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HOSTKEY vm.nano vs AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

HOSTKEY vm.nano takes 5 of 6 spec rounds against AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C. It is also the cheaper plan, at $3.59/mo versus $5/mo.

HOSTKEYwins 5 rounds

vm.nano · 2 vCPU · 2 GB

$3.59/mo

2 vCPU shared · 2 GB · 60 GB SSD

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AWS Lightsail

General Purpose 2C · 0.5 GB

$5/mo

2 vCPU shared · 512 MB · 20 GB SSD

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$3.59/mo

$5/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$1.80

$10

RAM

2 GB

512 MB

vCPU

2 shared

2 shared

Disk

60 GB SSD

20 GB SSD

Bandwidth

3 TB/mo

1 TB/mo

Value score

95/100

78/100

Regions

1

19

Countries served by both · 0

No overlap — if location matters, that alone may decide it.

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, HOSTKEY vm.nano or AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C?
HOSTKEY vm.nano at $3.59/mo (excl. VAT) versus $5/mo — a difference of $1.41/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
HOSTKEY vm.nano: $1.80 per GB of RAM per month versus $10 for AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C.
Can I deploy both in the same country?
No — the two plans have no country in common, so location alone may decide it.

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 10 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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