How much does DigitalOcean CPU-Optimized 2C cost?

$47 a month excl. VAT, which is $11.75 for each GB of RAM. Checked 31 Oct 2026 on DigitalOcean's own site.

What do you get with DigitalOcean CPU-Optimized 2C?

2 dedicated vCPU, 4 GB of RAM, 50 GB SSD of disk and 4 TB of traffic a month.

Where does DigitalOcean CPU-Optimized 2C run?

In 10 locations: New York City, US, San Francisco, US, Amsterdam, NL, Singapore, SG, London, GB, Frankfurt, DE, Toronto, CA, Bangalore, IN, and more.

How does DigitalOcean CPU-Optimized 2C compare with other VPS plans?

It is cheaper than 55% of the 527 plans we track, and a GB of RAM costs 124% more than the $5.25 typical across them. It scores Value 8/100 on hardware per dollar, #345 of the 374 plans that include a disk.

DigitalOcean CPU-Optimized 2C.

Prices checked 31 Oct

DigitalOcean CPU-Optimized 2C costs $47 a month for 2 vCPU, 4 GB of RAM and 50 GB SSD, cheaper than 55% of the 527 VPS plans we track, checked 31 Oct.

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Price

DigitalOcean

$47/mo

$11.75 per GB of RAM a month

Cheaper than 55% of the 527 plans we track.

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Value

8/100

hardware per dollar

It ranks #345 of the 374 plans that include a disk.

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What you get

RAM: 4 GBmore than 16% of plans
vCPU: 2 dedicatedmore than 14% of plans
Disk: 50 GB SSDmore than 40% of plans
Traffic: 4 TB a month

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How it scores

Value 8/100 is hardware per dollar: 0.21 points for each dollar, against a typical 0.44 across the 527 plans we track.

RAM, 4 GB: 4.0
vCPU, 2: 3.0
Disk, 50 GB SSD: 1.6
Traffic, 4 TB: 1.2
9.8 points for $47: 0.21 a dollar

1 point per GB of RAM, 1.5 per vCPU, 1 per 25 GB of disk up to 500 GB (SSD × 0.8, HDD × 0.4), and 0.3 per TB of traffic up to 20 TB.

Models it can run

The largest two per family that fit 4 GB with room to spare, on its 2 dedicated vCPU at 4-bit. How we work this out

Llama 3.2 1B, about 9.6–19 tok/s Gemma 3 1B, about 12–24 tok/s Qwen3 0.6B, about 16–32 tok/s

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Frequently asked

How much does DigitalOcean CPU-Optimized 2C cost?: $47 a month excl. VAT, which is $11.75 for each GB of RAM. Checked 31 Oct 2026 on DigitalOcean's own site.
What do you get with DigitalOcean CPU-Optimized 2C?: 2 dedicated vCPU, 4 GB of RAM, 50 GB SSD of disk and 4 TB of traffic a month.
Where does DigitalOcean CPU-Optimized 2C run?: In 10 locations: New York City, US, San Francisco, US, Amsterdam, NL, Singapore, SG, London, GB, Frankfurt, DE, Toronto, CA, Bangalore, IN, and more.
How does DigitalOcean CPU-Optimized 2C compare with other VPS plans?: It is cheaper than 55% of the 527 plans we track, and a GB of RAM costs 124% more than the $5.25 typical across them. It scores Value 8/100 on hardware per dollar, #345 of the 374 plans that include a disk.