Which is cheaper, Hetzner CX23 or AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C?

Hetzner CX23 at $6.38/mo (excl. VAT) versus $6.99/mo — a difference of $0.61/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

Hetzner CX23: $1.60 per GB of RAM per month versus $6.99 for AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C.

Yes — both plans are offered in 1 shared country: DE.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Hetzner CX23 takes 3 of 6 spec rounds against AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C. It is also the cheaper plan, at $6.38/mo versus $6.99/mo.

Hetznerwins 3 rounds

$6.38/mo

2 vCPU shared · 4 GB · 40 GB NVME · ↑ $0.02 on 5 Sept 2026

AWS Lightsail

$6.99/mo

2 vCPU shared · 1 GB · 40 GB SSD

Monthly price(lower wins)

$6.38/mo

$6.99/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$1.60

$6.99

RAM

4 GB

1 GB

vCPU

2 shared

Disk

40 GB NVME

40 GB SSD

Bandwidth

—

2 TB/mo

Value score

90/100

84/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 1

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Which is cheaper, Hetzner CX23 or AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C?: Hetzner CX23 at $6.38/mo (excl. VAT) versus $6.99/mo — a difference of $0.61/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: Hetzner CX23: $1.60 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 1 shared country: DE.

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.