Release Note
Validated on 16 Jan 2018 • Last edited on 24 Jan 2025
Today, we announced wide-ranging changes to our Droplet plans, bringing improved resources across the board. These new plans are now available via the API and can be referenced using their respective size slugs.
Size slugs are human-readable strings used to specify the type of Droplet in certain API requests. In the past, size slugs were typically based on the amount of RAM provided with the plan (e.g. 1gb). Moving forward, we are standardizing on a format comprised of the identifier for the Droplet’s class, the vCPU count, and the amount of RAM in order to provide more flexibility in the plans we are able to offer you. For example, our new $5 per month Standard Droplet comes with 1 vCPU and 1 GB of RAM. So its size slug is. s-1vcpu-1gb.
Applications and scripts with hard-coded size slugs must be updated to take advantage of these new plans. In order to provide a transition period, 1st Generation Droplet plans will continue to be available via the API using the legacy size slugs. We will provide additional notice before their removal.
The table below shows the new 2nd Generation Standard Droplet plans along with their corresponding size slug. For always up-to-date information on available plans and pricing, see our pricing page.
| Class | Slug | vCPUs | RAM | Disk | Transfer | Monthly Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | s-1vcpu-1gb | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB | 1 TB | $5 |
| Standard | s-1vcpu-2gb | 1 | 2 GB | 50 GB | 2 TB | $10 |
| Standard | s-1vcpu-3gb | 1 | 3 GB | 60 GB | 3 TB | $15 |
| Standard | s-2vcpu-2gb | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB | 3 TB | $15 |
| Standard | s-3vcpu-1gb | 3 | 1 GB | 60 GB | 3 TB | $15 |
| Standard | s-2vcpu-4gb | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4 TB | $20 |
| Standard | s-4vcpu-8gb | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB | 5 TB | $40 |
| Standard | s-6vcpu-16gb | 6 | 16 GB | 320 GB | 6 TB | $80 |
| Standard | s-8vcpu-32gb | 8 | 32 GB | 640 GB | 7 TB | $160 |
| Standard | s-12vcpu-48gb | 12 | 48 GB | 960 GB | 8 TB | $240 |
| Standard | s-16vcpu-64gb | 16 | 64 GB | 1,280 GB | 9 TB | $320 |
| Standard | s-20vcpu-96gb | 20 | 96 GB | 1,920 GB | 10 TB | $480 |
| Standard | s-24vcpu-128gb | 24 | 128 GB | 2,560 GB | 11 TB | $640 |
| Standard | s-32vcpu-192gb | 32 | 192 GB | 3,840 GB | 12 TB | $960 |
Available Droplet plans, the resources they provide, and the size slug used to identify them can be accessed programmatically by querying the /v2/sizes endpoint.