2-vCPU, 4-GB VM cost comparison

<div class="compare-demo"><div class="compare-title"><b class="compare-badge">VS</b>2 vCPU · 4 GB · MONTHLY VM</div><div class="compare-input"><label>Runtime <b id="first-value"></b><input id="first" type="range" min="0" max="730" step="73" value="730"></label><label>VMs <b id="second-value"></b><input id="second" type="range" min="1" max="3" step="1" value="1"></label></div><div class="cost-rows"><div class="cost-row"><span>Oracle A1*</span><div class="cost-track"><i id="cost-bar-0"></i></div><strong id="cost-value-0"></strong></div><div class="cost-row"><span>Hetzner CX23*</span><div class="cost-track"><i id="cost-bar-1"></i></div><strong id="cost-value-1"></strong></div><div class="cost-row"><span>DigitalOcean</span><div class="cost-track"><i id="cost-bar-2"></i></div><strong id="cost-value-2"></strong></div><div class="cost-row"><span>Akamai/Linode</span><div class="cost-track"><i id="cost-bar-3"></i></div><strong id="cost-value-3"></strong></div><div class="cost-row"><span>Google E2</span><div class="cost-track"><i id="cost-bar-4"></i></div><strong id="cost-value-4"></strong></div><div class="cost-row"><span>AWS t4g</span><div class="cost-track"><i id="cost-bar-5"></i></div><strong id="cost-value-5"></strong></div><div class="cost-row"><span>Azure B2als</span><div class="cost-track"><i id="cost-bar-6"></i></div><strong id="cost-value-6"></strong></div></div><div class="compare-foot">2026-10-06 · *Oracle eligible home region; Hetzner official USD · extras excluded</div></div>

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