Binary Lane vs DigitalOcean.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, Binary Lane undercuts DigitalOcean on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $6.41/GB against $8/GB. The cheapest way in is Binary Lane at $3.49/mo (Standard std-min · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). DigitalOcean counters with broader reach: 10 locations vs 6.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Binary Lane Standard std-2vcpu at $13.97/mo, against DigitalOcean at $24/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Binary Laneall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Standard std-min · 1 vCPU · 1 GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 20 GB

  $3.49/moView at Binary Lane ↗

DigitalOceanall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Basic Regular 1C · 0.5 GB · 10 GB

  1 vCPU · 512 MB · 10 GB SSD

  $4/moView at DigitalOcean ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricBinary LaneDigitalOcean

Plans tracked1870

Cheapest plan$3.49/mo$4/mo

Median $/GB RAM$6.41/GB$8/GB

Avg value score53/10027/100

Locations610

Dedicated-vCPU plans639

NVMe share33%69%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans0% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Binary Lanewins

Standard std-1vcpu · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 40 GB · $6.98/mo

DigitalOcean

Basic Regular 1C · 2 GB · 50 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 50 GB SSD · $12/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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Binary Lanewins

Standard std-2vcpu · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 60 GB · $13.97/mo

DigitalOcean

Basic Regular 2C · 4 GB · 80 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · $24/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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Binary Lanewins

Standard std-4vcpu · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GB · $27.93/mo

DigitalOcean

Basic Premium AMD 2C · 8 GB · 100 GB

2 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GB NVMe · $42/mo

Top value plans from each

Binary Lane

• Standard std-min · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 81/100$3.49
• Storage hdd-500gb · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 78/100$14.25
• Standard std-1vcpu · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 77/100$6.98
• Standard std-2vcpu · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 75/100$13.97
• Standard std-4vcpu · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 74/100$27.93

DigitalOcean

• Basic Regular 1C · 0.5 GB · 10 GBvalue 72/100$4
• Basic Regular 1C · 1 GB · 25 GBvalue 71/100$6
• Basic Premium Intel 1C · 1 GB · 25 GBvalue 67/100$7
• Basic Premium AMD 1C · 1 GB · 25 GBvalue 67/100$7
• Basic Premium Intel 1C · 1 GB · 35 GBvalue 64/100$8

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Binary Lane data: Public API · api.binarylane.com.au/v2/sizes + /regions (AUD). DigitalOcean data: Public pricing page · digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets (embedded plan JSON).