# Digital Ocean $15 vs $20, what is a better option for Discourse?

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** hosting\
**Created:** [4 Dicembre 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-15-vs-20-what-is-a-better-option-for-discourse/75308 "2017-12-04T04:55:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [4 Dicembre 2017, 5:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-15-vs-20-what-is-a-better-option-for-discourse/75308/5 "2017-12-04T05:12:58Z")

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Multiple CPUs is mostly about concurrent requests. So if you don’t tend to have a lot of active logged in users at the same time – if your CPU usage is low overall – dropping down to 1 CPU and increasing memory (more cache, etc) could be a fine tradeoff.

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