DigitalOcean vs OVHcloud
OVHcloud comes out ahead of DigitalOcean on 5 of the 8 things that decide this, going by what each company publishes and what independent review sites report. The one that matters for you may be one the leader loses.
The verdict
OVHcloud takes it, 5–3 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, OVHcloud takes 5 of 8 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose DigitalOcean if…
- • You want DigitalOcean's edge on what the cheapest plan costs and the uptime promise
Choose OVHcloud if…
- • You want OVHcloud's edge on what the entry plan includes and how much data you can move
Round by round
- Round 1What the cheapest plan costsDigitalOcean wins
DigitalOcean wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2What the entry plan includesOVHcloud winsDigitalOcean5/10
512 MiB RAM
the $4 Droplet, one vCPU
- 512 MiB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
OVHcloud wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3How much data you can moveOVHcloud winsDigitalOcean5/10
500 GiB
included outbound transfer on the $4 Droplet
- 500 GiB, against Unlimited traffic
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
OVHcloud wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4The uptime promiseDigitalOcean winsOVHcloud5/10
99.9%
service level agreement for VPS hardware availability
- 99.9%, against 99.99%
Source: ovhcloud.com ↗
DigitalOcean wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5How much memory a dollar buysOVHcloud winsDigitalOcean5/10
0.12 GB per $1
512 MiB RAM for $4 a month
- 0.12 GB per $1, against 0.88 GB per $1
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
OVHcloud wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 6What customers say on TrustpilotDigitalOcean winsOVHcloud5/10
3.8 out of 5
TrustScore from 8,748 reviews on Trustpilot
- 3.8 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
Source: trustpilot.com ↗
DigitalOcean wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 7How many CPU cores you getOVHcloud winsDigitalOcean5/10
1 vCPU
Basic Droplet (Regular, 512 MiB)
- 1 vCPU, against 2 vCores
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
OVHcloud wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 8How much disk space you getOVHcloud winsDigitalOcean5/10
10 GiB SSD
Basic Droplet (Regular, 512 MiB)
- 10 GiB SSD, against 40 GB NVMe
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
OVHcloud wins this round on what the published sources say.
Side by side
- TrustScore from 2,584 reviews on Trustpilot
- datacentres the VPS range can be placed in
- 512 MiB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
- 500 GiB, against 20 TB
- 1 vCPU, against 2 vCPU (AMD)
- 10 GiB SSD, against 40 GB NVMe
- $4.54, against $4
- 99.9%, against 99.99%
- 3.8 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
- $4.54, against $3.50