DigitalOcean App Platform apps-s-1vcpu-0.5gb vs Koyeb Micro

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The same 512 MB of memory at two platforms, so the size is identical and everything around it is not. DigitalOcean App Platform apps-s-1vcpu-0.5gb takes 2 of 4 rounds against Koyeb Micro. It is also the cheaper of the two, at $5/mo against $5.36/mo.

DigitalOcean App PlatformWins 2 rounds

apps-s-1vcpu-0.5gb · 1 shared vCPU · 512 MB

512 MB RAM · always on

$5/mo

$60 a year · $10.00/GB RAM

Koyeb

Micro · 0.5 vCPU · 512 MB

512 MB RAM · always on

$5.36/mo

$64.32 a year · $10.70/GB RAM

Monthly price (lower wins)

$5/mo

$5.36/mo

Price per GB of RAM (lower wins)

$10.00/GB RAM

$10.70/GB RAM

Memory

512 MB

512 MB

vCPU

1 shared

0.5 shared

Transfer included (more included is better)

50 GB

1 TB

Build minutes included (more included is better)

not published

not published

Stops when idle (staying on wins)

always on

always on

Members covered (more members covered is better)

members not charged

members not charged

What the invoice adds

  • A gigabyte of transfer$0.02 per GB vs $0.02 per GB
  • Transfer included50 GB vs 1 TB
  • Build minutes includednot published vs not published
  • A year at this price$60 vs $64.32

DigitalOcean App Platform, then Koyeb, at the published rates; a rate nobody publishes is not a rate of zero.

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean App Platform apps-s-1vcpu-0.5gb or Koyeb Micro?
DigitalOcean App Platform apps-s-1vcpu-0.5gb, at $5/mo against $5.36/mo, both excluding tax and read on 1 Nov 2026. Over a year that is $60 against $64.32, before anything either platform meters on top.
Which gives you more memory?
Both state 512 MB, so the question is what a gigabyte costs: $10.00/GB RAM at DigitalOcean App Platform and $10.70/GB RAM at Koyeb.
Does either one stop when the app is idle?
DigitalOcean App Platform apps-s-1vcpu-0.5gb: always on. Koyeb Micro: always on.
What does the monthly price leave out?
DigitalOcean App Platform apps-s-1vcpu-0.5gb: transfer 50 GB included and $0.02 per GB beyond it, builds not published, disk none, volumes extra, members not charged. Koyeb Micro: transfer 1 TB included and $0.02 per GB beyond it, builds not published, disk 5 GB, members not charged.

Every price is one month in the provider's own currency converted to dollars, read 1 Nov 2026 from each provider's own page, excluding tax. Transfer, build minutes, disks and members are metered on top wherever a platform says so, and none of those rates is folded into the figures above. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.

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