Three tiers, 4 providers priced in data/offers.json, 3 of them with a published spec. The entry tier runs $4.54 to $22.46 a month (4.95× apart) and $1.135 to $6.00 per GB of RAM (5.29×); the 2 vCPU / 4 GB tier $4.54 to $24.00 (5.29×) and $1.135 to $6.00 per GB (5.29×); the high tier $23.37 to $96.00 (4.11×) and $0.97375 to $6.00 per GB (6.16×). Every figure is a published price divided by a published spec.
This page answers one question — the price per GB of RAM, tier by tier. For the whole bill rather than the unit rate, see the full monthly cost of a VPS, which carries the same providers plus the add-ons and the renewal terms this page deliberately leaves out.
Entry is the cheapest plan a provider sells with a published spec, mid is an exact 2 vCPU / 4 GB match, high is the most expensive plan it sells with a published spec. A provider that cannot enter a tier is named under the table with the reason, so no row disappears quietly. Participant counts, spreads and the cheapest-per-GB name are all computed from data/offers.json on each build.
Tier definition: the cheapest plan each provider sells with a published spec.
Entry tier — 3 of 4 priced providers take part. Monthly price $4.54 to $22.46, a 4.95× spread; per GB of RAM $1.135 to $6.00, 5.29×; per vCPU $2.27 to $11.23, 4.95×; per GB of storage $0.1135 to $0.4492, 3.96×. Cheapest per GB of RAM: OVHcloud at $1.135.
| Provider | Plan | vCPU | RAM | Storage | $/mo | $/GB RAM | $/vCPU | $/GB storage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | Basic 1 vCPU / 1 GiB | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB | $6.00 | $6.00 | $6.00 | $0.24 | official page read 2026-11-02 |
| OVHcloud | VPS-1 | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB | $4.54 | $1.135 | $2.27 | $0.1135 | official page read 2026-11-02 |
| ScalaHosting | Build #1billed 12 months up front; renews $54.95/mo | 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB | $22.46 | $5.615 | $11.23 | $0.4492 | official page read 2026-11-02 |
Not in this tier, and why:
Tier definition: an exact 2 vCPU and 4 GB match, nothing bent to the nearest.
Mid tier — 2 vCPU / 4 GB — 3 of 4 priced providers take part. Monthly price $4.54 to $24.00, a 5.29× spread; per GB of RAM $1.135 to $6.00, 5.29×; per vCPU $2.27 to $12.00, 5.29×; per GB of storage $0.1135 to $0.4492, 3.96×. Cheapest per GB of RAM: OVHcloud at $1.135.
| Provider | Plan | vCPU | RAM | Storage | $/mo | $/GB RAM | $/vCPU | $/GB storage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | Basic 2 vCPU / 4 GiB | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | $24.00 | $6.00 | $12.00 | $0.30 | official page read 2026-11-02 |
| OVHcloud | VPS-1 | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB | $4.54 | $1.135 | $2.27 | $0.1135 | official page read 2026-11-02 |
| ScalaHosting | Build #1billed 12 months up front; renews $54.95/mo | 2 | 4 GB | 50 GB | $22.46 | $5.615 | $11.23 | $0.4492 | official page read 2026-11-02 |
Not in this tier, and why:
Tier definition: the most expensive plan each provider sells with a published spec.
High tier — 3 of 4 priced providers take part. Monthly price $23.37 to $96.00, a 4.11× spread; per GB of RAM $0.97375 to $6.00, 6.16×; per vCPU $2.92125 to $12.00, 4.11×; per GB of storage $0.11685 to $0.35605, 3.05×. Cheapest per GB of RAM: OVHcloud at $0.97375.
| Provider | Plan | vCPU | RAM | Storage | $/mo | $/GB RAM | $/vCPU | $/GB storage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | Basic 8 vCPU / 16 GiB | 8 | 16 GB | 320 GB | $96.00 | $6.00 | $12.00 | $0.30 | official page read 2026-11-02 |
| OVHcloud | VPS-4 | 8 | 24 GB | 200 GB | $23.37 | $0.97375 | $2.92125 | $0.11685 | official page read 2026-11-02 |
| ScalaHosting | Build #4billed 12 months up front; renews $244.95/mo | 12 | 24 GB | 200 GB | $71.21 | $2.9671 | $5.9342 | $0.35605 | official page read 2026-11-02 |
Not in this tier, and why:
The entry plan is the one most likely to be bought on impulse, so it gets the full hidden-cost treatment. Read down a column to see what one provider charges on top of the plan price; where a page does not price something, the cell says so instead of guessing.
