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Virtual Servers · $20/mo (4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 80 GB SSD, 4000 GB transfer)
AWS Lightsail's $20/mo plan is significantly overpriced compared to competitors offering equal or superior specs at 25-70% lower cost. Multiple providers deliver 4GB RAM, 2 vCPU, and 80GB+ storage for $4-6/mo with unlimited or higher transfer allowances, though renewal-price traps and contract lock-ins are common across the industry.
2GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 80GB NVMe at 78% savings with unlimited traffic (up to 1 Gbit/s) and 99.99% SLA.
Caveat: Intro pricing requires 1-year contract; renewal is 2-6x higher; overage traffic charged at $0.036/GB after 2TB free allowance.
Exceeds AWS specs (8GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 100GB SSD) at 70% lower cost with unlimited traffic and 200 Mbit/s port.
Caveat: Quoted price requires 24-month prepaid contract; 1-12 month terms cost significantly more; fair usage policy may throttle sustained high bandwidth.
Matches AWS specs (4GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40GB SSD) at 68% savings with 20TB transfer and 99.9% SLA.
Caveat: VAT excluded from listed price; traffic overage charged per GB beyond 20TB EU allowance; recent large price increases on other product lines.
Matches AWS specs (4GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50GB NVMe) at 68% savings with 4TB transfer and weekly backups.
Caveat: Intro price requires 12-48 month prepay; renewal jumps to $11.99/mo (85% increase); only 1 vCPU vs AWS's 2 vCPU.
Before you switch
| IONOS | VPS Hosting (VPS+) · VPS S+ | $5/mo | 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 90 GB NVMe | Visit |
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| Contabo | Core VPS · Cloud VPS 4 | $5.94/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 100 GB SSD | Visit |
| Kamatera | Cloud VMs · Sample: 1 vCPU / 2GB / 20GB | $6/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 20 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| Gcore | Cloud Compute (Standard Gen 0, Linux) · g0-standard-1-2 | $6.15/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| Hostinger | KVM VPS · KVM 1 | $6.49/mo | 4 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| Hetzner | Cloud Servers · CX23 | $6.49/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40 GB SSD | Visit |
| Scaleway | Virtual Instances · DEV1-S | $6.55/mo | 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| Namecheap | VPS Hosting · Pulsar | $6.88/mo | 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40 GB SSD | Visit |
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Compute VM Instances · VM.Standard.A1.Flex - 1 OCPU / 6GB | $8.76/mo | 6 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Public Cloud Compute Instances · d2-2 | $8.98/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB local disk | Visit |
| GoDaddy | VPS Hosting · 1 vCPU / 2 GB | $8.99/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 40 GB NVMe | Visit |
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