Alternatives to DigitalOcean
These featured providers are the closest alternatives to DigitalOcean, selected using provider category, data-center locations, entry prices and comparable VPS plans.
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Top alternatives to DigitalOcean for Locations
Same provider category as DigitalOcean. Shares 7 data-center countries.
Locations: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Singapore, Japan, Australia, South Korea, M...
Same provider category as DigitalOcean. Shares 6 data-center countries.
Locations: United States, Germany, Netherlands, Singapore, United Kingdom, Canada, Japan
Same provider category as DigitalOcean. Shares 6 data-center countries.
Locations: Israel, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Australia,...
Same provider category as DigitalOcean. Shares 6 data-center countries.
Locations: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, Morocco,...
Price and performance at a glance
Performance is a price-weighted score (out of 100). Entry price is the lowest current monthly VPS price we track.
Price-weighted performance
The score averages the price-weighted scores of each provider's three most recent graded trials (or all available trials when fewer than three exist). A plan score combines web performance, raw CPU capacity, performance stability, disk I/O and network performance; lower plan prices improve the price-weighted score. 100 is best.
Entry monthly price
This is each provider's lowest current monthly VPS price, converted to USD. Bar lengths are relative to the highest entry price shown.
Comparable VPS plans
These plans are all in the same mid-price price band: each alternative plan must be within 30% below or 40% above the selected DigitalOcean plan price. Prices are converted to USD for an easier comparison.
| Provider | Plan | Monthly price | CPU | Memory | Disk | Data transfer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | Basic Regular 4GB 2 cores | $24 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 80 GB | 4000 |
| Vultr | High Performance 4GB | $24 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 100 GB | 5000 |
| DigitalOcean | Basic Regular 4GB 2 cores | $24 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 80 GB | 4000 |
| Kamatera | Burstable 4GB 2 cores | $19 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 40 GB | -5 |
| DigitalOcean | Basic Regular 4GB 2 cores | $24 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 80 GB | 4000 |
| OVHcloud | C3-4 | $29.273 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 50 GB | Unlimited |
Features and locations
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| Feature | DigitalOcean | Vultr | Leaseweb | Kamatera | OVHcloud |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | USA | USA | Netherlands | Israel | France |
| Locations | Asia: 2 Europe: 3 North America: 2 | Africa: 1 Asia: 5 Europe: 6 North America: 3 South America: 2 Oceania: 1 | Asia: 2 Europe: 3 North America: 2 | Asia: 4 Europe: 6 North America: 2 Oceania: 1 | Africa: 1 Asia: 2 Europe: 14 North America: 1 Oceania: 1 |
| Backups | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Block storage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Object storage | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Load balancer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DDoS protection | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hourly Billing | Yes | Yes | Mixed | Yes | Mixed |
| SSH Keys Setup | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Backups | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Firewall | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Total Number of Datacenters | 12 | 31 | 9 | 24 | 22 |
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Price and performance by plan
Each dot is a plan used in the price-weighted performance chart above. Its vertical position is the average PW score from its contributing recent trials.