Which is cheaper, AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C or Linode Linode 32GB?

AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C at $164/mo (excl. VAT) versus $192/mo — a difference of $28/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C: $5.13 per GB of RAM per month versus $6 for Linode Linode 32GB.

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

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C takes 2 of 6 spec rounds against Linode Linode 32GB. It is also the cheaper plan, at $164/mo versus $192/mo.

AWS Lightsailwins 2 rounds

$164/mo

8 vCPU shared · 32 GB · 640 GB SSD

Linode

$192/mo

8 vCPU shared · 32 GB · 640 GB SSD

Monthly price(lower wins)

$164/mo

$192/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$5.13

RAM

32 GB

vCPU

8 shared

Disk

640 GB SSD

Bandwidth

7 TB/mo

16 TB/mo

Value score

63/100

52/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 12

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Which is cheaper, AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C or Linode Linode 32GB?: AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C at $164/mo (excl. VAT) versus $192/mo — a difference of $28/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C: $5.13 per GB of RAM per month versus $6 for Linode Linode 32GB.
Can I deploy both in the same country?: Yes — both plans are offered in 12 shared countries: AU, BR, CA, DE, FR, GB, ID, IN, JP, 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.