# AWS EC2 vs DigitalOcean ADM Premium Droplets

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/aws-ec2-vs-digitalocean-adm-premium-droplets/216198
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** hosting
**Created:** [January 27, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/aws-ec2-vs-digitalocean-adm-premium-droplets/216198 "2022-01-27T14:42:37Z")
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#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/aws-ec2-vs-digitalocean-adm-premium-droplets/216198/1 "2022-01-27T14:42:37Z")

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Can anyone test or tell me what difference would there be in performance between these two services? Thanks in advance!

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/aws-ec2-vs-digitalocean-adm-premium-droplets/216198/2 "2022-01-27T20:39:51Z")

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There are a zillion versions of EC2 and AMD Premium droplets. I don’t think that there is a good answer to your question. I’d recommend using which ever service you like better and starting with whatever size you think you can afford (I usually recommend 2GB ram as a starting place).

With EC2, make sure that you increase the SSD to at least 25 GB, but 50 is better.