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AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C vs Scaleway BASIC2-A2C-4G.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Scaleway BASIC2-A2C-4G takes 3 of 6 spec rounds against AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C. It is also the cheaper plan, at $19.51/mo versus $23.99/mo.

AWS Lightsail

General Purpose 2C · 4 GB

$23.99/mo

2 vCPU shared · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD

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Scalewaywins 3 rounds

BASIC2-A2C-4G

$19.51/mo

2 vCPU shared · 4 GB · 0 MB · $0.07 on 5 Sept 2026

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$23.99/mo

$19.51/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$6

$4.88

RAM

4 GB

4 GB

vCPU

2 shared

2 shared

Disk

80 GB SSD

0 MB

Bandwidth

4 TB/mo

unmetered

Value score

61/100

65/100

Regions

19

2

Countries served by both · 1

  • FR

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C or Scaleway BASIC2-A2C-4G?
Scaleway BASIC2-A2C-4G at $19.51/mo (excl. VAT) versus $23.99/mo — a difference of $4.48/mo, as of 8 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
Scaleway BASIC2-A2C-4G: $4.88 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 8 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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