DreamHost vs AWS Lightsail.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, DreamHost undercuts AWS Lightsail on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $2.47/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 1.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is DreamHost Stack 4 at $15.99/mo, against AWS Lightsail at $23.99/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

DreamHostall plans →

• Cheapest

  Stack 4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

  2 vCPU · 4 GB · 75 GB NVMe

  $15.99/moView at DreamHost ↗
• Best value

  Stack 32 · 8 vCPU · 32 GB

  8 vCPU · 32 GB · 450 GB NVMe

  $59.99/moView at DreamHost ↗

AWS Lightsailall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  General Purpose 2C · 0.5 GB

  2 vCPU · 512 MB · 20 GB SSD

  $5/moView at AWS Lightsail ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricDreamHostAWS Lightsail

Plans tracked412

Cheapest plan$15.99/mo$5/mo

Median $/GB RAM$2.47/GB$6/GB

Avg value score81/10047/100

Locations119

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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DreamHost

Stack 4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 75 GB NVMe · $15.99/mo

AWS Lightsailwins

General Purpose 2C · 2 GB

2 vCPU · 2 GB · 60 GB SSD · $11.99/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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DreamHostwins

Stack 4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 75 GB NVMe · $15.99/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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DreamHostwins

Stack 8 · 2 vCPU · 8 GB

2 vCPU · 8 GB · 150 GB NVMe · $21.99/mo

AWS Lightsail

General Purpose 2C · 8 GB

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

Top value plans from each

DreamHost

• Stack 32 · 8 vCPU · 32 GBvalue 83/100$59.99
• Stack 16 · 4 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 82/100$34.99
• Stack 8 · 2 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 80/100$21.99
• Stack 4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 78/100$15.99

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. DreamHost data: Live web · VPS Stack cards on dreamhost.com (auto-renewal rate, intro promo ignored). AWS Lightsail data: AWS public price list · pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com (AmazonLightsail).