Hostinger vs AWS Lightsail.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, Hostinger undercuts AWS Lightsail on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $1.84/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 9.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Hostinger KVM 1 at $11.99/mo, against AWS Lightsail at $23.99/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Hostingerall plans →

• Cheapest

  KVM 1

  1 vCPU · 4 GB · 50 GB NVMe

  $11.99/moView at Hostinger ↗
• Best value

  KVM 8

  8 vCPU · 32 GB · 400 GB NVMe

  $49.99/moView at Hostinger ↗

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 →

MetricHostingerAWS Lightsail

Plans tracked412

Cheapest plan$11.99/mo$5/mo

Median $/GB RAM$1.84/GB$6/GB

Avg value score83/10047/100

Locations919

Dedicated-vCPU plans00

NVMe share100%0%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans0% of plans

One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)102

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Hostinger

KVM 1

1 vCPU · 4 GB · 50 GB NVMe · $11.99/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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Hostingerwins

KVM 1

1 vCPU · 4 GB · 50 GB NVMe · $11.99/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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Hostingerwins

KVM 2

2 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GB NVMe · $14.99/mo

AWS Lightsail

General Purpose 2C · 8 GB

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

Top value plans from each

Hostinger

• KVM 8value 87/100$49.99
• KVM 4value 85/100$28.99
• KVM 2value 84/100$14.99
• KVM 1value 76/100$11.99

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. Hostinger data: Public pricing page · hostinger.com/vps-hosting (SSR cards; regular renewal price, not first-term promo). AWS Lightsail data: AWS public price list · pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com (AmazonLightsail).