/mo$0.83/mo
Median $/GB RAM$8/GB$4.94/GB
Avg value score27/10041/100
Locations108
Dedicated-vCPU plans3976
NVMe share69%0%
Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans0% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

Top value plans from each

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 10 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. DigitalOcean data: Public pricing page — digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets (embedded plan JSON). Gcore data: Live web — VM flavor table in the gcore.com/pricing/cloud payload (EUR excl. VAT, lowest-priced region).

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