HyperHost vs DigitalOcean
Both appear in 4 sections: compute, object storage, egress, footprint. DigitalOcean is cheaper on 2 of 2 comparable measures.
These two are priced for different buyers and the table makes that plain. HyperHost's VPS Mini is $3.84/month for 1 vCPU, 1 GB and 10 GB, against DigitalOcean's $6 for 1 vCPU, 1 GB and 25 GB. At 4 GB, DigitalOcean charges $24 for 2 vCPU and 80 GB while HyperHost's VPS Start is $13.60 for 2 vCPU, 3 GB and 45 GB. So HyperHost is cheaper at the small end and stays cheaper through the middle of the range, though it gives less disk at each step. What DigitalOcean sells is the platform. Managed Postgres and MySQL, App Platform, Spaces object storage, managed Kubernetes, a mature API and Terraform provider, 15 data centres, and documentation that has taught a large part of the industry how to deploy things. Its VPS is deliberately unremarkable because the droplet is an entry point to the rest. HyperHost sells servers: six plans, NVMe storage, locations in Ukraine and Europe, and a price that undercuts DigitalOcean without matching its ecosystem. For a single machine you will configure and forget, HyperHost saves real money. For anything that will lean on a managed database or scale beyond one box, DigitalOcean's premium buys the parts HyperHost does not sell.
Compute
All compute →Object storage
All object storage →Egress
All egress →Footprint
All footprint →| Metric | HyperHost | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| Regionshigher is better | — | 98 countries |