Head to head
DigitalOcean vs Vultr for n8n
What our price table lists for DigitalOcean and Vultr: first-term and renewal prices where we've verified them, billing and n8n setup.
Prices checked Oct 19, 2026
DigitalOcean
Basic Droplet 512 MiB · Bare VPS
- First term
- $4/mo
- Renews at
- $4/mo
- Billing
- per-second
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DigitalOcean's Basic Droplet 512 MiB plan shows $4/mo for the first term and renews at the same price. It lists 1 vCPU, 512 MB RAM, 10 GB disk and 500 GiB bandwidth. DigitalOcean also lists Basic Droplet 1 GiB at $6/mo (renews at $6/mo). Prices exclude VAT. We haven't confirmed a one-click n8n template for DigitalOcean, so plan on installing n8n yourself with Docker (DigitalOcean, checked 2026-10-19).
Vultr's Cloud Compute 1 GB (Regular) plan shows $5/mo for the first term and renews at the same price. It lists 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 25 GB SSD and 1024 GB bandwidth. We haven't confirmed a one-click n8n template for Vultr, so plan on installing n8n yourself with Docker (Vultr, checked 2026-10-19).
In short: For the first term, DigitalOcean's cheapest plan (Basic Droplet 512 MiB, $4/mo) costs less than Vultr's (Cloud Compute 1 GB (Regular), $5/mo). After the first term, DigitalOcean Basic Droplet 512 MiB renews at $4/mo and Vultr Cloud Compute 1 GB (Regular) at $5/mo. With 1 GB of RAM, DigitalOcean Basic Droplet 1 GiB costs $6/mo and Vultr Cloud Compute 1 GB (Regular) costs $5/mo. We haven't confirmed a one-click n8n template for either host, so plan on installing n8n yourself with Docker.
All DigitalOcean and Vultr plans
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- DigitalOceanVisit
Basic Droplet 512 MiB · Bare VPS
- First term
- $4/mo
- Renews at
- $4/mo
- Jump
- None
per-second · 1 vCPU · 512 MB RAM · 10 GB disk · 500 GiB bandwidth · Checked
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- First term
- $5/mo
- Renews at
- $5/mo
- Jump
- None
hourly · 1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · 25 GB SSD · 1024 GB bandwidth · Checked
- DigitalOceanVisit
Basic Droplet 1 GiB · Bare VPS
- First term
- $6/mo
- Renews at
- $6/mo
- Jump
- None
per-second · 1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · 25 GB disk · 1,000 GiB bandwidth · Checked
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