Why pay $6 for DigitalOcean Basic Droplet when Hetzner Cloud CX22 is $4.85
Save about $14 a year. Per month, in US dollars, 1 GB Basic Droplet, CX22 is EUR 4.49 at 1 EUR = 1.08 USD. Price not yet confirmed on the official site, so check before you buy.
What you still get
A small cloud server with 2 vCPUs and 4 GB RAM at a lower monthly cost.
What you miss
DigitalOcean's managed services, data center locations and its wider product set.