AWS Lightsail vs Vultr

AWS Lightsail is strongest for AWS ecosystem users. Vultr is strongest for developers. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	AWS Lightsail	Vultr
Starting price	$0.8/mo	$0.01/mo
Best for	AWS ecosystem users Predictable bundled pricing Windows workloads	Developers GPU/AI workloads Price-sensitive scaling
Stated uptime SLA	99.9%	100% network uptime SLA
Storage	SSD	NVME
Regions	16	32
Managed Kubernetes	No	Yes
Support channels	AWS Support plans (separate from Lightsail), Community forums, Docs	Ticket, Docs, Community
Compliance	SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA eligible	SOC 2, GDPR
Hidden costs to watch for	Data transfer overage varies significantly by AWS region ($0.09-$0.132/GB) Windows bundles cost 70-90% more than equivalent Linux bundles	Bandwidth overage rate varies by data center location Windows license cost not included in base price
Last reviewed	2026-07-17	2026-07-18