Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 8C or AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C?

AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C at $164/mo (excl. VAT) versus $192/mo — a difference of $28/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C: $5.13 per GB of RAM per month versus $6 for DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 8C.

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 8C vs AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C takes 2 of 6 spec rounds against DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 8C. It is also the cheaper plan, at $164/mo versus $192/mo.

DigitalOcean

Basic Premium Intel 8C · 32 GB · 640 GB

$192/mo

8 vCPU shared · 32 GB · 640 GB NVME

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AWS Lightsailwins 2 rounds

General Purpose 8C · 32 GB

$164/mo

8 vCPU shared · 32 GB · 640 GB SSD

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$192/mo

$164/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$5.13

RAM

32 GB

vCPU

8 shared

Disk

640 GB NVME

640 GB SSD

Bandwidth

10 TB/mo

7 TB/mo

Value score

50/100

63/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 7

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 8C or AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C?: AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C at $164/mo (excl. VAT) versus $192/mo — a difference of $28/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C: $5.13 per GB of RAM per month versus $6 for DigitalOcean Basic Premium Intel 8C.
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.