Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 2C or Scaleway BASIC3-X2C-8G?

DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 2C, at $48/mo (excl. VAT) versus $49.88/mo, a difference of $1.88/mo as of 16 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 2C: $6 per GB of RAM per month versus $6.24 for Scaleway BASIC3-X2C-8G.

Yes. Both plans are offered in 1 country: NL.

plan vs plan · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 2C takes 3 of 6 spec rounds against Scaleway BASIC3-X2C-8G. It is also the cheaper plan, at $48/mo versus $49.88/mo.

DigitalOceanwins 3 rounds

$48/mo

2 vCPU shared · 8 GB · 160 GB NVMe

Scaleway

$49.88/mo

2 vCPU shared · 8 GB · no disk

Monthly price (lower wins)

$48/mo

$49.88/mo

$ per GB RAM (lower wins)

$6.24

RAM

8 GB

vCPU

2 shared

Disk

160 GB NVMe

none · volumes extra

Bandwidth

5 TB/mo

unmetered

Value score

43/100

22/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 1

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Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 2C or Scaleway BASIC3-X2C-8G?: DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 2C, at $48/mo (excl. VAT) versus $49.88/mo, a difference of $1.88/mo as of 16 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 2C: $6 per GB of RAM per month versus $6.24 for Scaleway BASIC3-X2C-8G.
Can I deploy both in the same country?: Yes. Both plans are offered in 1 country: NL.

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.