AWS Lightsail vs Contabo

Verdict With 4 GB RAM, Contabo costs €15.82 a month less than AWS Lightsail over 12 months: €5.67 against €21.49. Contabo is cheaper at 3 of the 3 sizes both sell.

Bills over 12 months with an IPv4 address and 1 TB of traffic a month, excluding VAT, under the same assumptions for both. Both run servers in Australia, Germany, United Kingdom, India, Japan, Singapore and United States.

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Both in the list Compare cheapest plans
AWS Lightsailcheaper at 0 of 3 sizes
Contabocheaper at 3 of 3 sizes
  • €4.4821% less Cheapest billper month €5.67
  • €6.26 Bill per GB of memorymedian 75% less€1.59
  • None Extras on top of the price tagmedian per month None
  • €116.44 Extra trafficper extra TB, median Unmetered

Size by size

VPS with shared cores, per month
MemoryAWS LightsailContaboCompare
4 GB€21.49Lightsail 4 GB · 2 vCPU · 80 GBTraffic: 4 TB, then €80.61/TB€5.67Storage VPS 10Traffic: Unmetered
8 GB€39.40Lightsail 8 GB · 2 vCPU · 160 GBTraffic: 5 TB, then €80.61/TB€5.67Cloud VPS 4Traffic: Unmetered
64 GB€343.92Lightsail 64 GB · 16 vCPU · 1280 GBTraffic: 8 TB, then €80.61/TB€37.00Cloud VPS 16Traffic: Unmetered

Only sizes both sell, same type on both sides. The score counts this table only; ties count for neither.

Side by side

Green is the better side of a row
AWS LightsailSide by sideContabo
aws.amazon.comWebsitecontabo.com
United StatesBased inGermany
Card, Bank transfer, Direct debitWays to payCard, PayPal, Bank transfer, Direct debit, Local methods
—ID check at sign-upID only if flagged
Verified providerCompany checkVerified provider
170Servers tracked189
17Countries7
19Cities9
NoneSetup feeDepends on the plan
IncludedIPv4 addressIncluded
Not publishedBackupsDepends on the plan
0.5–10 TB a monthTraffic includedUnmetered
€80.61–€152.26 per TBExtra trafficUnmetered
2%Bills with extras8%
MonthlyShortest termMonthly
NoIntroductory pricesNo
USDBilled inEUR
26 minutes agoPrices checked26 minutes ago

Locations

Both serve 4

Only AWS Lightsail 15

Only Contabo 5

Other matchups

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