Which is cheaper, AWS Lightsail General Purpose 4C or Vultr High Frequency 4C?

AWS Lightsail General Purpose 4C at $84/mo (excl. VAT) versus $96/mo — a difference of $12/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

AWS Lightsail General Purpose 4C: $5.25 per GB of RAM per month versus $6 for Vultr High Frequency 4C.

Yes — both plans are offered in 12 shared countries: AU, BR, CA, DE, FR, GB, IN, JP, KR, SE, SG, US.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

AWS Lightsail General Purpose 4C takes 3 of 6 spec rounds against Vultr High Frequency 4C. It is also the cheaper plan, at $84/mo versus $96/mo.

AWS Lightsailwins 3 rounds

$84/mo

4 vCPU shared · 16 GB · 320 GB SSD

Vultr

$96/mo

4 vCPU shared · 16 GB · 384 GB NVME

Monthly price(lower wins)

$84/mo

$96/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$5.25

RAM

16 GB

vCPU

4 shared

Disk

320 GB SSD

384 GB NVME

Bandwidth

6 TB/mo

5.1 TB/mo

Value score

62/100

57/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 12

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Which is cheaper, AWS Lightsail General Purpose 4C or Vultr High Frequency 4C?: AWS Lightsail General Purpose 4C at $84/mo (excl. VAT) versus $96/mo — a difference of $12/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: AWS Lightsail General Purpose 4C: $5.25 per GB of RAM per month versus $6 for Vultr High Frequency 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.