AWS Lightsail vs Vultr.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, AWS Lightsail undercuts Vultr on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $6/GB against $6/GB. The cheapest way in is Vultr at $2.50/mo (Cloud Compute 1C · 0.5 GB). Vultr counters with broader reach: 33 locations vs 19.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Vultr Cloud Compute 2C at $20/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 ↗

Vultrall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Cloud Compute 1C · 0.5 GB

  1 vCPU · 512 MB · 10 GB SSD

  $2.50/moView at Vultr ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricAWS LightsailVultr

Plans tracked1266

Cheapest plan$5/mo$2.50/mo

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

Avg value score47/10040/100

Locations1933

Dedicated-vCPU plans022

NVMe share0%70%

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 Lightsail

General Purpose 2C · 2 GB

2 vCPU · 2 GB · 60 GB SSD · $11.99/mo

Vultrwins

Cloud Compute 1C · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 55 GB SSD · $10/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

Vultrwins

Cloud Compute 2C · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · $20/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

Vultrwins

Cloud Compute 4C · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD · $40/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

Vultr

• Cloud Compute 1C · 0.5 GBvalue 82/100$2.50
• Cloud Compute 1C · 1 GBvalue 76/100$5
• Cloud Compute 1C · 0.5 GBvalue 75/100$3.50
• High Performance 1C · 1 GBvalue 75/100$6
• High Frequency 1C · 1 GBvalue 74/100$6

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). Vultr data: Public API · api.vultr.com/v2/plans.