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DigitalOcean Basic (s-1vcpu-2gb) pricing and specs
10 published prices for Basic (s-1vcpu-2gb) in 10 regions across 1 billing term, from DigitalOcean's official pricing source. Prices stay in native currency and can exclude storage, IPv4, egress, support and tax.
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Basic (s-1vcpu-2gb) specifications
| Family | basic |
|---|---|
| Machine type | Virtual machine |
| vCPU | 1 |
| Physical cores | Unknown |
| Memory | 2 GiB |
| Architecture | Unknown |
| CPU allocation | shared |
| GPU | None |
| Local storage | 50 GiB local storage; medium unknown |
| Network | Up to 2 Gbps network |
| Provider status | Active |
Lowest and highest price by billing term
Each row compares one billing term in one currency across the regions that list it. Billing terms and currencies are never mixed or converted, and a stale price is compared only when no fresh one exists.
| Billing term | Lowest | Highest | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | USD 0.01786 / hrAmsterdam 3 and 9 others at this price | Same as lowestSame price in all 10 regions compared | 10 regions |
Every published Basic (s-1vcpu-2gb) price
One table per billing term, cheapest first. Monthly figures follow the provider's billing: a vendor monthly cap is not the hourly price multiplied by 730.
On-demand
10 prices
| Region | Hourly | Monthly | Tax and source date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam 3 | USD 0.01786 / hr | $12.00 / movendor monthly cap | Tax treatment not specifiedSource |
| Bangalore 1 | USD 0.01786 / hr | $12.00 / movendor monthly cap | Tax treatment not specifiedSource |
| Frankfurt 1 | USD 0.01786 / hr | $12.00 / movendor monthly cap | Tax treatment not specifiedSource |
| London 1 | USD 0.01786 / hr | $12.00 / movendor monthly cap | Tax treatment not specifiedSource |
| New York 2 | USD 0.01786 / hr | $12.00 / movendor monthly cap | Tax treatment not specifiedSource |
| San Francisco 2 | USD 0.01786 / hr | $12.00 / movendor monthly cap | Tax treatment not specifiedSource |
| San Francisco 3 | USD 0.01786 / hr | $12.00 / movendor monthly cap | Tax treatment not specifiedSource |
| Singapore 1 | USD 0.01786 / hr | $12.00 / movendor monthly cap | Tax treatment not specifiedSource |
| Sydney 1 | USD 0.01786 / hr | $12.00 / movendor monthly cap | Tax treatment not specifiedSource |
| Toronto 1 | USD 0.01786 / hr | $12.00 / movendor monthly cap | Tax treatment not specifiedSource |
Source notes for these prices
Every row: Official size price in a region where both API resources report the size available.
Prices are published in US dollars; no currency conversion is involved.
Similar DigitalOcean instance types
Up to 6 other DigitalOcean instance types whose vCPU count and memory are both within a factor of two of this one, closest first, excluding GPU and accelerator types. Equal vCPU and RAM do not mean equal performance.
| Instance type | vCPU | Memory | CPU | Lowest on-demand |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic (s-1vcpu-2gb) | 1 | 2 GiB | shared · Unknown | USD 0.01786 / hr |
| Basic Intel (s-1vcpu-2gb-70gb-intel) | 1 | 2 GiB | shared · Unknown | USD 0.02381 / hr |
| Basic Intel (s-1vcpu-2gb-intel) | 1 | 2 GiB | shared · Unknown | USD 0.02083 / hr |
| v5 Shared (s5-1vcpu-2gb-30gb) | 1 | 2 GiB | shared · Unknown | USD 0.02801 / hr |
| v5 Shared (s5-1vcpu-2gb-50gb) | 1 | 2 GiB | shared · Unknown | USD 0.03075 / hr |
| v5 Shared (s5-1vcpu-2gb-80gb) | 1 | 2 GiB | shared · Unknown | USD 0.03487 / hr |
| v5 Shared (s5-1vcpu-3gb-30gb) | 1 | 3 GiB | shared · Unknown | USD 0.03206 / hr |
Sources and evidence
Official API hourly prices and monthly caps; availability confirmed by both sizes and regions resources.
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Data sources for these prices
The original collection sources, for auditing our data. They may contain raw API/JSON data or require authentication; they are not buying pages.
- https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/sizes · 10 prices · retrieved
Specification notes
- Includes 50 GiB local disk allocation; the API does not specify its medium.
- Includes 2000 GB monthly transfer.
- CPU allocation shared: DigitalOcean's Droplet plan docs (https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/concepts/choosing-a-plan/, reviewed 2026-10-23) list the Basic plan with shared CPU.
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