DigitalOcean vs Hetzner.
vps pricing compared · September 2026 · refreshed daily
On today's data, Hetzner undercuts DigitalOcean on memory pricing — a median of $5.04/GB of RAM vs $8/GB. The cheapest way in is DigitalOcean at $4/mo (Basic Regular 1C · 0.5 GB · 10 GB). DigitalOcean counters with broader reach: 10 locations vs 6.
Plans tracked7022
Cheapest plan$4/mo$6.38/mo
Median $/GB RAM$8/GB$5.04/GB
Avg value score35/10069/100
Locations106
Dedicated-vCPU plans393
NVMe share69%100%
Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans0% of plans
One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)95
Cheapest plan at each RAM tier
≥ 2 GB RAM
full comparison →≥ 4 GB RAM
full comparison →Top value plans from each
DigitalOcean
Prices exclude VAT, fetched 5 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. DigitalOcean data: Public pricing page — digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets (embedded plan JSON). Hetzner data: Live web — hetzner.com cloud plan pages + live_data_prices.json price feed.