# New Digital Ocean pricing! (Spoiler: $5 for a 1GB droplet) **URL:** \ **Category:** Self-hosting\ **Tags:** hosting\ **Created:** [17.Январь.2018 00:44:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230 "2018-01-17T00:44:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [17.Январь.2018 00:44:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230/1 "2018-01-17T00:44:20Z")
Digital Ocean made some big changes today! Check out the new [price list](https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/). First, 1 GB droplet is now only $5/month! Also, very good news for people with high volume sites, the fast CPU offerings now have reasonable amounts of SSD space. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/0/a01ad822fcbd4ffcf95c6cddcb7ece455fa068b7.png) Also new are “flexible droplets” that make it easy to switch between difference configurations to see what difference it makes to have more RAM, or more CPUs: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/8/2/822532772ebbdefb1c363401b283d69c9a9c6b30.png) If you’ve got a 1GB droplet, you’ll likely want to shutdown, switch to the new 2GB droplet, and re-run `discourse-setup` to take advantage of the additional memory. Downgrading from the old 1GB $10/month droplet to the new $5 one is more complicated because there’s less disk space, so you can’t just change. To do that, a safe path would be to create the new droplet, copy your old `app.yml`, rebuild, backup and restore your site to the new one and point to the new site. ---
**Author:** ![xiasummer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/xiasummer/32/82790_2.png) [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\ **Post date:** [17.Январь.2018 01:31:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230/2 "2018-01-17T01:31:14Z")
I want to compare it with ramnode ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/1/a17836e34917a0c21f7d53240e65027ff4e9a953.png) * * * And I’m wondering how different is 1 Core vs 2 Core, while both have 1G RAM? * * * And Linode is a great idea with the same price while Linode have the location of Japan, Singapore which are great for Asian users; UK,DE for European users, and US for American Users. > While digitalocean only have droplets located in US.\_ **Sorry, I get this info from another post, I should check again** Well Digitalocean also have multiple locations. > **[Server in multiple locations | DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/server-in-multiple-locations)** > > I’m looking for a new solution for speeding up my website response time. I currently have a VPS hosted by a VPS company in the UK. But I have clients which … ---
**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:** [17.Январь.2018 02:17:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230/3 "2018-01-17T02:17:36Z")
> [@xiasummer](#): > > While digitalocean only have droplets located in US. This is not correct they have 10-12 data centers all over the world. ---
**Author:** ![jaevanryssel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jaevanryssel/32/86830_2.png) [@jaevanryssel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jaevanryssel)\ **Post date:** [17.Январь.2018 09:58:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230/5 "2018-01-17T09:58:19Z")
Also Digital Ocean is going to be providing “per-second billing” soon. I’m not exactly sure about the benefits of this. Source: > **[DigitalOcean gives you more RAM and storage for the same price | TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/16/digitalocean-gives-you-more-ram-and-storage-for-the-same-price/)** > > Cloud hosting company DigitalOcean is launching some new price offerings today. In particular, the company is also upgrading its basic $5 droplet ---
**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:** [17.Январь.2018 11:37:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230/6 "2018-01-17T11:37:58Z")
This way if you need an instance for a few hours, you are only billed for a few hours rather than a whole day. Or even 15 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Hector](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/43a26b/32.png) [@Hector](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hector)\ **Post date:** [17.Январь.2018 12:21:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230/7 "2018-01-17T12:21:31Z")
For me the most important feature to come is **true private networking**. This means for example that if you are running the database in a separate vm the communication goes through a isolated network. Right now in DigitalOcean the internal networking is shared. > **[VPC | DigitalOcean Documentation](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/networking/vpc/)** > > A Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is a private network interface for collections of DigitalOcean resources. VPC networks provide a more secure connection … ---
**Author:** ![Rizwan\_Saquib](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rizwan_saquib/32/88336_2.png) [@Rizwan\_Saquib](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rizwan_Saquib)\ **Post date:** [26.Январь.2018 13:42:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230/8 "2018-01-26T13:42:10Z")
No Doubt, I am very happy with this step. DigitalOcean has taken a great step by providing their services in cheaper rates. DO has one of the most affordable infrastructures with good quality of service. It is beneficial for both developers and startups because they can now get a production server in just $5, Even if they don’t know how to manage the servers, They can head to Cloudways, As they have also reduced the pricing on DigitalOcean server. ---
