DigitalOcean vs Genesis VMs
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We have tested 11 VPS plans from DigitalOcean and Genesis VMs. This page is a summary and a comparison of all test results for those 2 providers.
DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean was founded in 2012.
It is headquartered in the USA.
It offers VPS, Database, Storage and Networking hosting products.
- Canada
- Germany
- India
- Netherlands
- Singapore
- United Kingdom
- United States
Genesis VMs
Genesis VMs was founded in 1997.
It is headquartered in the USA.
It offers VPS, Storage and Networking hosting products.
- United States
VPS Plans
| Plan Name | Monthly Price | CPU cores | Memory (GB) | Disk Space (GB) | Data Transfer (GB) | Latest trial | |
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Basic 1GB 1 core | $5.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 25 | 1000 | Oct 22 2020 |
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vm.t5sd.2xlarge | $5.00 | 1 | 4.0 | 50 | 5000 | Oct 12 2020 |
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vm.t5sd.4xlarge | $9.00 | 1 | 8.0 | 100 | 5000 | Jan 26 2020 |
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Basic 2GB 1 core | $10.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 50 | 2000 | Apr 19 2020 |
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vm.c5sd.xlarge | $20.00 | 2 | 8.0 | 100 | 5000 | Feb 25 2020 |
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Basic 4GB 2 cores | $20.00 | 2 | 4.0 | 80 | 4000 | Aug 20 2020 |
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vm.c5sd.2xlarge | $40.00 | 4 | 16.0 | 200 | 5000 | May 29 2020 |
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CPU Optimized 4GB | $45.00 | 2 | 4.0 | 50 | 4000 | Jan 14 2021 |
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General Purpose 2 cores | $60.00 | 2 | 8.0 | 25 | 4000 | Jun 08 2020 |
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vm.c5sd.3xlarge | $60.00 | 6 | 24.0 | 300 | 5000 | Jul 27 2020 |
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vm.c6sd.3xlarge | $78.00 | 6 | 24.0 | 300 | 5000 | Jan 10 2021 |
Performance Grades
To summarize the performance of each VPS plan, we generated grades based on the various tests that were run: web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Each grade focuses on one aspect of the VPS speed or stability (cpu, disk IO, network IO...) and is made of one or more metrics measured during the tests.
Grades are evenly distributed between A and F. A is best, F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
Screen all VPS from DigitalOcean and Genesis VMs| Plan Name | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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Basic 1GB 1 core
$5.00 |
D | E | D | C | B |
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vm.t5sd.2xlarge
$5.00 |
C | D | B | E | C |
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vm.t5sd.4xlarge
$9.00 |
A | D | A | D | A |
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Basic 2GB 1 core
$10.00 |
E | F | C | C | B |
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vm.c5sd.xlarge
$20.00 |
A | B | A | D | C |
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Basic 4GB 2 cores
$20.00 |
E | C | D | C | D |
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vm.c5sd.2xlarge
$40.00 |
A | A | A | D | B |
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CPU Optimized 4GB
$45.00 |
C | C | C | D | E |
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General Purpose 2 cores
$60.00 |
C | B | C | B | A |
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vm.c5sd.3xlarge
$60.00 |
A | A | B | D | A |
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vm.c6sd.3xlarge
$78.00 |
A | A | A | D | C |
CPUs
These are the CPUs we have seen in DigitalOcean and Genesis VMs instances in the past 18 months.
| All DigitalOcean CPUs | All Genesis VMs CPUs |
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Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 v4 @ 2.20GHz Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6140 CPU @ 2.30GHz |
Intel(R) Xeon(R) E-2288G CPU @ 3.70GHz Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6154 CPU @ 3.00GHz |
VPS Instance Provisioning Time
This is the average time it took to create an instance for DigitalOcean and Genesis VMs from instance order to instance accepting connections.
| DigitalOcean | Genesis VMs | |
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| Number of instance creations in sample | 8 | 6 |
| Average provisioning time | 22s | 60s |
In Depth...
These are some of the test results that make up the grades above.
Web Response Times
We ran a database intensive web application at various levels of load on cloud servers from DigitalOcean and Genesis VMs. This is the average response time measured locally on the VPS for each plan we tested.
Local Response Time per Plan
Lower is better
Maximum HTTP Load
We ran a database intensive web application at various levels of load on cloud servers from DigitalOcean and Genesis VMs. This is the maximum rate of HTTP requests that each server handled without error.
Maximum HTTP request rate
Higher is better
Sysbench CPU Performance
We ran the full suite of Sysbench tests on VPS plans of DigitalOcean and Genesis VMs. These are the Sysbench CPU test results:
Rate of operations
Higher is better
Sysbench Disk IO Performance
We ran the full suite of Sysbench tests on VPS plans of DigitalOcean and Genesis VMs. These are the Sysbench Disk IO Random Read test results:
Rate of operations
Higher is better
Review and compare all Sysbench numbers on the Sysbench Comparison page for DigitalOcean and Genesis VMs.
Network Transfers
We have performed large file transfers from the DigitalOcean and Genesis VMs VPS and we measured the speed of downloads and uploads.
The transfers involve multiple files, 10 threads and last for at least 10 seconds at maximum speed. The transfers are repeated 3 times from different servers and only the fastest transfer is reported here.
Download Speed per Plan
Higher is better
Sustained CPU Endurance Tests
We pushed the CPU of those VPS plans hard for 24 hours straight.
This test shows how fast the VPS can go for long periods of time, how stable the performance is and it also gives clues on how overallocated the VPSs may be.
Average number of operations per hour
Higher is better
Features and Usability
Features not included in the VPS price of the plan will be marked as missing but they may be available for the fee.
| DigitalOcean Review | Genesis VMs Review | |
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| Hourly Billing | Yes | No |
| DDOS Protection | No | Yes |
| Backups | No | Yes |
| Control Panel | Builtin | WHMCS |
| SSH Keys Setup | Yes | No |
| Total Number of Datacenters | 12 | 1 |
| Number of Datacenter Continents | 3 | 1 |
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