DigitalOcean and Vultr are two of the best cloud hosts on the planet. They do great hosting solutions for a lot of customers around the world.
Their pricing plans used to be the same. Now they offer different plans with different pricing models.
Today I’ll show you and compare the DigitalOcean $4 plan and the Vultr $2.5 and $3.5 plans. So if you want to start small, you’ll know exactly what each one offers.
About DigitalOcean and Vultr
What is Vultr?
Vultr is one of the leading cloud hosting companies around the world. It offers a variety of services and products and provides reliable web hosting services.
Vultr promised to deliver a 100% uptime guarantee to their users in all hosting plans, which means, they will ensure that your website won’t go down. Read Vultr review.
What is DigitalOcean?
DigitalOcean is also one of the leading cloud computing companies based in the United States that provides the best cloud web and application hosting infrastructure.
It provides many features products including Droplets, which are cloud servers where you can create VPS websites.
Same as Vultr, it has an easy interface so beginners can manage it. Read DigitalOcean review
Plans Comparison
The three plans are Regular plan types with General SSD disks and they do not support a 1-click WordPress install.
If you want to let Vultr or DigitalOcean automatically Install WordPress on your server while creating the server, you need to choose another plan with more resources.
Otherwise, you need to download WordPress resource files and install them manually.
Read: How To Install WordPress on Vultr?
Read: How To Install WordPress on DigitalOcean?
Vultr $2.50 Plan:
This plan costs $2.50 per month and offers a server with 1 CPU, 512 MB RAM, 0.5 TB bandwidth, and 10 GB SSD storage space.
This plan does not support IPv4 IP addresses, it only supports IPv6. You will have to deal with IPv6 or purchase an IPv4 for the server later. Read Differences between IPv4 and IPv6.
Vultr’s $2.50 plan is currently only available in the Atlanta and New Jersey (New York area) locations.
Vultr $3.50 Plan:
This plan costs $3.50 per month and offers a server with 1 CPU, 512 MB RAM, 0.5 TB bandwidth, and 10 GB SSD storage space. The difference from the $2.50 plan is that it comes with an IPv4 address.
Right now, Vultr’s $3.50 plan is only offered in the New Jersey (New York area) location.
DigitalOcean $4 Plan:
This plan costs $4 per month and offers a Droplet with 1 vCPU, 512 MB RAM, 500 GB of outbound transfer, and 10 GB SSD storage space.
When DigitalOcean launched the $4 Droplet, it was available in five data centers: NYC1 (New York), FRA1 (Frankfurt), SFO3 (San Francisco), SGP1 (Singapore), and AMS3 (Amsterdam). Check the region picker when you create it, since availability can change. We cover it in more detail in our DigitalOcean $4 Droplet guide.
Which Plan Is Best?
To make things clear, here are the main comparison aspects in a table:
| Comparison | Vultr $2.5 | Vultr $3.5 | DigitalOcean $4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.5/month | $3.5/month | $4/month |
| Plan type | Regular | Regular | Regular |
| CPUs | 1 CPU | 1 CPU | 1 CPU |
| Memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 512 MB | 512 MB |
| Bandwidth | 0.5 TB | 0.5 TB | 500 GB |
| Storage (SSD) | 10 GB | 10 GB | 10 GB |
| 1-Click WordPress | No | No | No |
| IPv4 IP | No | Yes | Yes |
| Datacenters | 2 | 1 | 5 (at launch) |
If you know how to work with IPv6 and you want a small server, go with the Vultr $2.50 plan.
If you want a small server with IPv4, there’s no big difference between Vultr’s $3.50 plan and DigitalOcean’s $4 Droplet. Just keep in mind that the Vultr $3.50 plan is currently offered in only one location.
But if you want to skip the manual WordPress installation hassle and want a server with double resources, Vultr’s $5/month plan is the best choice for you.
