DigitalOcean Basic (shared CPU) 1 vCPU, 0.5GiBUS company
1 vCPU / 0.5GB, New York City, United States. $4.00 per month on-demand (excluding tax)
Prices shown for: New York City, United States (nyc3)
About this product
A shared-CPU server with 1 vCPU, 0.5 GB memory. 10 GB disk and 500 GB transfer included.
Key points
- Spec 1 vCPU, 0.5 GB memory
- Performance Shared (CPU is shared with other servers)
- Disk 10 GB included
- Transfer 500 GB per month included
- Billing Per second, capped at the monthly price
- Region New York City (nyc3)
Basic (shared CPU)
Shared vCPUs; you can choose the memory-to-vCPU ratio.
Good for Low-traffic web servers, blogs, CMS, dev and test, small databases
Price by pricing model
| Pricing model | Hourly price | Monthly (original currency) | Monthly (with Korean VAT 10%) | Monthly (excluding tax) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.006/hr | $4.00flat monthly | $4.40With Korean VAT 10% | $4.00Excluding tax | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-21 |
On-demand uses the flat monthly price when there is one, otherwise the hourly price times the monthly hours. Reserved and savings plan prices are monthly equivalents.
Source: Official pricing, checked 2026-10-21 06:46 KST. $4.00 flat monthly, VAT excluded.
Shown in USD, US East prices. Exchange rate used: 1 USD = ₩1,327.84 (as of 2026-10-20); 1 EUR = ₩1,489.17 (as of 2026-10-20). Prices exclude tax. Local taxes such as VAT or GST depend on your country. Korea-based buyers pay 10% VAT.
Specifications
- Company
- DigitalOcean (US company)
- Family
- basic
- Type
- Shared CPU
- vCPU
- 1
- Memory
- 0.5GB
- Local disk
- 10GiB SSD
- Included disk
- 10GB
- Included transfer
- 500GB
- Region
- New York City, United States (nyc3)
- Product ID
- basic-1vcpu-0.5gib
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Last updated: 2026-10-21 06:46 KST.