Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 8C or AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C?

AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C, at $164/mo (excl. VAT) versus $168/mo, a difference of $4/mo as of 16 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C: $5.13 per GB of RAM per month versus $5.25 for DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 8C.

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 8C vs AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C.

plan vs plan · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C takes 3 of 6 spec rounds against DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 8C. It is also the cheaper plan, at $164/mo versus $168/mo.

DigitalOcean

Basic Premium AMD 8C · 32 GB · 400 GB

$168/mo

8 vCPU shared · 32 GB · 400 GB NVMe

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AWS Lightsailwins 3 rounds

General Purpose 8C · 32 GB

$164/mo

8 vCPU shared · 32 GB · 640 GB SSD

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Monthly price (lower wins)

$168/mo

$164/mo

$ per GB RAM (lower wins)

$5.25

$5.13

RAM

32 GB

vCPU

8 shared

Disk

400 GB NVMe

640 GB SSD

Bandwidth

10 TB/mo

7 TB/mo

Value score

38/100

39/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 7

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 8C or AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C?: AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C, at $164/mo (excl. VAT) versus $168/mo, a difference of $4/mo as of 16 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C: $5.13 per GB of RAM per month versus $5.25 for DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 8C.
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.