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AWS Lightsail vs OVHcloud.

vps pricing compared · September 2026 · refreshed daily

On today's data, OVHcloud undercuts AWS Lightsail on memory pricing — a median of $1.25/GB of RAM vs $6/GB. The cheapest way in is AWS Lightsail at $5/mo (General Purpose 2C · 0.5 GB). OVHcloud counters with broader reach: 28 locations vs 19.

Plans tracked125
Cheapest plan$5/mo$5.35/mo
Median $/GB RAM$6/GB$1.25/GB
Avg value score61/10094/100
Locations1928
Dedicated-vCPU plans00
NVMe share0%100%
Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans
One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)23

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

Top value plans from each

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 5 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. AWS Lightsail data: AWS public price list — pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com (AmazonLightsail). OVHcloud data: Public API — api.us.ovhcloud.com/1.0/order/catalog/public/vps (US subsidiary, USD).

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