DigitalOcean vs Gcorelabs: VPS comparison 2026

We compare the VPS offers of two providers using data from their websites: prices, like-for-like plans, countries, payment and terms. The data is updated every hour.

DigitalOceandigitalocean.com · since 2012

from 4.00 $per month

38VPS plans

8countries

5.9score, #403 in the rating

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Gcorelabsgcore.com

from 3.65 $per month

155VPS plans

17countries

5.3score, #720 in the rating

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In short

Entry priceGcorelabsthe cheapest plan

Cheaper 2 GB RAMGcorelabsthe cheapest plan with 2 GB of RAM or more

More locationsGcorelabscountries with servers

More plansGcorelabsVPS plans in the catalog

Higher in the ratingDigitalOceanplace in the overall accsly rating

Like-for-like plans

RAM	DigitalOcean	Gcorelabs
from 1 GB	6.00 $ Basic Regular 1GiB/1vCPU · 1 core · 1 GB RAM · 25 GB SSD	3.65 $ KVM-SSD-1-DRF · 1 core · 1 GB RAM · 20 GB SSD
from 2 GB	12.00 $ Basic Regular 2GiB/1vCPU · 1 core · 2 GB RAM · 50 GB SSD	5.55 $ KVM-SSD-2-DRF · 2 cores · 2 GB RAM · 40 GB SSD
from 4 GB	24.00 $ Basic Regular 4GiB/2vCPU · 2 cores · 4 GB RAM · 80 GB SSD	10.08 $ KVM-SSD-3-DRF · 4 cores · 4 GB RAM · 50 GB SSD
from 8 GB	48.00 $ Basic Regular 8GiB/4vCPU · 4 cores · 8 GB RAM · 160 GB SSD	24.85 $ g1-standard-2-8 · 2 cores · 8 GB RAM · 0 GB SSD
from 16 GB	84.00 $ Memory-Optimized 16GiB/2vCPU · 2 cores · 16 GB RAM · 50 GB NVME	36.54 $ g1-memory-2-16 · 2 cores · 16 GB RAM · 0 GB SSD

Each row shows the provider's cheapest plan with at least this much RAM, price per month.

Specs

	DigitalOcean	Gcorelabs
Price from	4.00 $	3.65 $
Median plan price	420 $	94.01 $
VPS plans	38	155
Countries	🇺🇸 USA, 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇮🇳 India, 🇸🇬 Singapore, 🇦🇺 Australia	🇦🇷 Argentina, 🇺🇸 USA, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇫🇷 France, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇸🇬 Singapore, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇦🇪 UAE, 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇿🇦 South Africa, 🇮🇳 India, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇪🇸 Spain
Payment	Bank card (Visa/Mastercard), PayPal, Invoice for companies	Invoice for companies
Plans on NVMe	50%	0%
IPv6	yes	no
DDoS protection	no	yes
Hourly billing	yes	yes
Trial period	no	no
Money-back	no data	no data
SLA	99.99%	99.9%
Founded	2012	—
Country of registration	🇺🇸 USA	🇱🇺 Luxembourg

Server locations

Both: 🇺🇸 USA, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇮🇳 India, 🇸🇬 Singapore, 🇦🇺 Australia

Only DigitalOcean: 🇨🇦 Canada

Only Gcorelabs: 🇦🇷 Argentina, 🇫🇷 France, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇦🇪 UAE, 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇿🇦 South Africa, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇪🇸 Spain

Questions and answers

Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean or Gcorelabs?

Gcorelabs has the cheapest plan: from 3.65 $ per month. DigitalOcean starts from 4.00 $.

Which one has more locations?

DigitalOcean — 8 countries, Gcorelabs — 17 countries. Countries in common: USA, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, India, Singapore, Australia.

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