Which is cheaper, AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C or Scaleway GP1-S?

Scaleway GP1-S at $161.82/mo (excl. VAT) versus $164/mo — a difference of $2.18/mo, as of 8 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

Scaleway GP1-S: $5.06 per GB of RAM per month versus $5.13 for AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C.

Yes — both plans are offered in 1 shared country: FR.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Scaleway GP1-S takes 3 of 6 spec rounds against AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C. It is also the cheaper plan, at $161.82/mo versus $164/mo.

AWS Lightsail

$164/mo

8 vCPU shared · 32 GB · 640 GB SSD

Scalewaywins 3 rounds

$161.82/mo

8 vCPU shared · 32 GB · 300 GB SSD · ↑ $0.61 on 5 Sept 2026

Monthly price(lower wins)

$164/mo

$161.82/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$5.13

$5.06

RAM

32 GB

vCPU

8 shared

Disk

640 GB SSD

300 GB SSD

Bandwidth

7 TB/mo

unmetered

Value score

55/100

40/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 1

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Which is cheaper, AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C or Scaleway GP1-S?: Scaleway GP1-S at $161.82/mo (excl. VAT) versus $164/mo — a difference of $2.18/mo, as of 8 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: Scaleway GP1-S: $5.06 per GB of RAM per month versus $5.13 for AWS Lightsail General Purpose 8C.
Can I deploy both in the same country?: Yes — both plans are offered in 1 shared country: FR.

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.