DigitalOcean vs netcup.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, netcup undercuts DigitalOcean on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $1.21/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 5.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is netcup VPS 500 G12 at $5.73/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 ↗

netcupall plans →

• Cheapest

  VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB

  2 vCPU · 4 GB · 128 GB NVMe

  $5.73/moView at netcup ↗
• Best value

  VPS 1000 G12 · 4 vCore · 8 GB

  4 vCPU · 8 GB · 256 GB NVMe

  $10.05/moView at netcup ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricDigitalOceannetcup

Plans tracked709

Cheapest plan$4/mo$5.73/mo

Median $/GB RAM$8/GB$1.21/GB

Avg value score27/10095/100

Locations105

Dedicated-vCPU plans394

NVMe share69%100%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans

One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)90

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

full comparison →

DigitalOcean

Basic Regular 1C · 2 GB · 50 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 50 GB SSD · $12/mo

netcupwins

VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 128 GB NVMe · $5.73/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

full comparison →

DigitalOcean

Basic Regular 2C · 4 GB · 80 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · $24/mo

netcupwins

VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 128 GB NVMe · $5.73/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

full comparison →

DigitalOcean

Basic Premium AMD 2C · 8 GB · 100 GB

2 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GB NVMe · $42/mo

netcupwins

VPS 1000 G12 · 4 vCore · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 256 GB NVMe · $10.05/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

netcup

• VPS 1000 G12 · 4 vCore · 8 GBvalue 98/100$10.05
• VPS 2000 G12 · 8 vCore · 16 GBvalue 98/100$18.67
• VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GBvalue 97/100$5.73
• RS 2000 G12 · 8 dedicated cores · 16 GBvalue 97/100$20.78
• VPS 4000 G12 · 12 vCore · 32 GBvalue 96/100$31.43

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). netcup data: Live web · server-rendered plan cards on netcup.com/en/server/vps + /en/server/root-server.