Basic 512 MiB

Official-reference Basic Droplet configuration for tiny services, testing and low-resource workloads.

Value34/100

Trust91/100

Reference checked 2026-09-08

Overview

Pricing/specification fields on this listing were checked against the provider-owned source shown below. Stock remains a Koba demo signal until a live adapter is connected.

Specifications

CPU

1 vCPU

RAM

512 MiB

Storage

10 GB SSD

Storage type

SSD

Bandwidth

500 GiB

Region

New York, United States

Location code

US-NYC

IPv4

Available

IPv6

Available

Trial Requirements

Standard account requirements apply
Regional availability must be verified

Pros

Official price/spec reference
Low monthly entry price
Per-second billing for Droplets

Cons

Very limited RAM
Region-specific availability is not monitored

Pricing

Monthly

Hourly

$0.01

Original monthly

Not applicable

Data Source

Official reference

DigitalOcean Droplet Pricing

Plan price and resources are from DigitalOcean's Basic Droplet pricing table. The New York region is a reference location; stock is not live.

Checked 2026-09-08•Stock source: Demo

Open official source

Provider Information

Cloud platform known for simple virtual machines and developer-friendly workflows.

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Operating systems: Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Debian 12, AlmaLinux 9