DigitalOcean vs Hostinger.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, Hostinger undercuts DigitalOcean on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $1.84/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 9.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Hostinger KVM 1 at $11.99/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 ↗

Hostingerall plans →

• Cheapest

  KVM 1

  1 vCPU · 4 GB · 50 GB NVMe

  $11.99/moView at Hostinger ↗
• Best value

  KVM 8

  8 vCPU · 32 GB · 400 GB NVMe

  $49.99/moView at Hostinger ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricDigitalOceanHostinger

Plans tracked704

Cheapest plan$4/mo$11.99/mo

Median $/GB RAM$8/GB$1.84/GB

Avg value score27/10083/100

Locations109

Dedicated-vCPU plans390

NVMe share69%100%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans0% of plans

One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)910

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

Hostingerwins

KVM 1

1 vCPU · 4 GB · 50 GB NVMe · $11.99/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

Hostingerwins

KVM 1

1 vCPU · 4 GB · 50 GB NVMe · $11.99/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

Hostingerwins

KVM 2

2 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GB NVMe · $14.99/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

Hostinger

• KVM 8value 87/100$49.99
• KVM 4value 85/100$28.99
• KVM 2value 84/100$14.99
• KVM 1value 76/100$11.99

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). Hostinger data: Public pricing page · hostinger.com/vps-hosting (SSR cards; regular renewal price, not first-term promo).