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AWS Lightsail General Purpose 4C vs Vultr Cloud Compute 6C.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Vultr Cloud Compute 6C takes 3 of 6 spec rounds against AWS Lightsail General Purpose 4C. It is also the cheaper plan, at $80/mo versus $84/mo.

AWS Lightsail

General Purpose 4C · 16 GB

$84/mo

4 vCPU shared · 16 GB · 320 GB SSD

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Vultrwins 3 rounds

Cloud Compute 6C · 16 GB

$80/mo

6 vCPU shared · 16 GB · 320 GB SSD

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$84/mo

$80/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$5.25

$5

RAM

16 GB

16 GB

vCPU

4 shared

6 shared

Disk

320 GB SSD

320 GB SSD

Bandwidth

6 TB/mo

5.1 TB/mo

Value score

62/100

71/100

Regions

19

33

Countries served by both · 12

  • AU
  • BR
  • CA
  • DE
  • FR
  • GB
  • IN
  • JP
  • KR
  • SE
  • SG
  • US

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, AWS Lightsail General Purpose 4C or Vultr Cloud Compute 6C?
Vultr Cloud Compute 6C at $80/mo (excl. VAT) versus $84/mo — a difference of $4/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
Vultr Cloud Compute 6C: $5 per GB of RAM per month versus $5.25 for AWS Lightsail General Purpose 4C.
Can I deploy both in the same country?
Yes — both plans are offered in 12 shared countries: AU, BR, CA, DE, FR, GB, IN, JP, KR, SE, 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.

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