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AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C vs Scaleway DEV1-S.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Scaleway DEV1-S takes 3 of 6 spec rounds against AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C. It is also the cheaper plan, at $7.61/mo versus $11.99/mo.

AWS Lightsail

General Purpose 2C · 2 GB

$11.99/mo

2 vCPU shared · 2 GB · 60 GB SSD

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Scalewaywins 3 rounds

DEV1-S

$7.61/mo

2 vCPU shared · 2 GB · 20 GB SSD · $0.03 on 5 Sept 2026

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$11.99/mo

$7.61/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$6

$3.81

RAM

2 GB

2 GB

vCPU

2 shared

2 shared

Disk

60 GB SSD

20 GB SSD

Bandwidth

3 TB/mo

unmetered

Value score

79/100

86/100

Regions

19

3

Countries served by both · 1

  • FR

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C or Scaleway DEV1-S?
Scaleway DEV1-S at $7.61/mo (excl. VAT) versus $11.99/mo — a difference of $4.38/mo, as of 6 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
Scaleway DEV1-S: $3.81 per GB of RAM per month versus $6 for AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C.
Can I deploy both in the same country?
Yes — both plans are offered in 1 shared country: FR.

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 6 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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