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Virtual Servers · $84/mo (16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 320 GB SSD, 6000 GB transfer)
AWS Lightsail's $84/mo plan is significantly overpriced compared to similarly-specced alternatives. Multiple providers offer 8GB RAM / 4 vCPU plans for $5.94-$12.39/mo with unlimited or much higher transfer allowances. Even accounting for renewal traps and hidden costs, you can save 70-93% monthly by switching.
Cheapest option with 8GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 100GB SSD, and unlimited traffic (vs AWS's 6TB cap and overage charges).
Caveat: Price is locked to 24-month prepaid term; 1 or 12-month terms cost significantly more per month; fair usage policy can throttle sustained high-bandwidth usage; ticket-only support on base tier.
8GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 200GB NVMe, unmetered bandwidth, plus $60 Amazon gift card promo; intro pricing is aggressive.
Caveat: Renewal price jumps 2-4x after intro term (e.g. $9.99-$15.99/mo); requires 36-month prepay for lowest advertised rate; domain and add-ons prompt upsells at checkout.
8GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 75GB NVMe, 1 Gbps bandwidth, unlimited traffic, daily backups, and 99.99% SLA.
Caveat: IPv4 addresses billed separately; Windows license adds $0.039/vCore/hour; APAC outbound traffic loses free-egress status after mid-2026.
8GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 80GB SSD, 20TB transfer (vs AWS's 6TB), 99.9% SLA, and no long-term contract required.
Caveat: Traffic overage billed per GB beyond regional pool (as low as 0.5-1TB in USA/Singapore); recent large price increases on CPX/CCX lines (up 2.4-2.75x in June 2026); VAT excluded from listed prices.
8GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 240GB NVMe, unlimited traffic (up to 1 Gbps), 99.99% SLA, and no contract lock-in.
Caveat: Intro pricing is a 3-month or 1-year promo on 1-year contract; renewal pricing is 2-6x higher; additional IPv4 addresses cost $6/month each; outbound data beyond 2TB free pool is tiered at $0.036-$0.018/GB.
Before you switch
| Hostinger | KVM VPS · KVM 2 | $8.79/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 100 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| InMotion Hosting | VPS Hosting · VPS 4 vCPU | $9.99/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 160 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| Hetzner | Cloud Servers · CX33 | $9.99/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 80 GB SSD | Visit |
| IONOS | Cloud VPS (Linux) · Cloud VPS L | $11.5/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 240 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Contabo | Performance VPS · Cloud VPS Plus 4 | $12.39/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 150 GB NVMe | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD Cubes (Memory) · Memory Cube S | $13.68/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 120 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Compute VM Instances · VM.Standard.A1.Flex - 2 OCPU / 12GB | $17.52/mo | 12 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD Cubes (Basic) · Basic Cube M | $18.72/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 240 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting) | VPS Hosting (Self-Managed) · VPS S | $19.99/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 160 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| IONOS | VPS Hosting (VPS+) · VPS L+ | $21/mo | 8 GB RAM, 6 vCPU, 240 GB NVMe | Visit |
| DreamHost | Self-Managed VPS · Stack 8 | $21.99/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 150 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| Gcore | Cloud Compute (Standard Gen 0, Linux) · g0-standard-4-8 | $24.64/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
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