Which is cheaper, AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C or Scaleway PLAY2-NANO?

Scaleway PLAY2-NANO at $23.36/mo (excl. VAT) versus $23.99/mo — a difference of $0.63/mo, as of 6 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

Scaleway PLAY2-NANO: $5.84 per GB of RAM per month versus $6 for AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C.

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

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Scaleway PLAY2-NANO takes 3 of 6 spec rounds against AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C. It is also the cheaper plan, at $23.36/mo versus $23.99/mo.

AWS Lightsail

$23.99/mo

2 vCPU shared · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD

Scalewaywins 3 rounds

$23.36/mo

2 vCPU shared · 4 GB · 0 MB · ↑ $0.09 on 5 Sept 2026

Monthly price(lower wins)

$23.99/mo

$23.36/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$5.84

RAM

4 GB

vCPU

2 shared

Disk

80 GB SSD

0 MB

Bandwidth

4 TB/mo

unmetered

Value score

64/100

56/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 1

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Which is cheaper, AWS Lightsail General Purpose 2C or Scaleway PLAY2-NANO?: Scaleway PLAY2-NANO at $23.36/mo (excl. VAT) versus $23.99/mo — a difference of $0.63/mo, as of 6 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: Scaleway PLAY2-NANO: $5.84 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.