Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 4C or AWS Lightsail General Purpose 4C?

Neither: both cost $84/mo (excl. VAT) as of 16 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 4C: $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.

DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 4C vs AWS Lightsail General Purpose 4C.

plan vs plan · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 4C 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 · 16 GB · 200 GB

$84/mo

4 vCPU shared · 16 GB · 200 GB NVMe

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AWS Lightsail

General Purpose 4C · 16 GB

$84/mo

4 vCPU shared · 16 GB · 320 GB SSD

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Monthly price (lower wins)

$84/mo

$ per GB RAM (lower wins)

$5.25

RAM

16 GB

vCPU

4 shared

Disk

200 GB NVMe

320 GB SSD

Bandwidth

8 TB/mo

6 TB/mo

Value score

40/100

45/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 7

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 4C or AWS Lightsail General Purpose 4C?: Neither: both cost $84/mo (excl. VAT) as of 16 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 4C: $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 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.