DigitalOcean basic s-1vcpu-2gb-amd

$14.00/mo

DigitalOcean 1 vCPU | 2 GB RAM | 50 GB SSD global

Decision notes

Auto-generated from plan signals and measurement metadata.

Good fit

IPv6 is available.
Traffic included: 2,000 GB/mo.

Watch outs

Latency tiers are estimated: NA East S | NA West S | EU West S | Asia (SG) S | CN Mainland A.
No refund eligibility signal (assume non-refundable; verify provider policy).

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Overview

Provider: DigitalOcean; Promotions: Promotional credits for new users (example: $200 credit for 60 days)
Location: Global (13 locations)
IPv4 / IPv6: 1 IPv4 | IPv6 available
Traffic: 2000 GB/mo
Route tags: basic ipv6 ssd

Why this plan stands out

Internal score: 15.6. Used for sorting; see scoring methodology .

Score rank (overall): #1228 / 1257
Score rank (provider): #157 / 163
USD / GB RAM: $7 / GB
USD / vCPU: $14 / vCPU

SSD storage
IPv6 available
Provider refund policy: case-by-case
Value for money

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Sources & freshness

Plan lastChecked: 2026-01-21
Provider lastChecked: 2026-01-11

Plan sources (2)

https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets
Retrieved: 2026-01-21
https://www.digitalocean.com/legal/terms-of-service-agreement/
Retrieved: 2026-01-21

Provider sources (2)

https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets
Retrieved: 2026-01-11
https://www.digitalocean.com/legal/terms-of-service-agreement/
Retrieved: 2026-01-11

Recent updates

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As of: 2026-01-28
Last event: n/a
Change log events: 0 total | 0 price | 0 promo | 0 link | last 30d: 0 price, 0 promo, 0 link
Price range (last 90 points): $14 - $14

Price trend (USD/month)

Built from the dataset change log and the latest snapshot (USD normalized).

Min: $14.00

Max: $14.00

2026-01-28 2026-01-28

Price

No recent changes recorded for this plan.

Latency tiers

Tiers are a normalized signal. Always verify with your own tests.

Source: estimated

Latency page

This is a multi-region plan. Latency depends on the location you choose at checkout. Tiers below are estimated per location.

Location	NA East	NA West	EU West	Asia (SG)	CN Mainland
NYC1 — New York City, NY, United States	S	A	B	D	C
NYC2 — New York City, NY, United States	S	A	B	D	C
NYC3 — New York City, NY, United States	S	A	B	D	C
AMS3 — Amsterdam, Netherlands	B	C	S	C	C
SFO2 — San Francisco, CA, United States	A	S	C	D	C
SFO3 — San Francisco, CA, United States	A	S	C	D	C
SGP1 — Singapore, Singapore	D	D	C	S	A
LON1 — London, United Kingdom	B	C	S	C	C
FRA1 — Frankfurt, Germany	B	C	S	C	C
TOR1 — Toronto, Canada	S	A	B	D	C
BLR1 — Bangalore, India	D	D	B	A	A
SYD1 — Sydney, Australia	D	C	D	B	B
ATL1 — Atlanta, GA, United States	S	A	B	D	D

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