| Cost | DigitalOcean | OVHcloud | ScalaHosting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backup | +20%/mo weekly or +30%/mo daily of the Droplet price; usage-based from $0.01/GiB source |
$1.40/mo for Premium; 24-hour daily backup included free source |
Listed as a core feature, no separate price on the page source |
| Snapshots | $0.06/GB per month source |
$0.40/mo source |
Listed as a premium feature, no separate price on the page source |
| Dedicated IPv4 | Included — one public IPv4 per Droplet source |
Included — one dedicated IPv4 source |
Listed as a core feature, no separate price on the page source |
| Bandwidth overage | 1,000 GiB outbound on the $6 / 1 GiB Droplet; the $24 / 4 GiB Droplet on the same table carries 4,000 GiB. Overage rate none listed on official page source |
Unlimited traffic included; no overage price listed source |
Unmetered, listed as a core feature; no overage price listed source |
| Billing term | Per-second billing, no annual commitment listed source |
12 months paid upfront source |
12 months prepaid; renews at $54.95/mo source |
A low entry price is often a first-term price. This table divides the published renewal rate by the published first-term rate; where the page publishes no renewal rate, the cell says cannot compute rather than assuming the price holds.
| Provider | Plan | Price now | Renewal | Renewal gap | How it is billed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | Basic 1 vCPU / 1 GiB | $6.00 | none published on the official page | cannot compute | Per-second billing, no annual commitment listed |
| OVHcloud | VPS-1 | $4.54 | none published on the official page | cannot compute | 12 months paid upfront |
| ScalaHosting | Build #1 | $22.46 | $54.95/mo | 2.45× | 12 months prepaid; renews at $54.95/mo |
Nothing is weighted, averaged or normalised beyond that division. Each unit cost is printed as the exact quotient wherever it terminates — $1.135 is 4.54 ÷ 4, $0.97375 is 23.37 ÷ 24 — and rounded half-up to four decimals only where it never terminates. The spreads are computed from the unrounded values.
The numbers above are only as good as the pages they came from, so here are the sentences they came from.
Backup: Backup — Choose between: Percentage-based Backups, set at 20 % (Weekly) or 30 % (Daily) of Droplet cost. Usage-based plans start at $0.01/GiB per month
Snapshots: Droplet Snapshots $0.06/GB per month
Dedicated IPv4: By default, each Droplet you create comes with its own public IPv4 address. […] For Bundled Plans, a public IPv4 is included at no extra cost.
Bandwidth overage: Memory vCPU Transfer SSD $/hr $/mo — 1 GiB 1 vCPU 1,000 GiB 25 GiB $0.00893 $ 6.00 … 4 GiB 2 vCPUs 4,000 GiB 80 GiB $0.03571 $ 24.00 (Droplets pricing table, Regular CPU)
Billing term: Bundled Plan and v5 Droplets are both billed on a per-second basis
Backup: Premium automatic backup — Your custom backup, with a rolling 7-day restore. From $1.40 /month
Snapshots: Snapshots — Easily back up and restore your data at any time. From $0.40 /month
Dedicated IPv4: Dedicated IPv4 — Get a unique IPv4 address, for more flexibility and network compatibility. Included
Bandwidth overage: Unlimited traffic — Tap into unlimited network traffic* to ensure your services run smoothly and quickly. Included (VPS-1 card: "500 Mbps public bandwidth")
Billing term: The Configure link on the VPS-1 card carries pricing=upfront12, i.e. the $4.54 rate is the 12-month-upfront price.
Backup: Automatic Offsite Backups (Core Features list on the Build #1 card)
Snapshots: On-demand Backup Copies (Premium Features list)
Dedicated IPv4: Dedicated IP Address (Core Features list)
Bandwidth overage: Unmetered Bandwidth (Core Features list)
Billing term: Build #1 — $ 22.46 /mo … $ 54.95 /mo when you renew (billing toggle shown as 12 M)
The three providers are not billed the same way, and the gap widens as you climb the tiers. OVHcloud's figures are 12-month-upfront rates on its own configurator, ScalaHosting's are 12-month-prepaid rates that renew higher, and DigitalOcean bills per second. A headline that is cheap because it locks in a year is not the same offer as one you can leave next month — that is why the billing-term row and the renewal gap sit in the tables above rather than in a footnote.