DigitalOcean vs OVHcloud.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, OVHcloud undercuts DigitalOcean on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $1.23/GB against $8/GB. The cheapest way in is DigitalOcean at $4/mo (Basic Regular 1C · 0.5 GB · 10 GB). OVHcloud counters with broader reach: 28 locations vs 10.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is OVHcloud VPS-1 2027 at $5.18/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 ↗

OVHcloudall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · EU

  2 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB NVMe

  $5.18/moView at OVHcloud ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricDigitalOceanOVHcloud

Plans tracked7010

Cheapest plan$4/mo$5.18/mo

Median $/GB RAM$8/GB$1.23/GB

Avg value score27/10094/100

Locations1028

Dedicated-vCPU plans390

NVMe share69%100%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans

One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)93

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

OVHcloudwins

VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · EU

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB NVMe · $5.18/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

OVHcloudwins

VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · EU

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB NVMe · $5.18/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

OVHcloudwins

VPS-2 LZ 2027 · 4 vCPU / 8 GB · EU

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 75 GB NVMe · $9.80/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

OVHcloud

• VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · EUvalue 96/100$5.18
• VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · USvalue 95/100$5.35
• VPS-2 LZ 2027 · 4 vCPU / 8 GB · EUvalue 94/100$9.80
• VPS-2 2027 · 4 vCPU / 8 GB · EUvalue 94/100$9.80
• VPS-2 2027 · 4 vCPU / 8 GB · USvalue 94/100$10

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). OVHcloud data: Public API · order/catalog/public/vps for the US subsidiary (api.us.ovhcloud.com, USD) and the EU one (api.ovh.com, FR, EUR).