Gandi vs AWS Lightsail.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, Gandi undercuts AWS Lightsail on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $4.72/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 Gandi V-R4 at $17.31/mo, against AWS Lightsail at $23.99/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Gandiall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  V-R1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 25 GB SSD

  $5.77/moView at Gandi ↗

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 →

MetricGandiAWS Lightsail

Plans tracked612

Cheapest plan$5.77/mo$5/mo

Median $/GB RAM$4.72/GB$6/GB

Avg value score55/10047/100

Locations119

Dedicated-vCPU plans00

NVMe share0%0%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans0% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Gandiwins

V-R2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 25 GB SSD · $9.23/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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Gandiwins

V-R4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 25 GB SSD · $17.31/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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Gandiwins

V-R8 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 25 GB SSD · $34.62/mo

AWS Lightsail

General Purpose 2C · 8 GB

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

Top value plans from each

Gandi

• V-R1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 76/100$5.77
• V-R2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 69/100$9.23
• V-R4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 61/100$17.31
• V-R8 · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 55/100$34.62
• V-R12 · 6 vCPU · 12 GBvalue 43/100$57.69

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. Gandi data: Live web · Cloud VPS comparison table on gandi.net (taxes excl.). AWS Lightsail data: AWS public price list · pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com (AmazonLightsail).