AWS Lightsail vs Linode.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, AWS Lightsail undercuts Linode on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $6/GB against $7.50/GB. The cheapest way in is AWS Lightsail at $5/mo (General Purpose 2C · 0.5 GB). Linode counters with broader reach: 33 locations vs 19.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C at $23.99/mo, against Linode at $24/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

AWS Lightsailall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  General Purpose 2C · 0.5 GB

  2 vCPU · 512 MB · 20 GB SSD

  $5/moView at AWS Lightsail ↗

Linodeall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Nanode 1GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 25 GB SSD

  $5/moView at Linode ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricAWS LightsailLinode

Plans tracked1218

Cheapest plan$5/mo$5/mo

Median $/GB RAM$6/GB$7.50/GB

Avg value score47/10035/100

Locations1933

Dedicated-vCPU plans012

NVMe share0%0%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans0% of plans

One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)27

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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AWS Lightsailwins

General Purpose 2C · 2 GB

2 vCPU · 2 GB · 60 GB SSD · $11.99/mo

Linode

Linode 2GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 50 GB SSD · $12/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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AWS Lightsailwins

General Purpose 2C · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · $23.99/mo

Linode

Linode 4GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · $24/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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AWS Lightsailwins

General Purpose 2C · 8 GB

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

Linode

Linode 8GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD · $48/mo

Top value plans from each

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

Linode

• Nanode 1GBvalue 75/100$5
• Linode 24GBvalue 60/100$60
• Linode 2GBvalue 58/100$12
• Linode 48GBvalue 54/100$120
• Linode 4GBvalue 53/100$24

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. AWS Lightsail data: AWS public price list · pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com (AmazonLightsail). Linode data: Public API · api.linode.com/v4/linode/types.