DigitalOcean basic s-4vcpu-8gb
Snapshot: ~$48/mo (USD) | 4 vCPU, 8GB RAM, 160GB SSD | 1 IPv4 + IPv6 | Latency tiers: NA East S | NA West S | EU West S | Asia (SG) S | CN Mainland A | Last checked 2026-01-21.
Decision notes
Auto-generated from plan signals and measurement metadata.
Good fit
- IPv6 is available.
- Traffic included: 5,000 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).
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
- 5000 GB/mo
Why this plan stands out
Internal score: 31.2. Used for sorting; see scoring methodology .
- Score rank (overall)
- #805 / 1257
- Score rank (provider)
- #55 / 163
- USD / GB RAM
- $6 / GB
- USD / vCPU
- $12 / vCPU
- SSD storage
- IPv6 available
- Provider refund policy: case-by-case
- Value for money
Performance Badges
Achievement badges based on benchmark performance and value metrics. How we test →
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Benchmarks
Latest run: 2025-10-29T00:00:00Z | Method: vpsbenchmarks-yabs
- CPU model
- DO-Premium-AMD
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 1,149 Result
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 3,324
- GB6 multi / $
- 69.3
- fio 4k read
- 115.7 MB/s | 29,611 IOPS
- fio 4k write
- 116 MB/s | 29,690 IOPS
- iperf send (max)
- 2,010 Mbps
- iperf recv (max)
- 10,400 Mbps
Notes: Source: https://www.vpsbenchmarks.com/yabs/digitalocean-4c-8gb-20251029-69e745 (third-party YABS run; reference only)
Benchmarks can vary due to host load and noisy neighbors. See Methodology .
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
Based on the internal dataset change log. Always confirm on the provider checkout page.
See full change log →- 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)
- $48 - $48
No recent changes recorded for this plan.
Latency tiers
Tiers are a normalized signal. Always verify with your own tests.
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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