DigitalOcean vs Gandi.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, Gandi undercuts DigitalOcean on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $4.72/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 Gandi V-R4 at $17.31/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 ↗

Gandiall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  V-R1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 25 GB SSD

  $5.77/moView at Gandi ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricDigitalOceanGandi

Plans tracked706

Cheapest plan$4/mo$5.77/mo

Median $/GB RAM$8/GB$4.72/GB

Avg value score27/10055/100

Locations101

Dedicated-vCPU plans390

NVMe share69%0%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans0% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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DigitalOcean

Basic Regular 1C · 2 GB · 50 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 50 GB SSD · $12/mo

Gandiwins

V-R2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 25 GB SSD · $9.23/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

Gandiwins

V-R4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 25 GB SSD · $17.31/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

Gandiwins

V-R8 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 25 GB SSD · $34.62/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

Gandi

• V-R1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 76/100$5.77
• V-R2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 69/100$9.23
• V-R4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 61/100$17.31
• V-R8 · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 55/100$34.62
• V-R12 · 6 vCPU · 12 GBvalue 43/100$57.69

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). Gandi data: Live web · Cloud VPS comparison table on gandi.net (taxes excl.).