How much does LightNode Start cost?

$10.41 a month excl. VAT, which is $5.21 for each GB of RAM. Checked 4 Nov 2026 on LightNode's own site.

What do you get with LightNode Start?

1 shared vCPU, 2 GB of RAM, 50 GB NVMe of disk and 1 TB of traffic a month.

How does LightNode Start compare with other VPS plans?

It is cheaper than 87% of the 558 plans we track, and a GB of RAM costs 1% less than the $5.25 typical across them. For hardware per dollar it ranks #171 of the 405 plans that include a disk.

LightNode Start.

Prices checked 4 Nov

LightNode Start costs $10.41 a month for 1 vCPU, 2 GB of RAM and 50 GB NVMe, cheaper than 87% of the 558 VPS plans we track, checked 4 Nov.

Hong Kongshared vCPU

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Price

LightNode

$10.41/mo

$5.21 per GB of RAM a month

Cheaper than 87% of the 558 plans we track.

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Value for money

#171

of 405 plans with a disk

Ranked by how much RAM, CPU, disk and traffic each dollar buys.

Hong Kongshared vCPU

Compare withvs Atlantic.Net G3.2GB vs Civo Standard Small or any plan

What you get

RAM: 2 GBmore than 5% of plans
vCPU: 1 sharedmore than 0% of plans
Disk: 50 GB NVMemore than 40% of plans
Traffic: 1 TB a month

1 location

Hong Kong, HK

USD, the page's monthly equivalent of the hourly rate; the page states no tax · billed by the hour · LightNode, LLC publishes no country or address of registration

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How it scores

Each dollar buys 0.56 points of hardware here, against a typical 0.44 across the 558 plans we track.

RAM, 2 GB: 2.0
vCPU, 1: 1.5
Disk, 50 GB NVMe: 2.0
Traffic, 1 TB: 0.3
5.8 points for $10.41: 0.56 a dollar

1 point per GB of RAM, 1.5 per vCPU, 1 per 25 GB of disk up to 500 GB (SSD × 0.8, HDD × 0.4), and 0.3 per TB of traffic up to 20 TB.

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Frequently asked

How much does LightNode Start cost?: $10.41 a month excl. VAT, which is $5.21 for each GB of RAM. Checked 4 Nov 2026 on LightNode's own site.
What do you get with LightNode Start?: 1 shared vCPU, 2 GB of RAM, 50 GB NVMe of disk and 1 TB of traffic a month.
Where does LightNode Start run?: In 1 location: Hong Kong, HK.
How does LightNode Start compare with other VPS plans?: It is cheaper than 87% of the 558 plans we track, and a GB of RAM costs 1% less than the $5.25 typical across them. For hardware per dollar it ranks #171 of the 405 plans that include a disk.