DigitalOcean vs Vultr
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Entry pricing: DigitalOcean from $4.00/mo (Basic Droplet 512 MiB) vs Vultr from $3.50/mo (Cloud Compute Regular 512 MB).
Entry plans at a glance
Full pricing
DigitalOcean plans
Prices last verified: July 20, 2026Vultr plans
Prices last verified: July 20, 2026Pros & cons
The safe default for developers who want a mature ecosystem, clean UX and predictable bills more than the absolute lowest price per GB of RAM.
Best pick when you need many small instances close to users worldwide; the $10/TB egress overage is mid-pack.
Frequently asked questions
Vultr has the cheaper entry plan: $3.50/month vs $4.00/month (Basic Droplet 512 MiB vs Cloud Compute Regular 512 MB, verified against official pricing pages).
DigitalOcean includes up to 4 TB of traffic on the plans we track; Vultr includes up to 2 TB of traffic on the plans we track.
DigitalOcean: New York, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Toronto, Bangalore, Singapore, Sydney. Vultr: 32 locations worldwide, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, New Jersey, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney.
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