DigitalOcean vs Hetzner: VPS costs

DigitalOcean vs Hetzner

Price the same VPS workload on both providers. Start with one European server, then change the shared requirements.

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DigitalOcean$24.00 /mo Hetzner$7.09 /mo

For this workload, Hetzner costs $16.91 a month less than DigitalOcean: $202.92 over a year.

2 vCPU minimum · 4 GB RAM minimum · 20 GB disk · 100 GB monthly transfer · Europe · public IPv4 · no managed database

DigitalOcean

Lowest complete monthly estimate

$24.00 /mo

s-2vcpu-4gb

Plan capacity: 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB included disk.
Requested disk fits in the included server disk.
Transfer allowance: 4,000 GiB.
Public IPv4 is included.
Managed database: not requested; no database cost is included.

Minimum commitment: not recorded. Upfront charge: not recorded.

Price recorded 16 Oct 2026. Availability checked 25 Jul 2026.

Inspect DigitalOcean bill and sources

Compute: $24.00; s-2vcpu-4gb x 1
Egress: $0.00; Inside the 4,000 GiB included allowance

DigitalOcean pricing All DigitalOcean source evidence

All matching DigitalOcean plans (52)

s-2vcpu-4gb: $24.00/mo
s-2vcpu-4gb-amd: $28.00/mo
s-2vcpu-4gb-intel: $28.00/mo
s-2vcpu-4gb-120gb-intel: $32.00/mo
s-2vcpu-8gb-amd: $42.00/mo
c-2: $42.00/mo
c2-2vcpu-4gb: $47.00/mo
s-2vcpu-8gb-160gb-intel: $48.00/mo
s-4vcpu-8gb: $48.00/mo
s-4vcpu-8gb-amd: $56.00/mo
s-4vcpu-8gb-intel: $56.00/mo
c5-2vcpu-4gb: $62.00/mo
g-2vcpu-8gb: $63.00/mo
s-4vcpu-8gb-240gb-intel: $64.00/mo
gd-2vcpu-8gb: $68.00/mo
g-2vcpu-8gb-intel: $76.00/mo
gd-2vcpu-8gb-intel: $79.00/mo
s-4vcpu-16gb-amd: $84.00/mo
c-4: $84.00/mo
m-2vcpu-16gb: $84.00/mo
g6_5-2vcpu-8gb: $90.60/mo
g5_5-2vcpu-8gb-intel: $92.20/mo
c2-4vcpu-8gb: $94.00/mo
s-4vcpu-16gb-320gb-intel: $96.00/mo
s-8vcpu-16gb: $96.00/mo
m-2vcpu-16gb-intel: $99.00/mo
m3-2vcpu-16gb: $104.00/mo
c-4-intel: $109.00/mo
m3-2vcpu-16gb-intel: $110.00/mo
s-8vcpu-16gb-amd: $112.00/mo
s-8vcpu-16gb-intel: $112.00/mo
c2-4vcpu-8gb-intel: $122.00/mo
c5-4vcpu-8gb: $124.00/mo
g-4vcpu-16gb: $126.00/mo
s-8vcpu-16gb-480gb-intel: $128.00/mo
m6-2vcpu-16gb: $131.00/mo
so-2vcpu-16gb: $131.00/mo
so-2vcpu-16gb-intel: $131.00/mo
gd-4vcpu-16gb: $136.00/mo
so1_5-2vcpu-16gb-intel: $139.00/mo
g-4vcpu-16gb-intel: $151.00/mo
gd-4vcpu-16gb-intel: $158.00/mo
c5-4vcpu-8gb-intel: $161.00/mo
so1_5-2vcpu-16gb: $163.00/mo
c-8: $168.00/mo
g6_5-4vcpu-16gb: $181.00/mo
g5_5-4vcpu-16gb-intel: $183.40/mo
c2-8vcpu-16gb: $188.00/mo
c-8-intel: $218.00/mo
c2-8vcpu-16gb-intel: $244.00/mo
c5-8vcpu-16gb: $248.00/mo
c5-8vcpu-16gb-intel: $322.00/mo

Plans outside this workload (13)

s-1vcpu-512mb-10gb: 1 vCPU is below the 2 requested
s-1vcpu-1gb: 1 vCPU is below the 2 requested
s-1vcpu-1gb-amd: 1 vCPU is below the 2 requested
s-1vcpu-1gb-intel: 1 vCPU is below the 2 requested
s-1vcpu-1gb-35gb-intel: 1 vCPU is below the 2 requested
s-1vcpu-2gb: 1 vCPU is below the 2 requested
s-1vcpu-2gb-amd: 1 vCPU is below the 2 requested
s-1vcpu-2gb-intel: 1 vCPU is below the 2 requested
s-1vcpu-2gb-70gb-intel: 1 vCPU is below the 2 requested
s-2vcpu-2gb: 2 GB RAM is below the 4 requested
s-2vcpu-2gb-amd: 2 GB RAM is below the 4 requested
s-2vcpu-2gb-intel: 2 GB RAM is below the 4 requested
s-2vcpu-2gb-90gb-intel: 2 GB RAM is below the 4 requested

Hetzner

Lowest complete monthly estimate

$7.09 /mo

CX23

Plan capacity: 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB included disk.
Requested disk fits in the included server disk.
Transfer allowance: 20 TB.
Public IPv4 is charged separately below.
Managed database: not requested; no database cost is included.

Minimum commitment: not recorded. Upfront charge: not recorded.

Price recorded 25 Jul 2026. Availability checked 25 Jul 2026.

Inspect Hetzner bill and sources

Compute: $6.49; CX23 x 1
Egress: $0.00; Inside the 20 TB included allowance
Public IPv4: $0.60; Not included in this plan

Hetzner pricing All Hetzner source evidence

All matching Hetzner plans (11)

CX23: $7.09/mo
CAX11: $7.59/mo
CX33: $10.59/mo
CAX21: $13.09/mo
CX43: $19.09/mo
CPX22: $23.59/mo
CAX31: $25.59/mo
CPX32: $42.59/mo
CCX13: $51.09/mo
CPX42: $82.59/mo
CCX23: $102.09/mo

Plans outside this workload (0)

One server for 730 hours/month and one user. USD estimates exclude tax, backups, load balancers and team time. Minimum commitments and upfront charges are unknown where the source record does not state them.

Plans meet or exceed the requested capacity; vCPU counts do not establish equal performance. Region filters use broad areas, not a guaranteed datacenter. Recorded prices and availability are dated estimates, not a live stock check.