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AWS Lightsail vs Scaleway.

vps pricing compared · September 2026 · refreshed daily

On today's data, AWS Lightsail undercuts Scaleway on memory pricing — a median of $6/GB of RAM vs $6.01/GB. The cheapest way in is Scaleway at $0.51/mo (STARDUST1-S). AWS Lightsail counters with broader reach: 19 locations vs 4.

Plans tracked1259
Cheapest plan$5/mo$0.51/mo
Median $/GB RAM$6/GB$6.01/GB
Avg value score61/10034/100
Locations194
Dedicated-vCPU plans024
NVMe share0%0%
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). Scaleway data: Public API — api.scaleway.com/instance/v1/zones/{zone}/products/servers.

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