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8 GB / 2 vCPU

DigitalOcean · DigitalOcean General Purpose Premium Intel 8 GB / 2 vCPU / 30 GB · Cloud hosting

  • Unmanaged
  • Hourly billing
  • Value score 41/100
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RAM
8 GB
CPU
2 vCPUDedicated cores
Storage
30 GBNVMe
Bandwidth
4 TBper month
Websites
Unlimited
Visits
Not metered

Choose how long to pay for

Longer terms lower the monthly price, but you pay for the whole term up front and the price usually goes up on renewal.

Monthly (hourly)Per month$76.00Pay today$76.00Renews atSame priceTotal over 3 years$2,736.00

Compare sizes

Other Droplets plans of the same type, priced on the same billing period.

PlanRAMCPUStorageBandwidthPer month
8 GB / 2 vCPU8 GB2 vCPU25 GB4 TB$63.00
16 GB / 4 vCPU16 GB4 vCPU50 GB5 TB$126.00
32 GB / 8 vCPU32 GB8 vCPU100 GB6 TB$252.00
64 GB / 16 vCPU64 GB16 vCPU200 GB7 TB$504.00
128 GB / 32 vCPU128 GB32 vCPU400 GB8 TB$1,008.00
160 GB / 40 vCPU160 GB40 vCPU500 GB9 TB$1,260.00
8 GB / 2 vCPUThis plan8 GB2 vCPU30 GB4 TB$76.00
16 GB / 4 vCPU16 GB4 vCPU60 GB5 TB$151.00
32 GB / 8 vCPU32 GB8 vCPU120 GB6 TB$302.00
64 GB / 16 vCPU64 GB16 vCPU240 GB7 TB$605.00
128 GB / 32 vCPU128 GB32 vCPU480 GB8 TB$1,210.00
192 GB / 48 vCPU192 GB48 vCPU720 GB9 TB$1,814.00
240 GB / 60 vCPU240 GB60 vCPU900 GB10 TB$2,269.00

What's included

  • Free SSL certificatenot included
  • Free domain (first year)not included
  • Automatic backupsnot included
  • Free website migrationnot included
  • CDNnot included
  • Email accountsnot included
  • Staging sitenot included
  • DDoS protectionnot included

Server

Management
You manage the server
Root access
Yes
Control panel
None (command line)
Operating system
Linux
Billing
Hourly, capped at the monthly price

DigitalOcean

Support
24/7
Money-back
No refund window
Uptime guarantee
99.99%
Billed in
USD, excluding tax
Founded
2011 · United States
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Data center locations

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Monthly
$76.00/mo
about $0.10 per hour
Pay today
$76.00
After the first month
Same price
Total over 3 years
$2,736.00
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