Civo vs AWS Lightsail.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, Civo undercuts AWS Lightsail on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $5.43/GB against $6/GB. The cheapest way in is AWS Lightsail at $5/mo (General Purpose 2C · 0.5 GB). AWS Lightsail counters with broader reach: 19 locations vs 5.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Civo Standard Medium at $21.73/mo, against AWS Lightsail at $23.99/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Civoall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Standard xSmall · 1 vCPU · 1 GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 25 GB NVMe

  $5.43/moView at Civo ↗

AWS Lightsailall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  General Purpose 2C · 0.5 GB

  2 vCPU · 512 MB · 20 GB SSD

  $5/moView at AWS Lightsail ↗

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MetricCivoAWS Lightsail

Plans tracked1112

Cheapest plan$5.43/mo$5/mo

Median $/GB RAM$5.43/GB$6/GB

Avg value score44/10047/100

Locations519

Dedicated-vCPU plans00

NVMe share100%0%

Unmetered bandwidth100% of plans0% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Civowins

Standard Small · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 25 GB NVMe · $10.86/mo

AWS Lightsail

General Purpose 2C · 2 GB

2 vCPU · 2 GB · 60 GB SSD · $11.99/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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Civowins

Standard Medium · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 50 GB NVMe · $21.73/mo

AWS Lightsail

General Purpose 2C · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · $23.99/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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Civowins

Standard Large · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GB NVMe · $43.45/mo

AWS Lightsail

General Purpose 2C · 8 GB

2 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD · $43.99/mo

Top value plans from each

Civo

• Standard xSmall · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 84/100$5.43
• Standard Small · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 75/100$10.86
• Standard Medium · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 68/100$21.73
• Standard Large · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 59/100$43.45
• Standard Extra Large · 6 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 42/100$86.91

AWS Lightsail

• General Purpose 2C · 0.5 GBvalue 80/100$5
• General Purpose 2C · 1 GBvalue 79/100$6.99
• General Purpose 2C · 2 GBvalue 73/100$11.99
• General Purpose 2C · 4 GBvalue 54/100$23.99
• General Purpose 2C · 8 GBvalue 45/100$43.99

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Civo data: Live web · compute instance tables on civo.com/pricing (USD, all regions). AWS Lightsail data: AWS public price list · pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com (AmazonLightsail).