AWS Lightsail vs IONOS

Verdict With 4 GB RAM, IONOS costs €10.90 a month less than AWS Lightsail over 12 months: €10.47 against €21.37. IONOS 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 Germany, Spain, United Kingdom and United States.

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Both in the list Compare cheapest plans
AWS Lightsailcheaper at 0 of 4 sizes
IONOScheaper at 4 of 4 sizes
  • €4.46 Cheapest billper month €4.46
  • €6.23 Bill per GB of memorymedian 64% less€2.23
  • None Extras on top of the price tagmedian per month €11.36
  • €115.82 Extra trafficper extra TB, median Unmetered

Size by size

VPS with shared cores, per month
MemoryAWS LightsailIONOSCompare
2 GB€10.68Lightsail 2 GB · 2 vCPU · 60 GBTraffic: 3 TB, then €80.19/TB€4.46VPS S+ · 1 vCore · 2 GB · 60 GB NVMeTraffic: Unmetered
4 GB€21.37Lightsail 4 GB · 2 vCPU · 80 GBTraffic: 4 TB, then €80.19/TB€10.47VPS M+ · 2 vCores · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMeTraffic: Unmetered
8 GB€39.19Lightsail 8 GB · 2 vCPU · 160 GBTraffic: 5 TB, then €80.19/TB€18.49VPS L+ · 4 vCores · 8 GB · 240 GB NVMeTraffic: Unmetered
16 GB€74.84Lightsail 16 GB · 4 vCPU · 320 GBTraffic: 6 TB, then €80.19/TB€34.52VPS XL+ · 8 vCores · 16 GB · 480 GB NVMeTraffic: 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 sideIONOS
aws.amazon.comWebsiteionos.com
United StatesBased inGermany
Card, