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DigitalOcean vs OVHcloud.

vps pricing compared · September 2026 · refreshed daily

On today's data, OVHcloud undercuts DigitalOcean on memory pricing — a median of $1.25/GB of RAM vs $8/GB. The cheapest way in is DigitalOcean at $4/mo (Basic Regular 1C · 0.5 GB · 10 GB). OVHcloud counters with broader reach: 28 locations vs 10.

Plans tracked705
Cheapest plan$4/mo$5.35/mo
Median $/GB RAM$8/GB$1.25/GB
Avg value score35/10094/100
Locations1028
Dedicated-vCPU plans390
NVMe share69%100%
Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans
One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)93

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

Top value plans from each

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). OVHcloud data: Public API — api.us.ovhcloud.com/1.0/order/catalog/public/vps (US subsidiary, USD).

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