A single DigitalOcean droplet running the full stack. Ideal for early-stage or low-traffic workloads.
Monthly recurring
$88.80/mo
Pay yearly
$1,065.60/yr
= 12 × monthly
First-year total
$1,065.60
| Service | Provider | Qty | Unit price | Billing | Line total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compute | $84.00/mo | ||||
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CPU-Optimized Droplet
4 vCPU / 8 GB CPU-Optimized · dedicated vCPU
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DigitalOcean | 1 per droplet | $84.00 | /mo | $84.00 /mo |
| Storage & Backups | $4.80/mo | ||||
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Automated Backups
Weekly droplet backups (~20% of droplet cost).
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DigitalOcean | 1 per droplet | $4.80 | /mo | $4.80 /mo |
| Networking | $0.00/mo | ||||
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Reserved IP
Static IP, free while assigned.
|
DigitalOcean | 1 | $0.00 | /mo | $0.00 /mo |
| Monitoring | $0.00/mo | ||||
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DigitalOcean Monitoring
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/monitoring/
|
DigitalOcean | 1 | $0.00 | /mo | $0.00 /mo |
| Security & CDN | $0.00/mo | ||||
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Cloudflare CDN, DNS & WAF
Free plan DigitalOcean / Cloudflare
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Cloudflare | 1 | $0.00 | /mo | $0.00 /mo |
| Monthly recurring | $88.80/mo | ||||
| Pay yearly | $1,065.60/yr | ||||
| First-year total | $1,065.60 | ||||
Notes · Pros & Cons
Pros
- Lowest monthly cost.
- Simple to manage and deploy.
- Cloudflare in front for free SSL, CDN & basic security.
Cons
- Single point of failure — if the droplet goes down, the site is down.
- No horizontal scaling; vertical resize needs brief downtime.