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Gcore vs AWS Lightsail.

vps pricing compared · September 2026 · refreshed daily

On today's data, Gcore undercuts AWS Lightsail on memory pricing — a median of $4.94/GB of RAM vs $6/GB. The cheapest way in is Gcore at $0.83/mo (g2s-shared-1-1-25 · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). AWS Lightsail counters with broader reach: 19 locations vs 8.

MetricGcoreAWS Lightsail
Plans tracked9012
Cheapest plan$0.83/mo$5/mo
Median $/GB RAM$4.94/GB$6/GB
Avg value score41/10051/100
Locations819
Dedicated-vCPU plans760
NVMe share0%0%
Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans0% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Gcorewins

g1s-shared-1-2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 0 MB — $1.77/mo

AWS Lightsail

General Purpose 2C · 2 GB

2 vCPU · 2 GB · 60 GB — $11.99/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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Gcorewins

g1s-shared-2-4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 0 MB — $3.54/mo

AWS Lightsail

General Purpose 2C · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB — $23.99/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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Gcorewins

g1-standard-2-8 · 2 vCPU · 8 GB

2 vCPU · 8 GB · 0 MB — $25.82/mo

AWS Lightsail

General Purpose 2C · 8 GB

2 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GB — $43.99/mo

Top value plans from each

Gcore
AWS Lightsail

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 10 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Gcore data: Live web — VM flavor table in the gcore.com/pricing/cloud payload (EUR excl. VAT, lowest-priced region). AWS Lightsail data: AWS public price list — pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com (AmazonLightsail).

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