Also, pricing of Digital Ocean seem to be quite steep for larger machines. E.g., Hetzner offers AMD Ryzen 3600 dedicated servers with 64GB RAM and 2x 512GB SSD for 42.16 per month including VAT.
Or if you really insist on a VPS, you can get the same configuration with double the disk space at Hetzner for 15.38 per month at Hetzner.
I have a Hetzner VPS and it has been rock-solid.
(I know that they are in Europe, but I assume that there are similarly-priced competitive US counterparts.)
Well spotted. I just actually looked at my bills because of this comment. Turns out that I resized my droplets in mid-august so this month's bill will reflect the full/true cost.
4 vCPUs, 8GB RAM, 80GB disk costs $40/month now so two servers alone cost $80 which is higher than $69.
Either DO raised pricing or they got some special discount.