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DigitalOcean Basic 2 vCPU / 4 GB benchmarks

2 shared vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB SSD

$24.00/mo
$0.036/hr
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Performance by location

Every run of this plan

Averages over the last 90 days. Same plan, same provider, different datacenters.

Location Runs GB7 single GB7 multi 4K IOPS Price Last tested
Amsterdam 3 (ams3)
Amsterdam, NL
0 n/a n/a n/a $24.00/mo Not tested yet
Bangalore 1 (blr1)
Bangalore, IN
0 n/a n/a n/a $24.00/mo Not tested yet
Frankfurt 1 (fra1)
Frankfurt, DE
0 n/a n/a n/a $24.00/mo Not tested yet
London 1 (lon1)
London, GB
0 n/a n/a n/a $24.00/mo Not tested yet
New York 1 (nyc1)
New York, NY, US
0 n/a n/a n/a $24.00/mo Not tested yet
New York 2 (nyc2)
New York, NY, US
0 n/a n/a n/a $24.00/mo Not tested yet
New York 3 (nyc3)
New York, NY, US
0 n/a n/a n/a $24.00/mo Not tested yet
San Francisco 2 (sfo2)
San Francisco, CA, US
0 n/a n/a n/a $24.00/mo Not tested yet
San Francisco 3 (sfo3)
San Francisco, CA, US
0 n/a n/a n/a $24.00/mo Not tested yet
Singapore 1 (sgp1)
Singapore, SG
0 n/a n/a n/a $24.00/mo Not tested yet
Sydney 1 (syd1)
Sydney, NSW, AU
0 n/a n/a n/a $24.00/mo Not tested yet
Toronto 1 (tor1)
Toronto, ON, CA
0 n/a n/a n/a $24.00/mo Not tested yet

A location is highlighted only when it leads the next best by 5 percent or more. Smaller gaps are normal run-to-run variance.

Network results are not compared here. iperf3 targets are third-party servers, so distance to each target dominates the number.

Benchmark history

We have not benchmarked this plan yet. It shows up here after its first scheduled run.

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Advertised specs

Product line
Basic
Sold as
VPS
Plan identifier
s-2vcpu-4gb
vCPU
2
CPU kind
Shared vCPU
Architecture
x86_64
RAM
4 GB
Storage
80 GB SSD
Disk class
Unknown
Virtualization
KVM
Network port
2 Gbps
Transfer
4 TB
Overage
$0.010/GB
IPv4
Included
IPv6
Included
Port 25
Closed
Status
Active

Price history

  • $0.036 Hourly
    Since Oct 3, 2026
  • $24.00 Monthly
    Since Oct 3, 2026

Available in

  • Amsterdam 3 (ams3) Amsterdam, NL
  • Bangalore 1 (blr1) Bangalore, IN
  • Frankfurt 1 (fra1) Frankfurt, DE
  • London 1 (lon1) London, GB
  • New York 1 (nyc1) New York, NY, US
  • New York 2 (nyc2) New York, NY, US
  • New York 3 (nyc3) New York, NY, US
  • San Francisco 2 (sfo2) San Francisco, CA, US
  • San Francisco 3 (sfo3) San Francisco, CA, US
  • Singapore 1 (sgp1) Singapore, SG
  • Sydney 1 (syd1) Sydney, NSW, AU
  • Toronto 1 (tor1) Toronto, ON, CA