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Updated: 2026-10-24T00:00:00+08:00

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DigitalOcean / PLAN #c-48

# CPU-Optimized Regular · 48 vCPU / 96 GiB / 600 GiB

Harnessing 48 dedicated vCPUs and 96 GiB RAM, the c-48 droplet serves as a high-core compute titan, purpose-built for massive parallel builds, scientific simulations, and high-throughput enterprise batch pipelines.

Check availability on the official siteCatalog updated:2026-10-25 16:08 UTC

Latest price check:2026/10/26 00:08:35
 Last attempt ：2026/10/26 00:08:35

$1,008 / monthly cap$1.5 / hour · billed per second

Public price checked on 2026/10/26 00:08:35

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## Plan configuration

- CPU: 48 vCPU · Dedicated CPU

- Processor tier: Regular

- RAM: 96 GiB

- Storage: 600 GiB SSD

- Monthly transfer: 11,000 GiB

- Outbound bandwidth limit: 2 Gbps

- Hourly rate: $1.5

- Monthly cap: $1,008

## Locations and datacenters

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## Network

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Public configurations and prices are checked every 6 hours. Prices are monthly caps with per-second billing and a minimum of 60 seconds or $0.01, whichever is higher. Powered-off Droplets remain billable; destroy the Droplet to stop compute billing. Backups, snapshots and excess outbound transfer cost extra. Confirm regions and capacity on the official site.

## DigitalOcean c-48 Evaluation & Buyer's Guide: 48 Dedicated Cores Flagship for Extreme Multithreaded Workloads

Updated 2026-10-24

## Breaking Through Performance Ceilings with 48 Dedicated Cores[#](https://vpsmap.net/en/vps/digitalocean/c-48/#review-section-1)

In compute-bound engineering environments, scaling from 16 or 32 cores to 48 cores is not just an incremental hardware bump—it marks a **fundamental productivity shift**. When a full codebase compilation shrinks from 40 minutes to 12 minutes, what was once an overnight chore becomes a quick coffee break for engineers. Feedback loops tighten, and team velocity accelerates dramatically.

**DigitalOcean c-48** represents the pinnacle of the CPU-Optimized Regular Droplet lineup:

- **48 Dedicated Physical Hyper-Threads**: All 48 vCPUs are strictly pinned to dedicated Intel Xeon Scalable hyper-threads. Sustained base clock speeds exceed 2.6 GHz with zero CPU steal and absolute isolation from other tenants.

- **96 GiB Balanced Memory Allocation**: Continuing the disciplined 1:2 RAM-to-vCPU ratio, each core receives 2 GiB of memory. This provides robust headroom for parallel compilation without forcing you to pay for unused hundred-gigabyte RAM pools.

- **600 GiB Directly Attached Local SSD**: Generous local disk space ensures the operating system, large toolchain containers, and substantial compilation caches operate without disk space constraints.

## High-Yield Workload Profiles[#](https://vpsmap.net/en/vps/digitalocean/c-48/#review-section-2)

### 1. Large-Scale Parallel Build Matrices (AOSP, Chromium, Custom Kernels, LLVM)[#](https://vpsmap.net/en/vps/digitalocean/c-48/#review-section-3)

Organizations building custom Android distributions, game engines, or complex microservice platforms face thousands of compilation units. Utilizing c-48's 48 dedicated threads with build systems configured for `-j48` or `-j64` fully saturates the hardware, completing massive builds in a fraction of the time.

### 2. High-Capacity Video Transcoding Engines[#](https://vpsmap.net/en/vps/digitalocean/c-48/#review-section-4)

For digital media platforms and video services processing continuous streams of high-resolution video into multi-bitrate H.264/H.265/AV1 variants, c-48 runs dozens of concurrent FFmpeg worker threads with ease, preventing encoding queues from backing up during peak submission windows.

### 3. Quantitative Financial Backtesting & Distributed Simulation[#](https://vpsmap.net/en/vps/digitalocean/c-48/#review-section-5)

Financial modeling teams running multi-parameter historical simulations or QA teams executing distributed load testing require high-density thread execution with zero jitter. The c-48 guarantees steady, predictable execution times free from multi-tenant noise.

## Storage, Networking, and Ecosystem Synergy[#](https://vpsmap.net/en/vps/digitalocean/c-48/#review-section-6)

- **11,000 GiB Monthly Outbound Transfer Pool**: The c-48 includes a massive 11,000 GiB outbound transfer allowance. Inbound traffic is completely free. Bandwidth is pooled across your entire team's Droplet fleet, providing natural smoothing for fluctuating traffic spikes.

- **Zero-Cost VPC Interconnect & Spaces Integration**: Private network traffic within the same regional VPC consumes zero bandwidth allowance. Integrate with Spaces Object Storage to immediately offload finished artifacts while keeping the local 600 GiB SSD lean and responsive.

- **Turnkey Automated Backups**: Production nodes can enable automated daily (30% of Droplet cost) or weekly (20% of Droplet cost) incremental backups, allowing one-click point-in-time recovery.

## Flexible Billing Dynamics: Always-On Core vs. On-Demand Crunching[#](https://vpsmap.net/en/vps/digitalocean/c-48/#review-section-7)

- **$1.50/Hour with a $1,008.00 Monthly Cap**: DigitalOcean's per-second billing caps at 672 hours (28 days) per billing cycle. Run it continuously throughout a 31-day month, and hours past 672 are free.

- **Extraordinary Value for On-Demand Bursts**: If your engineering team only needs massive compute for a 4-hour pre-release testing session on Friday afternoon, launching a c-48 via API costs roughly $6.00—sparing dozens of developers hours of idle waiting.

- **Power Off vs. Destroy**: Halting the instance in the control panel maintains your hypervisor reservation, meaning billing continues. Destroy ephemeral instances upon job completion to stop charges immediately.

## 48-Core Sizing & Upgrade Paths[#](https://vpsmap.net/en/vps/digitalocean/c-48/#review-section-8)

- **c-48 (600 GiB SSD)**: The purest high-core compute foundation for compilation matrices and distributed workers.

- **c2-48vcpu-96gb (1200 GiB SSD)**: The recommended upgrade when local caches, Docker images, and temporary scratch disks exceed 600 GiB.

- **c5-48vcpu-96gb (3000 GiB SSD)**: The ultimate high-core / massive-local-disk monster for multi-terabyte data operations.

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## Listing and catalog history

Listed · Latest catalog check: 2026/10/26 00:08:35

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Catalog history (latest 1)

- 2026/10/24 23:03:14 · New plan discovered

## Public price history

Observed low $1,008 · High $1,008 · Monthly, before coupon discounts

**First verified price: $1,008**

2026/10/24 23:03:14 · No later change has been observed, so no trend is drawn.

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