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AWS Lightsail vs Vultr.

vps pricing compared · September 2026 · refreshed daily

On today's data, AWS Lightsail undercuts Vultr on memory pricing — a median of $6/GB of RAM vs $6/GB. The cheapest way in is Vultr at $2.50/mo (Cloud Compute 1C · 0.5 GB). Vultr counters with broader reach: 33 locations vs 19.

Plans tracked1266
Cheapest plan$5/mo$2.50/mo
Median $/GB RAM$6/GB$6/GB
Avg value score61/10051/100
Locations1933
Dedicated-vCPU plans022
NVMe share0%70%
Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans0% of plans
One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)27

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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). Vultr data: Public API — api.vultr.com/v2/plans.

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