Balanced Compute Droplets

Balanced cloud servers for steady production apps.

2 vCPU with 4 GB to 16 GB of memory, from €63.36/month.

14 plans

2 vCPU, 4 GB to 16 GB of memory.

3 disk sizes

30 GB, 50 GB, 80 GB.

Hourly billing

Pay only while a server runs.

From €63.36/month

No setup fee.

Balanced Compute plans

14 plans. Filter by memory, storage and location.

Memory
Storage
Location

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General Purpose Droplets

v5 General Purpose · g5-2vcpu-4gb-30gb

  • 2 vCPU
  • 4 GiB RAM
  • 30 GiB storage

€63.36/month

or€0.09/ hour

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General Purpose Droplets

v5 General Purpose · g5-2vcpu-4gb-50gb

  • 2 vCPU
  • 4 GiB RAM
  • 50 GiB storage

€65.64/month

or€0.09/ hour

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General Purpose Droplets

v5 General Purpose · g5-2vcpu-4gb-80gb

  • 2 vCPU
  • 4 GiB RAM
  • 80 GiB storage

€69.05/month

or€0.09/ hour

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General Purpose Droplets

General Purpose · g-2vcpu-8gb

  • 2 vCPU
  • 8 GiB RAM
  • 25 GiB storage

€70.34/month

or€0.10/ hour

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General Purpose Droplets

General Purpose 2x SSD · gd-2vcpu-8gb

  • 2 vCPU
  • 8 GiB RAM
  • 50 GiB storage

€75.93/month

or€0.11/ hour

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General Purpose Droplets

v5 General Purpose · g5-2vcpu-8gb-30gb

  • 2 vCPU
  • 8 GiB RAM
  • 30 GiB storage

€76.79/month

or€0.10/ hour

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General Purpose Droplets

v5 General Purpose · g5-2vcpu-8gb-50gb

  • 2 vCPU
  • 8 GiB RAM
  • 50 GiB storage

€79.06/month

or€0.11/ hour

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General Purpose Droplets

v5 General Purpose · g5-2vcpu-8gb-80gb

  • 2 vCPU
  • 8 GiB RAM
  • 80 GiB storage

€82.48/month

or€0.11/ hour

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General Purpose Droplets

v5 General Purpose · g5-2vcpu-12gb-30gb

  • 2 vCPU
  • 12 GiB RAM
  • 30 GiB storage

€90.22/month

or€0.12/ hour

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General Purpose Droplets

v5 General Purpose · g5-2vcpu-12gb-50gb

  • 2 vCPU
  • 12 GiB RAM
  • 50 GiB storage

€92.50/month

or€0.12/ hour

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General Purpose Droplets

v5 General Purpose · g5-2vcpu-12gb-80gb

  • 2 vCPU
  • 12 GiB RAM
  • 80 GiB storage

€95.91/month

or€0.13/ hour

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General Purpose Droplets

v5 General Purpose · g5-2vcpu-16gb-30gb

  • 2 vCPU
  • 16 GiB RAM
  • 30 GiB storage

€103.65/month

or€0.14/ hour

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Prices per month. Every plan can also be billed by the hour.

Price table

Pick memory, then disk.

v5 General Purpose plans, 2 vCPU, price per month.

v5 General Purpose: monthly price by memory and disk
Memory30 GB disk50 GB disk80 GB disk
4 GB€63.36€65.64€69.05
8 GB€76.79€79.06€82.48
12 GB€90.22€92.50€95.91
16 GB€103.65€105.93€109.33

Use cases

Built for apps that run all day.

Online stores

Shops with steady traffic and a catalog to keep in memory.

  • Ecommerce
  • Steady traffic

SaaS and internal tools

Business apps your team uses every day.

  • SaaS
  • Internal tools

Dashboards and APIs

Back ends that serve data around the clock.

  • APIs
  • Dashboards

Medium databases

SQL and NoSQL databases that like memory. Or skip the server work with a managed database.

  • SQL
  • NoSQL

Choose your server

Memory, disk and location.

What you pick when you deploy.

01Memory

Plans run from 4 GB to 16 GB of memory. Pick the amount your app needs at peak.

  • 4 GB to 16 GB
See the price table
02Disk size

The v5 General Purpose line comes with 3 disk sizes: 30 GB, 50 GB, 80 GB.

  • SSD
Back up with snapshots
03Location

Balanced Compute Droplets run in United Kingdom, India, United States. Each plan lists its own locations.

  • Per plan
Filter by location

Other families

A different shape of server.

High-Compute Nodes

More CPU per gigabyte of memory, for builds and batch jobs.

  • CPU-Optimized
See High-Compute Nodes

FAQ

Balanced Compute questions

What are Balanced Compute Droplets?

Cloud servers with 2 vCPU and 4 GB to 16 GB of memory, for apps that need more memory than a small Droplet. 14 plans, billed by the hour or month.

How much does a Balanced Compute Droplet cost?

Plans run from €63.36 to €109.33 per month. Every plan can also be billed by the hour, and there is no setup fee.

How do I choose a plan?

Pick the memory your app needs, then the disk size. In the v5 General Purpose line each step in memory or disk is a separate plan, shown in the price table.

Which other plans are there?

Besides the v5 General Purpose line: General Purpose 2x SSD with 8 GB at €75.93/month, and General Purpose with 8 GB at €70.34/month.

Can I pay by the hour?

Yes. Every plan supports hourly billing, with a one-hour minimum, so you pay only for the hours a server runs.

Where are they hosted?

Balanced Compute Droplets run in United Kingdom, India, United States.

Balanced Compute or Essentials Tier?

Essentials Tier Droplets start at €4.47/month for small workloads. Choose Balanced Compute when your app needs more memory to run steadily. See Essentials Tier

Do I manage the server myself?

Yes. We run the hardware and network; you manage the operating system, software and data.

Give your app room to run.

2 vCPU with up to 16 GB of memory, from €63.36/month.