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

DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C at $42/mo (excl. VAT) versus $43.99/mo — a difference of $1.99/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C: $5.25 per GB of RAM per month versus $5.50 for AWS Lightsail General Purpose 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 AMD 2C vs AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C takes 2 of 6 spec rounds against AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C. It is also the cheaper plan, at $42/mo versus $43.99/mo.

DigitalOceanwins 2 rounds

Basic Premium AMD 2C · 8 GB · 100 GB

$42/mo

2 vCPU shared · 8 GB · 100 GB NVME

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AWS Lightsail

General Purpose 2C · 8 GB

$43.99/mo

2 vCPU shared · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$42/mo

$43.99/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$5.25

$5.50

RAM

8 GB

vCPU

2 shared

Disk

100 GB NVME

160 GB SSD

Bandwidth

5 TB/mo

Value score

54/100

61/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 7

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C or AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C?: DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C at $42/mo (excl. VAT) versus $43.99/mo — a difference of $1.99/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: DigitalOcean Basic Premium AMD 2C: $5.25 per GB of RAM per month versus $5.50 for AWS Lightsail General Purpose 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.