**Author:** ![meglio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/meglio/32/71444_2.png) [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Post date:** [06.Февраль.2018 03:15:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230/9 "2018-02-06T03:15:06Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/4/54940a1db4928240a34d09a8725b8dc36b01bc27.png) Exploring the $15 options for a moderately small community (up to 5k people, 500 new messages per day, 500k visits per month), the 2 vCPUs with 2GB RAM option looks better than the others two taking into account the specifics of the Discourse application? I.e., a) 1GB is too little of memory; b) 3GB RAM vs 2GB RAM won’t make too much of a difference; you’ll have a ~2GB swap; and c) 2 vCPUs is definitely better than 1 vCPUs taking into account multitasking built into Discourse. Do my arguments look right? ---
**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:** [06.Февраль.2018 03:16:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230/10 "2018-02-06T03:16:06Z")
2/2 seems like the best choice there. ---
**Author:** ![Vaping\_Community](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/vaping_community/32/89248_2.png) [@Vaping\_Community](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vaping_Community)\ **Post date:** [06.Февраль.2018 10:10:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230/11 "2018-02-06T10:10:58Z")
I’m currently using this package from them with Discourse Version v2.0.0.beta2 +72 / 2.0.0.beta2 ![DOpackage](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/1/b161cdfb18ba6ee3fcf4bad1da6a32da0668fde1.png) And experiencing high memory usage with only me on Discourse: ![memoryUsageDiscourse](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/1/7178a972e8799ba99244379836876a82eb842717.png) Any advice on troubleshooting this? **Edit:** Upgraded to 4GB Memory and added a 2GB swap file. Memory usage is still around 50% though ---
**Author:** ![fefrei](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fefrei/32/119538_2.png) [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\ **Post date:** [06.Февраль.2018 14:45:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230/12 "2018-02-06T14:45:22Z")
Is there any problem with this high memory usage? 🙂 Free memory is wasted memory – the setup script intentionally tunes Discourse and Postgres to use the available memory to speed up request processing. ---
**Author:** ![Vaping\_Community](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/vaping_community/32/89248_2.png) [@Vaping\_Community](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vaping_Community)\ **Post date:** [06.Февраль.2018 14:46:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230/13 "2018-02-06T14:46:34Z")
Thanks for your reply! I’ll just keep an eye on it ---
**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:** [21.Февраль.2018 23:32:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230/14 "2018-02-21T23:32:07Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/8/08cccdc0031ff1c0e992d46b2f3407de5803b232.png) We already knew the lower prices were here, but nice to see it broken out in this way, and you do get a choice at $15/month of 1 more CPUs, or 50% more RAM. ---
**Author:** ![pain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pain/32/89202_2.png) [@pain](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pain)\ **Post date:** [21.Февраль.2018 23:38:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230/15 "2018-02-21T23:38:11Z")
DO is really overpriced and not worth it imo, i have an 8 core server, 6GB ram, 185GB HDD and 1Gbps (not full duplex) for just 13.8 USD ---
**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:** [21.Февраль.2018 23:39:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230/16 "2018-02-21T23:39:02Z")
And where do you get that deal? ---
**Author:** ![pain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pain/32/89202_2.png) [@pain](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pain)\ **Post date:** [21.Февраль.2018 23:40:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230/17 "2018-02-21T23:40:23Z")
`serverz.pro` is the place ---
**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:** [22.Февраль.2018 16:30:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230/20 "2018-02-22T16:30:34Z")
> [@pain](#): > > serverz.pro Hmm. THeir 1GB-$5/month offering isn’t that different from Digital Ocean’s, albeit serverz.pro offers 4 cores. The $15/month plan does look appealing, though, especially for those in Europe. ---
**Author:** ![Jagster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagster/32/192154_2.png) [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Post date:** [13.Май.2023 18:56:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230/22 "2023-05-13T18:56:37Z")
За исключением того, что теперь все повышают цены, включая DO. ---
**Author:** ![Jagster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagster/32/192154_2.png) [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Post date:** [13.Май.2023 19:08:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230/24 "2023-05-13T19:08:27Z")
«Дёшево» — понятие относительное. Фактически минимальный Droplet обойдётся минимум в 18 долларов США, но более реалистичный выбор — 24 доллара. Мы уже не на уровне 72 долларов в год, а на уровне 216–288 долларов в год. И S3 или аналогичный сервис добавляется сверху, легко превышая 100 долларов в год. А что, если бедный администратор захочет использовать ИИ? Мы быстро придём к уровню 100 долларов в месяц; 1200 долларов в год. Мы действительно далеко-далеко от 5 или 6 долларов в месяц 😉 Но главный момент в том, что вопреки тому, что говорилось в этой теме… что… 5 лет назад, цены не становятся дешевле, а растут. ---
**Author:** ![Jagster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagster/32/192154_2.png) [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Post date:** [14.Май.2023 07:24:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230/27 "2023-05-14T07:24:22Z")
Вот почему так много скрипт-кидди используют Hetzner 🤣 [Следующая страница](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-digital-ocean-pricing-spoiler-5-for-a-1gb-droplet/78230.md?page=2)