DigitalOcean vs STRATO.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, STRATO undercuts DigitalOcean on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $2.36/GB against $8/GB. The cheapest way in is STRATO at $3.88/mo (VPS S · 1 vCPU · 2 GB). DigitalOcean counters with broader reach: 10 locations vs 1.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is STRATO VPS M at $9.69/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 ↗

STRATOall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  VPS S · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

  1 vCPU · 2 GB · 60 GB NVMe

  $3.88/moView at STRATO ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricDigitalOceanSTRATO

Plans tracked705

Cheapest plan$4/mo$3.88/mo

Median $/GB RAM$8/GB$2.36/GB

Avg value score27/10089/100

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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DigitalOcean

Basic Regular 1C · 2 GB · 50 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 50 GB SSD · $12/mo

STRATOwins

VPS S · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 60 GB NVMe · $3.88/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

STRATOwins

VPS M · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $9.69/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

STRATOwins

VPS L · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 240 GB NVMe · $19.40/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

STRATO

• VPS S · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 96/100$3.88
• VPS M · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 89/100$9.69
• VPS L · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 87/100$19.40
• VPS XL · 8 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 87/100$37.81
• VPS XXL · 12 vCPU · 24 GBvalue 85/100$54.30

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). STRATO data: Live web · Linux V-Server table on strato.de (1-month term; net derived from 19 % VAT).