DigitalOcean

CPU-Optimized 4C · 8 GB · 100 GB

CPU-Optimized

DigitalOcean CPU-Optimized 4C costs $94/mo for 4 vCPU, 8 GB of RAM and 100 GB SSD, cheaper than 33% of the 524 VPS plans we track, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Price

$94/mo

$0.1399/hour

$11.75 per GB RAM

Cheaper than 33% of tracked offers

Specs vs the whole index

RAM
8 GB> 31% of offers
vCPU
4 dedicated> 41% of offers
Disk
100 GB SSD> 55% of offers
Bandwidth
5 TB/mo

Value score

7/100

RAM · 8 GB
8.0
vCPU · 4
6.0
Disk · 100 GB SSD
3.2
Traffic · 5 TB
1.5
18.7 points ÷ $94
0.20 per $

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.

The score ranks 0.20 points per dollar against the 524 tracked VPS plans, whose median is 0.43. A higher score means more machine for the money.

Data provenance

DigitalOcean · Public pricing page · digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets (embedded plan JSON)

Fetched 16 Sept 2026

Prices exclude VAT. Always confirm on the provider's site.

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Where this sits in the market

At $94/mo, CPU-Optimized 4C · 8 GB · 100 GB is cheaper than 33% of the 524 VPS plans in our index. It delivers 8 GB of RAM at $11.75/GB, 117% above the $5.42/GB market median. Its value score of 7/100 ranks it #348 among VPS plans that include a disk, and it is the 36th cheapest of DigitalOcean's 70 tracked plans.

Open models this box runs comfortably · CPU inference

how we compute this →

Largest two per lineup that fit 8 GB with 20% headroom at Q4_K_M and an 8K context; speeds are bandwidth-bound estimates for 4 dedicated vCPU.

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