Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 2C or AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C?

AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C at $43.99/mo (excl. VAT) versus $48/mo — a difference of $4.01/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C: $5.50 per GB of RAM per month versus $6 for DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 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.

DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 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 Intel 2C. It is also the cheaper plan, at $43.99/mo versus $48/mo.

DigitalOcean

Basic Premium Intel 2C · 8 GB · 160 GB

$48/mo

2 vCPU shared · 8 GB · 160 GB NVME

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AWS Lightsailwins 2 rounds

General Purpose 2C · 8 GB

$43.99/mo

2 vCPU shared · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$48/mo

$43.99/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$5.50

RAM

8 GB

vCPU

2 shared

Disk

160 GB NVME

160 GB SSD

Bandwidth

5 TB/mo

Value score

55/100

61/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 7

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 2C or AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C?: AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C at $43.99/mo (excl. VAT) versus $48/mo — a difference of $4.01/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C: $5.50 per GB of RAM per month versus $6 for DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 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.