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4 GB / 2 vCPU

DigitalOcean · DigitalOcean Premium AMD 4 GB / 2 vCPU / 80 GB · Cloud hosting

  • Unmanaged
  • Hourly billing
  • Value score 60/100
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RAM
4 GB
CPU
2 vCPUShared cores
Storage
80 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$28.00Pay today$28.00Renews atSame priceTotal over 3 years$1,008.00

Compare sizes

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

PlanRAMCPUStorageBandwidthPer month
1 GB / 1 vCPU1 GB1 vCPU25 GB1 TB$7.00
2 GB / 1 vCPU2 GB1 vCPU50 GB2 TB$14.00
2 GB / 2 vCPU2 GB2 vCPU60 GB3 TB$21.00
4 GB / 2 vCPUThis plan4 GB2 vCPU80 GB4 TB$28.00
8 GB / 2 vCPU8 GB2 vCPU100 GB5 TB$42.00
8 GB / 4 vCPU8 GB4 vCPU160 GB5 TB$56.00
16 GB / 4 vCPU16 GB4 vCPU200 GB8 TB$84.00
16 GB / 8 vCPU16 GB8 vCPU320 GB6 TB$112.00
32 GB / 8 vCPU32 GB8 vCPU400 GB10 TB$168.00

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
$28.00/mo
about $0.04 per hour
Pay today
$28.00
After the first month
Same price
Total over 3 years
$1,008.00
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