DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 4C · 200 GB vs AWS Lightsail General Purpose 4C

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DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 4C · 200 GB and AWS Lightsail General Purpose 4C split the 6 spec rounds evenly (price, price per GB of RAM, RAM, vCPU, disk and bandwidth), so the decision comes down to location and workload.

DigitalOcean

Basic Premium AMD 4C

4 vCPU shared · 16 GB · 200 GB NVMe

$84/mo
AWS Lightsail

General Purpose 4C

4 vCPU shared · 16 GB · 320 GB SSD

$84/mo

Monthly price (lower wins)

$84/mo

$84/mo

$ per GB RAM (lower wins)

$5.25

$5.25

RAM

16 GB

16 GB

vCPU

4 shared

4 shared

Disk

200 GB NVMe

320 GB SSD

Bandwidth

8 TB/mo

6 TB/mo

Value

38/100

44/100

Regions

10

19

Countries served by both · 7

  • AU
  • CA
  • DE
  • GB
  • IN
  • SG
  • US

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 4C · 200 GB or AWS Lightsail General Purpose 4C?
Neither: both cost $84/mo (excl. VAT) as of 31 Oct 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 4C · 200 GB: $5.25 per GB of RAM per month versus $5.25 for AWS Lightsail General Purpose 4C.
Can I deploy both in the same country?
Yes. Both plans are offered in 7 countries: AU, CA, DE, GB, IN, SG, US.

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 31 Oct 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.