DigitalOcean
vs
Hostinger
Both sell VPS with managed MySQL and a CDN. DigitalOcean charges less for small VMs and adds Kubernetes, Postgres, object storage and GPUs, while Hostinger bundles shared web hosting on prepaid terms.
What's good about each
- Monthly price caps on bundled Droplet plans
- Nvidia and AMD GPU Droplets, plus bare metal
- Outbound traffic allowance shared across the whole account
- Large tutorial library and 1-click app marketplace
- Affordable plans with generous server specs and free bandwidth
- One-click installation for Plesk, Wordpress, cPanel, Nextcloud and more
- Uses NVMe SSD storage and AMD EPYC processors on all VPS
- Includes automated backups and 24/7 live chat support
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | DigitalOcean | Hostinger | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | $11.99 /mo 1 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (KVM 1) | 50% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Medium VM | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | $28.99 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (KVM 4) | 40% cheaper on Hostinger |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | $49.99 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (KVM 8) | 3.4x more expensive on DigitalOcean |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $60.90 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $12.00 /mo Regional HTTP, 1 node | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | $34.69 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 500 GB - 12 TB / mo per instance, pooled | 4-32 TB per instance | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | Free and unlimited 4-32 TB per instance, then lower bandwidth |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
DigitalOcean offers 10 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Hostinger. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | DigitalOcean | Hostinger | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs
|
$3.26 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
B300
2 configs
|
$7.94 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
H200
3 configs
|
$3.40 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | DigitalOcean only |
MI300X
3 configs
|
$1.91 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
MI355X
1 config
|
$4.50 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
L40S
1 config
|
$1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
1 config
|
$1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
MI325X
3 configs
|
$2.88 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
RTX 4000 Ada
1 config
|
$0.76 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
MI350X
2 configs
|
$4.00 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | DigitalOcean only |
DigitalOcean bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | DigitalOcean | Hostinger |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2004 |
| Headquarters | USA | Lithuania |
| Locations | 16 | 10 |
| Example customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | Little Karma Co, Netherix Studios, Be-Mag |
| Website | digitalocean.com | www.hostinger.com |
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Our data for DigitalOcean was last updated on Sept. 17, 2026, and for Hostinger on Sept. 17, 2026.