DigitalOcean vs Fasthosts.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, Fasthosts undercuts DigitalOcean on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $2.95/GB against $8/GB. The cheapest way in is DigitalOcean at $4/mo (Basic Regular 1C · 0.5 GB · 10 GB). DigitalOcean counters with broader reach: 10 locations vs 1.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Fasthosts VPS 4 at $12.13/mo, against DigitalOcean at $24/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

DigitalOceanall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Basic Regular 1C · 0.5 GB · 10 GB

  1 vCPU · 512 MB · 10 GB SSD

  $4/moView at DigitalOcean ↗

Fasthostsall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 4 GB

  4 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe

  $12.13/moView at Fasthosts ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricDigitalOceanFasthosts

Plans tracked708

Cheapest plan$4/mo$12.13/mo

Median $/GB RAM$8/GB$2.95/GB

Avg value score27/10082/100

Locations101

Dedicated-vCPU plans390

NVMe share69%100%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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DigitalOceanwins

Basic Regular 1C · 2 GB · 50 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 50 GB SSD · $12/mo

Fasthosts

VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 4 GB

4 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $12.13/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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DigitalOcean

Basic Regular 2C · 4 GB · 80 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · $24/mo

Fasthostswins

VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 4 GB

4 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $12.13/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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DigitalOcean

Basic Premium AMD 2C · 8 GB · 100 GB

2 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GB NVMe · $42/mo

Fasthostswins

RAM VPS 2 · 2 vCPU · 8 GB

2 vCPU · 8 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $22.92/mo

Top value plans from each

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

Fasthosts

• VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 88/100$12.13
• VPS 6 · 6 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 85/100$24.27
• RAM VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 83/100$32.36
• RAM VPS 8 · 8 vCPU · 32 GBvalue 83/100$60.67
• VPS 8 · 8 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 81/100$51.24

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. DigitalOcean data: Public pricing page · digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets (embedded plan JSON). Fasthosts data: Live web · VPS package cards on fasthosts.co.uk (data-price-exc-vat, standard not promo).