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DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C vs AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C takes 2 of 6 spec rounds against DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C. It is also the cheaper plan, at $23.99/mo versus $28/mo.

DigitalOcean

Basic Premium AMD 2C · 4 GB · 80 GB

$28/mo

2 vCPU shared · 4 GB · 80 GB NVME

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AWS Lightsailwins 2 rounds

General Purpose 2C · 4 GB

$23.99/mo

2 vCPU shared · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$28/mo

$23.99/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$7

$6

RAM

4 GB

4 GB

vCPU

2 shared

2 shared

Disk

80 GB NVME

80 GB SSD

Bandwidth

4 TB/mo

4 TB/mo

Value score

58/100

68/100

Regions

10

19

Countries served by both · 7

  • AU
  • CA
  • DE
  • GB
  • IN
  • SG
  • US

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C or AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C?
AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C at $23.99/mo (excl. VAT) versus $28/mo — a difference of $4.01/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C: $6 per GB of RAM per month versus $7 for DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C.
Can I deploy both in the same country?
Yes — both plans are offered in 7 shared countries: AU, CA, DE, GB, IN, SG, US.

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 5 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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