AWS Lightsail vs TransIP.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, TransIP undercuts AWS Lightsail on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $5.77/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 TransIP V3 at $23.08/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 ↗

TransIPall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  V1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 100 GB NVMe

  $5.77/moView at TransIP ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricAWS LightsailTransIP

Plans tracked125

Cheapest plan$5/mo$5.77/mo

Median $/GB RAM$6/GB$5.77/GB

Avg value score47/10061/100

Locations191

Dedicated-vCPU plans00

NVMe share0%100%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans

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

TransIPwins

V2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 100 GB NVMe · $11.54/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

TransIPwins

V3 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 100 GB NVMe · $23.08/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

TransIP

V4 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GB NVMe · $57.69/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

TransIP

• V1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 90/100$5.77
• V2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 80/100$11.54
• V3 · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 72/100$23.08
• V4 · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 36/100$57.69
• V5 · 8 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 27/100$115.39

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). TransIP data: Live web · VPS product blocks on transip.eu (prices exclude VAT).