VPS providers

DigitalOcean vs Vultr

Choose DigitalOcean when you want a bundled Droplet with a flat monthly cap. Choose Vultr when you need a city DigitalOcean does not offer, and confirm the $2.50 plan is not the IPv6-only size before you compare it with a $4 Droplet.

DigitalOcean

Droplets with a simple panel and a flat monthly cap

From $4/mo

Strengths

  • Bundled plans are easy to estimate
  • Strong docs and a clean control panel

Limits

  • The smallest Droplet is 512 MiB
  • Egress beyond the bundle is billed

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Vultr

Cloud compute in a wide set of cities

From $2.50/mo

Strengths

  • Many locations
  • Hourly billing with a monthly cap

Limits

  • The lowest plan is a small IPv6-oriented instance
  • Adding IPv4 can raise the entry price

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