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DigitalOcean Droplets pricing and renewal price

DigitalOcean Droplets's lowest first-term price is $4/month (Basic Regular 512 MiB, monthly plan) and it renews at $4/month. The first 2 years cost $96 on the cheapest option (Basic Regular 512 MiB, monthly). There is no free plan. Checked on .

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DigitalOcean Droplets plans by billing term (checked Oct 20, 2026 on the official site)
Plan (vcpu, ram and storage)First term, per monthRenews at2-year cost
Basic Regular 512 MiB1 vCPU, 512 MiB RAM, 10 GiB SSD, 500 GiB transfer$4/moMonthly$4/mosame price$96
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$4
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Basic Regular 1 GiB1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM, 25 GiB SSD, 1,000 GiB transfer$6/moMonthly$6/mosame price$144
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Charged up front
$6
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Basic Regular 2 GiB1 vCPU, 2 GiB RAM, 50 GiB SSD, 2,000 GiB transfer$12/moMonthly$12/mosame price$288
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Charged up front
$12
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Basic Regular 2 GiB / 2 vCPU2 vCPU, 2 GiB RAM, 60 GiB SSD, 3,000 GiB transfer$18/moMonthly$18/mosame price$432
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Charged up front
$18
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DigitalOcean Droplets official pages

Websitewww.digitalocean.com
Pricing pagehttps://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets
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CurrencyUSD
Free planNone
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Unmanaged. Billed hourly ($0.00595/hr for the 512 MiB plan) up to the monthly price. The page mentions promotional credits for new users without a fixed amount.

2-year cost of other VPS hosting services

Cheapest option of each service, renewals included
Service2-year costLowest first-term priceRenews at
Akamai Cloud (Linode)$120$5/mo$5/mosame price
IONOS VPS$132$2/mo$6/mo
DreamHost VPS$362.76$8.99/mo$15.99/mo

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