AWS Lightsail vs netcup.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, netcup undercuts AWS Lightsail on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $1.21/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 5.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is netcup VPS 500 G12 at $5.73/mo, against AWS Lightsail at $23.99/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 ↗

netcupall plans →

• Cheapest

  VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB

  2 vCPU · 4 GB · 128 GB NVMe

  $5.73/moView at netcup ↗
• Best value

  VPS 1000 G12 · 4 vCore · 8 GB

  4 vCPU · 8 GB · 256 GB NVMe

  $10.05/moView at netcup ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricAWS Lightsailnetcup

Plans tracked129

Cheapest plan$5/mo$5.73/mo

Median $/GB RAM$6/GB$1.21/GB

Avg value score47/10095/100

Locations195

Dedicated-vCPU plans04

NVMe share0%100%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans

One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)20

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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AWS Lightsail

General Purpose 2C · 2 GB

2 vCPU · 2 GB · 60 GB SSD · $11.99/mo

netcupwins

VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 128 GB NVMe · $5.73/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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AWS Lightsail

General Purpose 2C · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · $23.99/mo

netcupwins

VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 128 GB NVMe · $5.73/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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AWS Lightsail

General Purpose 2C · 8 GB

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

netcupwins

VPS 1000 G12 · 4 vCore · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 256 GB NVMe · $10.05/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

netcup

• VPS 1000 G12 · 4 vCore · 8 GBvalue 98/100$10.05
• VPS 2000 G12 · 8 vCore · 16 GBvalue 98/100$18.67
• VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GBvalue 97/100$5.73
• RS 2000 G12 · 8 dedicated cores · 16 GBvalue 97/100$20.78
• VPS 4000 G12 · 12 vCore · 32 GBvalue 96/100$31.43

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). netcup data: Live web · server-rendered plan cards on netcup.com/en/server/vps + /en/server/root-server.