DigitalOcean vs HOSTKEY.
vps pricing compared · September 2026 · refreshed daily
On today's data, HOSTKEY undercuts DigitalOcean on memory pricing — a median of $1.92/GB of RAM vs $8/GB. The cheapest way in is HOSTKEY at $2.87/mo (vm.pico · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). DigitalOcean counters with broader reach: 10 locations vs 1.
Plans tracked7020
Cheapest plan$4/mo$2.87/mo
Median $/GB RAM$8/GB$1.92/GB
Avg value score27/10086/100
Locations101
Dedicated-vCPU plans393
NVMe share69%65%
Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans0% of plans
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 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). HOSTKEY data: Live web — preconfigured VPS/VDS cards on hostkey.com (Amsterdam price list, net).