DigitalOcean is a VPS hosting provider in the United States that was once mentioned as often as Linode. The main reason may be that DigitalOcean provides VPS hosts with the same configuration but at very cheap prices. Back then, Linode’s cheapest VPS sold for $20. Now Linode only sells for $5 and has 1GB of memory, while DigitalOcean still maintains the price of $5. Original price. DigitalOcean's currently cheapest VPS host has 512MB memory, 20GB SSD hard drive and 1TB monthly traffic. Friends who have used Linode VPS and Vultr VPS know that this price is definitely not cost-effective.