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Containers · $7/mo (512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU)
DigitalOcean App Platform undercuts AWS Lightsail by $2/mo with a lower bandwidth overage rate ($0.01/GB vs $0.09-$0.132/GB) and a published 99.99% SLA. Heroku Eco matches the price but carries personal-account-only restrictions and a reliability cliff for databases. Render's Starter tiers cost the same as Lightsail but include less transfer (512GB vs 500GB) and charge separately for persistent storage.
Saves $2/mo, includes 50GB transfer with only $0.01/GB overage (10x cheaper than AWS), and publishes a strong 99.99% SLA.
Caveat: 50GB transfer allowance is tighter than AWS's 500GB; verify your typical monthly egress before switching.
Matches DigitalOcean's $5/mo price and includes 1000 shared compute hours per account.
Caveat: Eco tier is personal-account only and unavailable to Team/Enterprise customers; 30-minute inactivity sleep may break always-on workloads; Postgres Essential has only 99.5% uptime SLA and no HA.
Before you switch
| Render |
| Background Workers · Starter |
| $7/mo |
| 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU |
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