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Cherry Servers Cloud VPS 2 (Gen 2) vs AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Cherry Servers Cloud VPS 2 (Gen 2) takes 3 of 6 spec rounds against AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C. It is also the cheaper plan, at $6.97/mo versus $6.99/mo.

Cherry Serverswins 3 rounds

Cloud VPS 2 (Gen 2) · 2 vCPU · 2 GB

$6.97/mo

2 vCPU shared · 2 GB · 40 GB SSD

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AWS Lightsail

General Purpose 2C · 1 GB

$6.99/mo

2 vCPU shared · 1 GB · 40 GB SSD

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$6.97/mo

$6.99/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$3.49

$6.99

RAM

2 GB

1 GB

vCPU

2 shared

2 shared

Disk

40 GB SSD

40 GB SSD

Bandwidth

1 TB/mo

2 TB/mo

Value score

84/100

82/100

Regions

7

19

Countries served by both · 5

  • DE
  • JP
  • SE
  • SG
  • US

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Cherry Servers Cloud VPS 2 (Gen 2) or AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C?
Cherry Servers Cloud VPS 2 (Gen 2) at $6.97/mo (excl. VAT) versus $6.99/mo — a difference of $0.02/mo, as of 6 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
Cherry Servers Cloud VPS 2 (Gen 2): $3.49 per GB of RAM per month versus $6.99 for AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C.
Can I deploy both in the same country?
Yes — both plans are offered in 5 shared countries: DE, JP, SE, SG, US.

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 6 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.

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