VPS · head to head · checked 5 August 2026
DigitalOcean vs OVHcloud
11 VPS plans from the two, side by side: what each plan includes, what it costs, and where the price comes from.
DigitalOcean
from $4/mo
Basic 512 MB · 7 plans listed
Best price per vCPU: $4.00/vCPU (Basic 512 MB)
OVHcloud
from £3.31/mo
VPS-1 · 4 plans listed
Best price per vCPU: $1.91/vCPU (VPS-3)
Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean or OVHcloud?
DigitalOcean's cheapest listed plan is Basic 512 MB at $4/mo; OVHcloud's is VPS-1 at £3.31/mo.
Which gives more for the money, DigitalOcean or OVHcloud?
On price per vCPU, OVHcloud does best with VPS-3 at $1.91/vCPU; DigitalOcean's best is Basic 512 MB at $4.00/vCPU.
How many VPS plans does each offer here?
We list 7 for DigitalOcean and 4 for OVHcloud, each checked against the provider's own pricing page.
DigitalOcean
Everything from DigitalOceanBasic 512 MB
- vCPU
- 1 (shared)
- RAM
- 0.5 GB
- Storage
- 10 GB SSD
- Transfer
- 500 GB
- Region
- Global (15 regions)
Basic 1 GB
- vCPU
- 1 (shared)
- RAM
- 1 GB
- Storage
- 25 GB SSD
- Transfer
- 1 TB
- Region
- Global (15 regions)
Basic 2 GB
- vCPU
- 1 (shared)
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 50 GB SSD
- Transfer
- 2 TB
- Region
- Global (15 regions)
Basic 2 GB / 2 vCPU
- vCPU
- 2 (shared)
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 60 GB SSD
- Transfer
- 3 TB
- Region
- Global (15 regions)
Basic 4 GB
- vCPU
- 2 (shared)
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 80 GB SSD
- Transfer
- 4 TB
- Region
- Global (15 regions)
Basic 8 GB
- vCPU
- 4 (shared)
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 160 GB SSD
- Transfer
- 5 TB
- Region
- Global (15 regions)
Basic 16 GB
- vCPU
- 8 (shared)
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 320 GB SSD
- Transfer
- 6 TB
- Region
- Global (15 regions)
OVHcloud
Everything from OVHcloudVPS-1
- vCPU
- 2 (shared)
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 40 GB NVMe SSD
- Transfer
- Unlimited (500 Mbps)
- Region
- EU · Canada
VPS-2
- vCPU
- 4 (shared)
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 75 GB NVMe SSD
- Transfer
- Unlimited (1 Gbps)
- Region
- EU · Canada
VPS-3
- vCPU
- 6 (shared)
- RAM
- 12 GB
- Storage
- 100 GB NVMe SSD
- Transfer
- Unlimited (2 Gbps)
- Region
- EU · Canada
VPS-4
- vCPU
- 8 (shared)
- RAM
- 24 GB
- Storage
- 200 GB NVMe SSD
- Transfer
- Unlimited (3 Gbps)
- Region
- EU · Canada
DigitalOcean against the rest