Which is cheaper, DO Droplets or Vultr Cloud Compute?

Vultr is cheaper in 15 of 15 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 27.9%.

How do DO Droplets and Vultr Cloud Compute compare for general purpose workloads?

For general purpose workloads: DO: $68.44/mo, Vultr: $60.01/mo. Vultr is cheaper.

DO Droplets vs Vultr Cloud Compute: Pricing Comparison (2026)

Updated Apr 4, 2026DOVultr

Overall Winner

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DO Wins

Vultr Wins

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Pricing Analysis

vultr wins 15 of 15 price comparisons, averaging 27.9% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.003400/hr to $0.3750/hr across comparable tiers.

●vultr leads in Basic (Shared CPU) (7/7 tiers, avg 24% difference)
●vultr leads in General Purpose (3/3 tiers, avg 28% difference)
●vultr leads in CPU-Optimized (3/3 tiers, avg 47% difference)
●vultr leads in Memory-Optimized (2/2 tiers, avg 12% difference)

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Best for Basic (Shared CPU) workloads

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Best for General Purpose workloads

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Best for CPU-Optimized workloads

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Best for Memory-Optimized workloads

Side-by-Side Pricing

Comparing DO Droplets and Vultr Cloud Compute across 15 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	DO Droplets	Vultr Cloud Compute	Diff	Cheapest
Basic (Shared CPU) - 1 vCPU, 0.5 GB RAM	$0.0060/hr s-1vcpu-512mb-10gb ($4.34/mo)	$0.0034/hr vc2-1c-0.5gb-v6 ($2.48/mo)	+42.9%	Vultr
Basic (Shared CPU) - 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM	$0.0089/hr s-1vcpu-1gb ($6.52/mo)	$0.0068/hr vc2-1c-1gb ($4.96/mo)	+23.9%	Vultr
Basic (Shared CPU) - 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM	$0.0179/hr s-1vcpu-2gb ($13.04/mo)	$0.0137/hr vc2-1c-2gb ($10.00/mo)	+23.3%	Vultr
Basic (Shared CPU) - 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM	$0.0268/hr s-2vcpu-2gb ($19.56/mo)	$0.0205/hr vc2-2c-2gb ($14.96/mo)	+23.5%	Vultr
Basic (Shared CPU) - 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM	$0.0357/hr s-2vcpu-4gb ($26.07/mo)	$0.0274/hr vc2-2c-4gb ($20.00/mo)	+23.3%	Vultr
Basic (Shared CPU) - 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM	$0.0714/hr s-4vcpu-8gb ($52.14/mo)	$0.0548/hr vc2-4c-8gb ($40.00/mo)	+23.3%	Vultr
Basic (Shared CPU) - 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM	$0.1429/hr s-8vcpu-16gb ($104.29/mo)	$0.1315/hr vhp-8c-16gb-amd ($96.00/mo)	+8.0%	Vultr
General Purpose - 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM	$0.0938/hr g-2vcpu-8gb ($68.44/mo)	$0.0822/hr voc-g-2c-8gb-50s-amd ($60.01/mo)	+12.3%	Vultr
General Purpose - 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM	$0.1875/hr g-4vcpu-16gb ($136.88/mo)	$0.1315/hr vhf-4c-16gb ($96.00/mo)	+29.9%	Vultr
General Purpose - 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM	$0.3750/hr g-8vcpu-32gb ($273.75/mo)	$0.2192/hr vc2-8c-32gb ($160.02/mo)	+41.5%	Vultr
CPU-Optimized - 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM	$0.0625/hr c-2vcpu-4gb ($45.63/mo)	$0.0329/hr vhf-2c-4gb ($24.02/mo)	+47.4%	Vultr
CPU-Optimized - 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM	$0.1250/hr c-4vcpu-8gb ($91.25/mo)	$0.0658/hr vhp-4c-8gb-amd ($48.03/mo)	+47.4%	Vultr
CPU-Optimized - 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM	$0.2500/hr c-8vcpu-16gb ($182.50/mo)	$0.1315/hr vhp-8c-16gb-intel ($96.00/mo)	+47.4%	Vultr
Memory-Optimized - 2 vCPU, 16 GB RAM	$0.1250/hr m-2vcpu-16gb ($91.25/mo)	$0.1096/hr voc-m-2c-16gb-100s-amd ($80.01/mo)	+12.3%	Vultr
Memory-Optimized - 4 vCPU, 32 GB RAM	$0.2500/hr m-4vcpu-32gb ($182.50/mo)	$0.2192/hr voc-m-4c-32gb-200s-amd ($160.02/mo)	+12.3%	Vultr