AWS Lightsail vs Hostinger

Verdict With 4 GB RAM, Hostinger costs €9.81 a month less than AWS Lightsail over 12 months: €11.56 against €21.37. Hostinger is cheaper at 4 of the 4 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 Brazil, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Indonesia, India, Malaysia and United States.

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Both in the list Compare cheapest plans
AWS Lightsailcheaper at 0 of 4 sizes
Hostingercheaper at 4 of 4 sizes
  • €4.4661% less Cheapest billper month €11.56
  • €6.23 Bill per GB of memorymedian 73% less€1.71
  • None Extras on top of the price tagmedian per month €9.71
  • €115.82 Extra trafficper extra TB, median Not published

Size by size

VPS with shared cores, per month
MemoryAWS LightsailHostingerCompare
4 GB€21.37Lightsail 4 GB · 2 vCPU · 80 GBTraffic: 4 TB, then €80.19/TB€11.56KVM 1Traffic: 4 TB, price for more not published
8 GB€39.19Lightsail 8 GB · 2 vCPU · 160 GBTraffic: 5 TB, then €80.19/TB€15.66KVM 2Traffic: 8 TB, price for more not published
16 GB€74.84Lightsail 16 GB · 4 vCPU · 320 GBTraffic: 6 TB, then €80.19/TB€23.15KVM 4Traffic: 16 TB, price for more not published
32 GB€146.12Lightsail 32 GB · 8 vCPU · 640 GBTraffic: 7 TB, then €80.19/TB€46.31KVM 8Traffic: 32 TB, price for more not published

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 sideHostinger
aws.amazon.comWebsitehostinger.com
United StatesBased inLithuania
Card, Bank transfer, Direct debitWays to payCard, PayPal, Crypto, Alipay, Pix, UPI, Local methods
—ID check at sign-upID only if flagged
Verified providerCompany checkVerified provider
170Servers tracked4
17Countries9
19Cities10
NoneSetup feeNone
IncludedIPv4 addressIncluded
Not publishedBackupsIncluded
0.5–10 TB a monthTraffic included4–32 TB a month
€80.19–€151.46 per TBExtra trafficNot published
2%Bills with extras100%
MonthlyShortest term24 months
NoIntroductory pricesYes, then renews higher
USDBilled inUSD
2 days agoPrices checked2 days ago

Locations

Both serve 2

Only AWS Lightsail 17

Only Hostinger 8

Other matchups

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