4 families
Basic, General Purpose, CPU-Optimized and Memory-Optimized.
Droplets
Droplets cloud servers billed by the hour.
Cloud VPS servers in 4 families, from €4.47/month. Pay by the hour or the month in up to 8 countries, with no setup fee.
1 to 8 vCPU
With 512 MB to 16 GB RAM and SSD storage.
Hourly or monthly
Every plan bills by the hour, one-hour minimum.
8 countries
Locations differ by plan; each plan lists its own.
Droplet plans and cloud server pricing
70 plans from €4.47/month. Filter by family, vCPU, memory, storage and location.
Category
vCPU
Memory
Storage
Location
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Basic · s-1vcpu-512mb-10gb
- 1 vCPU
- 512 MiB RAM
- 10 GiB storage
€4.47/month
or€0.01/ hour
Basic · s-1vcpu-1gb
- 1 vCPU
- 1 GiB RAM
- 25 GiB storage
€6.70/month
or€0.01/ hour
Basic Intel · s-1vcpu-1gb-intel
- 1 vCPU
- 1 GiB RAM
- 25 GiB storage
€7.82/month
or€0.01/ hour
Basic AMD · s-1vcpu-1gb-amd
- 1 vCPU
- 1 GiB RAM
- 25 GiB storage
€7.82/month
or€0.01/ hour
Basic Intel · s-1vcpu-1gb-35gb-intel
- 1 vCPU
- 1 GiB RAM
- 35 GiB storage
€8.93/month
or€0.01/ hour
Basic · s-1vcpu-2gb
- 1 vCPU
- 2 GiB RAM
- 50 GiB storage
€13.40/month
or€0.02/ hour
Basic Intel · s-1vcpu-2gb-intel
- 1 vCPU
- 2 GiB RAM
- 50 GiB storage
€15.63/month
or€0.02/ hour
Basic AMD · s-1vcpu-2gb-amd
- 1 vCPU
- 2 GiB RAM
- 50 GiB storage
€15.63/month
or€0.02/ hour
Basic AMD · s-1vcpu-2gb-amd
- 1 vCPU
- 2 GiB RAM
- 50 GiB storage
€15.63/month
or€0.02/ hour
Basic Intel · s-1vcpu-2gb-70gb-intel
- 1 vCPU
- 2 GiB RAM
- 70 GiB storage
€17.86/month
or€0.03/ hour
v5 Shared · s5-1vcpu-1gb-30gb
- 1 vCPU
- 1 GiB RAM
- 30 GiB storage
€19.92/month
or€0.03/ hour
Basic · s-2vcpu-2gb
- 2 vCPU
- 2 GiB RAM
- 60 GiB storage
€20.10/month
or€0.03/ hour
Prices per month. Every plan can also be billed by the hour.
Compare families
Which Droplet family fits?
01Basic | 02General Purpose | 03CPU-Optimized | 04Memory-Optimized |
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Websites, small apps, dev and test servers. | Production apps and APIs that need balanced CPU and memory. | Builds, batch jobs and other compute-heavy work. | Caches, databases and in-memory work. |
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Choose your server
Size, storage and location.
What each Droplet plan lets you choose.
01CPU and memory
Plans run from 1 to 8 vCPU and 512 MB to 16 GB RAM. Basic Droplets come as regular, AMD or Intel plans, plus newer v5 plans with more memory choices.
- Regular
- AMD
- Intel
- v5
02SSD storage
Every Droplet runs on SSD storage. Basic plans range from 10 GB to 320 GB; most Intel sizes also come with a larger disk.
- SSD
- 10 GB to 320 GB
03Server locations
Droplets run in Australia, Canada, Germany, India, the Netherlands, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. Basic plans reach all 8; General Purpose, CPU-Optimized and Memory-Optimized run in India, the United Kingdom and the United States; the 39 v5 plans run in the United States.
- Europe
- North America
- Asia
- Australia
Pricing
What sets your Droplet price.
Every plan shows its own price before checkout.
01Family and sizePer plan
The family, vCPU and memory set most of the price. Basic plans start at €4.47/month, CPU-Optimized at €46.90, General Purpose at €63.36 and Memory-Optimized at €93.79.
02Hourly or monthly billingOne-hour minimum
Every plan can be billed by the hour, with a one-hour minimum, or by the month. For a Droplet that runs all month, compare the hourly total with the monthly price.
03Longer termsSame monthly rate
You can also pay for 3, 6, 12, 24 or 36 months. Every term works out to the same monthly price.
04Disk sizePer plan
Larger-disk versions of a size cost more. Pick the smallest disk your data needs.
Use cases
What people run on Droplets.
Development and testing
Start a Basic Droplet by the hour to test a build or a branch, then delete it. See the staging environment quickstart.
Websites and web apps
Host a site or app on your own cloud server. See how to deploy a website on a cloud server.
Builds and batch jobs
Give CI runners and data processing the extra CPU they need.
Databases and caches
Keep data in memory with more RAM per vCPU. See RAM-intensive cloud servers.
Who does what
You run the server. We run the cloud.
We run the cloud
Physical servers, power, network and the virtual machine itself.
You run the server
The operating system, software and data, including updates and backups. See the Droplet snapshots guide.
Specs before you order
Each plan lists its vCPU, memory, disk and locations, so you can compare like for like.
Need more locations?
VPS plans run in more countries and offer NVMe storage. See VPS hosting
FAQ
Droplet questions
What is a Droplet?
A Droplet is a cloud server: a virtual machine with its own vCPU, memory, SSD storage and operating system, which you can create in minutes and pay for by the hour. How cloud servers work
How much does a Droplet cost?
Droplets start at €4.47/month, with no setup fee. The price depends on the family, vCPU, memory and disk; the plan list shows each plan's price.
Can I pay by the hour?
Yes. Every Droplet can be billed by the hour, with a one-hour minimum, so it suits servers you run for a short time. For a Droplet that runs all month, compare the hourly total with the monthly price before you choose.
Which Droplet family should I choose?
Basic suits websites, small apps and test servers (53 plans from €4.47). General Purpose gives production apps balanced CPU and memory. CPU-Optimized suits builds and batch jobs, and Memory-Optimized suits caches and databases.
Where are Droplets located?
Droplets run in Australia, Canada, Germany, India, the Netherlands, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. Locations differ by plan: Basic plans reach all 8 countries, the larger families run in India, the United Kingdom and the United States, and the v5 plans run in the United States. Each plan lists its own locations.
Is a Droplet a VPS?
Yes. A Droplet is a cloud VPS: your own virtual machine on a shared physical host. Droplets come in families tuned for general, CPU-heavy or memory-heavy work, while VPS plans offer more locations and NVMe storage.
What storage do Droplets use?
SSD on every plan. Basic plans range from 10 GB to 320 GB, and larger families from 25 GB to 80 GB.
Do I manage the server myself?
Yes. We run the hardware, network and virtualization; you manage the operating system, software and data. If you want the server managed for you, see Managed VPS.
When should I choose a dedicated server instead?
When you need a whole physical machine to yourself, for steady heavy load. A Droplet shares its physical host with other virtual servers. See dedicated servers
Deploy your first Droplet.
From €4.47/month, billed by the hour.