Which is cheaper, Amazon EBS or DO Volumes?

DO is cheaper in 4 of 4 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 88.9%.

How do Amazon EBS and DO Volumes compare for general purpose workloads?

For general purpose workloads: AWS: $694.96/mo, DO: $50.00/mo. DO is cheaper.

Updated Apr 4, 2026AWSDO

Overall Winner

AWS Wins

DO Wins

Ties

DigitalOcean wins 4 of 4 price comparisons, averaging 88.9% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.0137/hr to $2.00/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for Compute Optimized workloads

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Best for General Purpose workloads

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Best for HPC workloads

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Best for Storage Optimized workloads

Comparing Amazon EBS and DO Volumes across 4 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	AWS Amazon EBS	DO Volumes	Diff	Cheapest
Compute Optimized - c5n.4xlarge	$0.8640/hr c5n.4xlarge ($630.72/mo)	$0.0137/hr vol-100gb ($10.00/mo)	+98.4%	DO
General Purpose - m5n.4xlarge	$0.9520/hr m5n.4xlarge ($694.96/mo)	$0.0685/hr vol-500gb ($50.00/mo)	+92.8%	DO
HPC - hpc7g.4xlarge	$1.6832/hr hpc7g.4xlarge ($1,228.74/mo)	$0.1370/hr vol-1000gb ($100.00/mo)	+91.9%	DO
Storage Optimized - d3.4xlarge	$1.9980/hr d3.4xlarge ($1,458.54/mo)	$0.5479/hr vol-4000gb ($400.00/mo)	+72.6%	DO