Cost of servers and DB don't match DO's current pricing.
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.
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.
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.)
I'm going to edit the article.