Fasthosts vs AWS Lightsail.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, Fasthosts undercuts AWS Lightsail on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $2.95/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 Fasthosts VPS 4 at $12.13/mo, against AWS Lightsail at $23.99/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Fasthostsall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 4 GB

  4 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe

  $12.13/moView at Fasthosts ↗

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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MetricFasthostsAWS Lightsail

Plans tracked812

Cheapest plan$12.13/mo$5/mo

Median $/GB RAM$2.95/GB$6/GB

Avg value score82/10047/100

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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Fasthosts

VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 4 GB

4 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $12.13/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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Fasthostswins

VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 4 GB

4 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $12.13/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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Fasthostswins

RAM VPS 2 · 2 vCPU · 8 GB

2 vCPU · 8 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $22.92/mo

AWS Lightsail

General Purpose 2C · 8 GB

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

Top value plans from each

Fasthosts

• VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 88/100$12.13
• VPS 6 · 6 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 85/100$24.27
• RAM VPS 4 · 4 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 83/100$32.36
• RAM VPS 8 · 8 vCPU · 32 GBvalue 83/100$60.67
• VPS 8 · 8 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 81/100$51.24

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. Fasthosts data: Live web · VPS package cards on fasthosts.co.uk (data-price-exc-vat, standard not promo). AWS Lightsail data: AWS public price list · pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com (AmazonLightsail).