Which is cheaper, AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C or OVHcloud VPS-1 2027?

AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C at $5/mo (excl. VAT) versus $5.22/mo — a difference of $0.22/mo, as of 8 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

OVHcloud VPS-1 2027: $1.31 per GB of RAM per month versus $10 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, FR, GB, IN, SG.

AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C vs OVHcloud VPS-1 2027.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

OVHcloud VPS-1 2027 takes 4 of 6 spec rounds against AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C. AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C counters on price: $0.22/mo less, for 512 MB RAM and 2 vCPU instead of 4 GB and 2.

AWS Lightsail

General Purpose 2C · 0.5 GB

$5/mo

2 vCPU shared · 512 MB · 20 GB SSD

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OVHcloudwins 4 rounds

VPS-1 2027 · 2 vCPU / 4 GB · EU

$5.22/mo

2 vCPU shared · 4 GB · 40 GB NVME

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$5/mo

$5.22/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$10

$1.31

RAM

512 MB

4 GB

vCPU

2 shared

Disk

20 GB SSD

40 GB NVME

Bandwidth

1 TB/mo

unmetered

Value score

80/100

96/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 7

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C or OVHcloud VPS-1 2027?: AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C at $5/mo (excl. VAT) versus $5.22/mo — a difference of $0.22/mo, as of 8 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: OVHcloud VPS-1 2027: $1.31 per GB of RAM per month versus $10 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, FR, GB, IN, SG.

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 8 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.