AWS Lightsail vs OVHcloud.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, OVHcloud undercuts AWS Lightsail on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $1.23/GB against $6/GB. The cheapest way in is AWS Lightsail at $5/mo (General Purpose 2C · 0.5 GB). OVHcloud counters with broader reach: 28 locations vs 19.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is OVHcloud VPS-1 2027 at $5.18/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 ↗

OVHcloudall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · EU

  2 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB NVMe

  $5.18/moView at OVHcloud ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricAWS LightsailOVHcloud

Plans tracked1210

Cheapest plan$5/mo$5.18/mo

Median $/GB RAM$6/GB$1.23/GB

Avg value score47/10094/100

Locations1928

Dedicated-vCPU plans00

NVMe share0%100%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans

One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)23

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

OVHcloudwins

VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · EU

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB NVMe · $5.18/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

OVHcloudwins

VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · EU

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB NVMe · $5.18/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

OVHcloudwins

VPS-2 LZ 2027 · 4 vCPU / 8 GB · EU

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 75 GB NVMe · $9.80/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

OVHcloud

• VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · EUvalue 96/100$5.18
• VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · USvalue 95/100$5.35
• VPS-2 LZ 2027 · 4 vCPU / 8 GB · EUvalue 94/100$9.80
• VPS-2 2027 · 4 vCPU / 8 GB · EUvalue 94/100$9.80
• VPS-2 2027 · 4 vCPU / 8 GB · USvalue 94/100$10

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). OVHcloud data: Public API · order/catalog/public/vps for the US subsidiary (api.us.ovhcloud.com, USD) and the EU one (api.ovh.com, FR, EUR).