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DigitalOcean vs Vultr
Two hourly-billed clouds in dollars with managed databases and Kubernetes. Vultr's smallest server with IPv4 is $3.50 a month against DigitalOcean's $4.00, and Vultr lists 33 datacenters, including South America, Africa and the Middle East, to DigitalOcean's 13.
Which one to pick
Pick DigitalOcean if
Cloud serversBilled in US dollars
- You want the widest choice of managed databases, including MongoDB, Kafka and OpenSearch
- Your users are in North America, Europe, India or Australia
- You want an IPv4 address included in every plan
Pick Vultr if
Cloud serversBilled in US dollars
- You need a datacenter in South America, Africa or the Middle East
- You want the cheapest hourly server with IPv4: $3.50 a month
- You'd like to apply for its Free Tier server
The same server on both
Each host's cheapest entry plan with at least this much memory, with the IPv4 address added where it's extra.
MemoryDigitalOceanVultr
DigitalOceanVultr1 GB+
DigitalOcean
Basic 1 GiB 1 vCPU, 1 GB, 25 GB SSD$6.00
Vultr
Regular Performance 1 GB 1 vCPU, 1 GB, 25 GB SSD$5.00
2 GB+
DigitalOcean
Basic 2 GiB 1 vCPU, 2 GB, 50 GB SSD$12.00
Vultr
Regular Performance 2 GB 1 vCPU, 2 GB, 55 GB SSD$10.00
Where they differ most
With IPv4, per month
- DigitalOcean
- $4.00/month
- Vultr
- $3.50/month
Public IPv4
- DigitalOcean
- Included
- Vultr
- Not stated
Continents
- DigitalOcean
- North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania
- Vultr
- North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Oceania
Included traffic
- DigitalOcean
- Not stated on Basic 512 MiB
- Vultr
- 0.5 TB on Regular Performance 0.5 GB
Always-free server
- DigitalOcean
- None
- Vultr
- Free Tier by application: 1 vCPU, 512 MB RAM, 10 GB SSD with IPv4, limited regions and quantity
Managed databases
- DigitalOcean
- PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey, MongoDB, Kafka, OpenSearch
- Vultr
- PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey, Kafka
Every fact, side by side
A dot marks a row where they differ. Rows with an info mark open a note.
DigitalOceanVultrWhat it really costs
Cheapest plan (differs)$4.00/month, Basic 512 MiB (1 vCPU, 0.5 GB, 10 GB SSD)$3.50/month, Regular Performance 0.5 GB (1 vCPU, 0.5 GB, 10 GB SSD)
With IPv4, per month (differs)$4.00/month$3.50/month
Promo and renewal Same price on renewalSame price on renewal
VAT in listed prices Prices exclude VATPrices exclude VAT
How you pay
What you get
Entry plan sizes (differs)1/0.5 GB, 1/1 GB, 1/2 GB, 2/2 GB1/0.5 GB, 1/0.5 GB, 1/1 GB, 1/2 GB
CPU in entry plans SharedShared
Included traffic (differs)Not stated on Basic 512 MiB0.5 TB on Regular Performance 0.5 GB
Where it runs
Datacenters (differs)13 in 8 countries33 in 20 countries
Continents (differs)North America, Europe, Asia, OceaniaNorth America, South America, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Oceania
What comes with it
Managed databases (differs)PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey, MongoDB, Kafka, OpenSearchPostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey, Kafka
