DigitalOcean vs InMotionHosting.com: 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

6.1score, #519 in the rating

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InMotionHosting.comwww.inmotionhosting.com · since 2002

from 40.27 $per month

8VPS plans

2countries

5.9score, #678 in the rating

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In short

Entry priceDigitalOceanthe cheapest plan

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

More locationsDigitalOceancountries with servers

More plansDigitalOceanVPS plans in the catalog

Higher in the ratingDigitalOceanplace in the overall accsly rating

Like-for-like plans

RAM	DigitalOcean	InMotionHosting.com
from 1 GB	6.00 $ Basic Regular 1GiB/1vCPU · 1 core · 1 GB RAM · 25 GB SSD	40.27 $ Self-Managed VPS 4 vCPU · 4 cores · 8 GB RAM · 160 GB NVMe
from 2 GB	12.00 $ Basic Regular 2GiB/1vCPU · 1 core · 2 GB RAM · 50 GB SSD	40.27 $ Self-Managed VPS 4 vCPU · 4 cores · 8 GB RAM · 160 GB NVMe
from 4 GB	24.00 $ Basic Regular 4GiB/2vCPU · 2 cores · 4 GB RAM · 80 GB SSD	40.27 $ Self-Managed VPS 4 vCPU · 4 cores · 8 GB RAM · 160 GB NVMe
from 8 GB	47.99 $ Basic Regular 8GiB/4vCPU · 4 cores · 8 GB RAM · 160 GB SSD	40.27 $ Self-Managed VPS 4 vCPU · 4 cores · 8 GB RAM · 160 GB NVMe
from 16 GB	84.01 $ Memory-Optimized 16GiB/2vCPU · 2 cores · 16 GB RAM · 50 GB NVMe	72.71 $ Self-Managed VPS 8 vCPU · 8 cores · 16 GB RAM · 260 GB NVMe

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

Specs

	DigitalOcean	InMotionHosting.com
Price from	4.00 $	40.27 $
Median plan price	420 $	93.82 $
VPS plans	38	8
Countries	🇺🇸 USA, 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇮🇳 India, 🇸🇬 Singapore, 🇦🇺 Australia	🇺🇸 USA, 🇳🇱 Netherlands
Payment	Bank card (Visa/Mastercard), PayPal, Invoice for companies	—
Plans on NVMe	50%	100%
IPv6	yes	no
DDoS protection	no	yes
Hourly billing	yes	no
Trial period	no	no
Money-back	no data	90 days
SLA	99.99%	99.99%
Founded	2012	2002
Country of registration	🇺🇸 USA	—

Server locations

Both: 🇺🇸 USA, 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Only DigitalOcean: 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇮🇳 India, 🇸🇬 Singapore, 🇦🇺 Australia

Questions and answers

Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean or InMotionHosting.com?

DigitalOcean has the cheapest plan: from 4.00 $ per month. InMotionHosting.com starts from 40.27 $.

Which one has more locations?

DigitalOcean — 8 countries, InMotionHosting.com — 2 countries. Countries in common: USA, Netherlands.

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