AWS LightsailGeneral Purpose 2C · 0.5 GB
$5
/month
- RAM
- 512 MB
- vCPU
- 2 shared
- Disk
- 20 GB SSD
- BW
- 1 TB
value 80/100
AWS LightsailAWS Lightsail VPS pricing.
prices as of · 12 plans
AWS Lightsail lists 12 plans from $5/mo for General Purpose 2C, at a median of $6 per GB of RAM across 19 locations, checked 16 Sept 2026.
Plans to start with
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AWS Lightsail has 12 VPS plans in our index, from $5/mo for the General Purpose 2C · 0.5 GB up to $168/mo. Its median price per GB of RAM is $6, 11% above the $5.42/GB median across 26 VPS providers, and its plans average a value score of 47/100. All plans use shared vCPUs, none run on NVMe, and they're available in 19 locations across 17 countries.
Cheapest plan
$5
General Purpose 2C
Median $/GB RAM
$6
market $5.42
Avg value score
47
/100
Locations
19
17 countries
Dedicated vCPU
0
of 12 plans
NVMe · unmetered
0%
0% unmetered
Best value AWS Lightsail plans
- 1General Purpose 2C · 0.5 GB2C · 512 MB · 20 GB SSD · value 80$5
- 2General Purpose 2C · 1 GB2C · 1 GB · 40 GB SSD · value 79$6.99
- 3General Purpose 2C · 2 GB2C · 2 GB · 60 GB SSD · value 73$11.99
- 4General Purpose 2C · 4 GB2C · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · value 54$23.99
- 5General Purpose 2C · 8 GB2C · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD · value 45$43.99
Where AWS Lightsail ranks
No top-10 placements today.
Its largest plan (32 GB) runs Qwen3 32B, DeepSeek-R1 Distill Qwen 32B, Gemma 3 27B, Mistral Small 3.2 24B locally.
Data provenance
AWS public price list · pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com (AmazonLightsail)
Fetched 16 Sept 2026 · data health →
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All 12 AWS Lightsail plans
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Bundle · 12
AWS LightsailAWS LightsailGeneral Purpose 2C · 1 GB
$6.99
/month
- RAM
- 1 GB
- vCPU
- 2 shared
- Disk
- 40 GB SSD
- BW
- 2 TB
value 79/100
AWS LightsailGeneral Purpose 2C · 2 GB
$11.99
/month
- RAM
- 2 GB
- vCPU
- 2 shared
- Disk
- 60 GB SSD
- BW
- 3 TB
value 73/100
AWS LightsailGeneral Purpose 2C · 4 GB
$23.99
/month
- RAM
- 4 GB
- vCPU
- 2 shared
- Disk
- 80 GB SSD
- BW
- 4 TB
value 54/100
AWS LightsailCompute Optimized 2C · 4 GB
$42
/month
- RAM
- 4 GB
- vCPU
- 2 shared
- Disk
- 160 GB SSD
- BW
- 5 TB
value 29/100
AWS LightsailGeneral Purpose 2C · 8 GB
$43.99
/month
- RAM
- 8 GB
- vCPU
- 2 shared
- Disk
- 160 GB SSD
- BW
- 5 TB
value 45/100
AWS LightsailMemory Optimized 2C · 16 GB
$74
/month
- RAM
- 16 GB
- vCPU
- 2 shared
- Disk
- 160 GB SSD
- BW
- 5 TB
value 33/100
AWS LightsailGeneral Purpose 4C · 16 GB
$84
/month
- RAM
- 16 GB
- vCPU
- 4 shared
- Disk
- 320 GB SSD
- BW
- 6 TB
value 45/100
AWS LightsailCompute Optimized 4C · 8 GB
$84
/month
- RAM
- 8 GB
- vCPU
- 4 shared
- Disk
- 320 GB SSD
- BW
- 6 TB
value 27/100
AWS LightsailMemory Optimized 4C · 32 GB
$144
/month
- RAM
- 32 GB
- vCPU
- 4 shared
- Disk
- 320 GB SSD
- BW
- 6 TB
value 33/100
AWS LightsailGeneral Purpose 8C · 32 GB
$164
/month
- RAM
- 32 GB
- vCPU
- 8 shared
- Disk
- 640 GB SSD
- BW
- 7 TB
value 39/100
AWS LightsailCompute Optimized 8C · 16 GB
$168
/month
- RAM
- 16 GB
- vCPU
- 8 shared
- Disk
- 640 GB SSD
- BW
- 7 TB
value 21/100
Frequently asked
- What is the cheapest AWS Lightsail VPS?
- General Purpose 2C · 0.5 GB at $5/mo excl. VAT (2 vCPU, 512 MB RAM, 20 GB disk), as of 16 Sept 2026.
- Is AWS Lightsail good value compared with other providers?
- Its median $6/GB RAM is 11% more expensive than the market median, and its best plan (General Purpose 2C · 0.5 GB) scores 80/100 on hardware per dollar.
- Where does this AWS Lightsail pricing come from?
- AWS public price list · pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com (AmazonLightsail). Fetched 16 Sept 2026; prices exclude VAT and are converted to USD at ECB rates.