DigitalOcean Basic 1 GB
DigitalOcean · Basic Droplet (Regular CPU)
Low-cost Basic Droplet with 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM, 25 GiB SSD and 1 TB transfer. Available across the listed DigitalOcean datacenter catalog.
Price and billing
$6.00 per month
Renewal: $6.00 · Setup: $0.00 · Billing period: 1 month(s)
Hourly billing: Yes · Tax scope: excluding taxes
Price assumption: provider-stated price checked Oct 24, 2026. No tax or FX conversion by VPSTab.
Evidence status
IPv6: Provider-confirmed · IPv4: Included · Backups: Add-on available
Known unknowns
- per region stock
- snapshot pricing
- independent network performance
Limitations
- Region availability comes from the provider's datacenter catalog; per-size stock was not checked.
- Backup add-on price is calculated from the published weekly percentage (20%), not a fixed quote.
Offer history
- Oct 24, 2026 · $6.00 · Current offerLast verified Oct 24, 2026
Region and price snapshots
Only locations listed by the provider source are shown. Per-size stock is not confirmed by a region catalog.
| Datacenter | City | Region | Native monthly | USD monthly | Traffic | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMS3 | Amsterdam | nl-amsterdam | Same as base | $6.00 | 1 TB | Region catalog |
| BLR1 | Bangalore | in-bangalore | Same as base | $6.00 | 1 TB | Region catalog |
| FRA1 | Frankfurt | de-frankfurt | Same as base | $6.00 | 1 TB | Region catalog |
| LON1 | London | gb-london | Same as base | $6.00 | 1 TB | Region catalog |
| NYC1 | New York | us-new-york | Same as base | $6.00 | 1 TB | Region catalog |
| NYC3 | New York | us-new-york | Same as base | $6.00 | 1 TB | Region catalog |
| SFO3 | San Francisco | us-san-francisco | Same as base | $6.00 | 1 TB | Region catalog |
| SGP1 | Singapore | sg-singapore | Same as base | $6.00 | 1 TB | Region catalog |
| SYD1 | Sydney | au-sydney | Same as base | $6.00 | 1 TB | Region catalog |
| TOR1 | Toronto | ca-toronto | Same as base | $6.00 | 1 TB | Region catalog |
Claim-level evidence
Backups are provider-confirmed; the recorded add-on price is $1.20/month.
IPv4: confirmed; IPv6: confirmed. Unknown assignment is not treated as supported.
Provider-stated availability in: SGP1 (Singapore), FRA1 (Frankfurt, Germany), NYC1 (New York, United States), NYC3 (New York, United States), AMS3 (Amsterdam, Netherlands), LON1 (London, United Kingdom), SFO3 (San Francisco, United States), TOR1 (Toronto, Canada), BLR1 (Bangalore, India), SYD1 (Sydney, Australia). Region evidence: provider region catalog; per-size stock not confirmed.
Listed at 6.00 USD ($6.00) per month; renewal 6.00 USD ($6.00); excluding taxes; 1-month billing period. No setup fee was captured. Observed 2026-10-24.
1 vCPU, 1024 MB RAM, 25 GB SSD; 1000 GB transfer; bandwidth unknown.
No separate plan review yet
Specifications and price evidence are available above, but the plan has not met the evidence gate for a full plan review.
Read the provider assessmentAlternatives
Linode Nanode 1 GB
Same 1 GB class and near-identical price; Linode adds Osaka and Tokyo, DigitalOcean has more western datacenters.
Confidence 85% · 4 source(s)
Scenario fit
Singapore latency-sensitive service
Eligible under recommendation-rule-v1 with scenario score 84.43. Ranked below linode-nanode-1gb by 2.42 points; the largest weighted gap is evidence.
Official sources
- DigitalOcean Droplet pricinghttps://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets
- DigitalOcean regional availabilityhttps://docs.digitalocean.com/platform/regional-availability/
- DigitalOcean Backups pricinghttps://docs.digitalocean.com/products/backups/details/pricing/
- How to enable IPv6 on Dropletshttps://docs.digitalocean.com/products/networking/ipv6/how-to/enable/