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DigitalOcean vs Scaleway.

vps pricing compared · September 2026 · refreshed daily

On today's data, Scaleway undercuts DigitalOcean on memory pricing — a median of $6.01/GB of RAM vs $8/GB. The cheapest way in is Scaleway at $0.51/mo (STARDUST1-S). DigitalOcean counters with broader reach: 10 locations vs 4.

Plans tracked7059
Cheapest plan$4/mo$0.51/mo
Median $/GB RAM$8/GB$6.01/GB
Avg value score35/10034/100
Locations104
Dedicated-vCPU plans3924
NVMe share69%0%
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). Scaleway data: Public API — api.scaleway.com/instance/v1/zones/{zone}/products/servers.

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