What this estimate includes
On-demand (or Droplet monthly cap) compute for the smallest listed size that satisfies your vCPU and RAM minimum in the region group you pick, hours per month (730 if you leave a full month), and internet egress after included or free-tier grants. Burstable credits (T3, B-series, E2 shared) are not modeled as a throttle — we assume the instance stays within the baseline the public page describes.
What it does not include
- Block storage beyond the listed system disk, snapshots, and backups
- Public IPv4 that some clouds now bill separately
- NAT, load balancer, and inter-AZ traffic
- Windows licenses, GPU, and dedicated hosts
- Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and CUDs
How to read the ranking
If you leave egress at a few tens of GB, compute dominates and a Droplet’s included transfer barely moves the needle. Raise egress into hundreds of GB and hyperscaler internet-out often overtakes the cheaper hourly rate. That is the comparison this page exists to make visible.
Sizes are not identical machines: a 2 vCPU / 2 GB Droplet is not the same CPU credit model as t3.small. We match on the floor you set and show the SKU name in the result. Confirm current list prices on the provider page before you click buy.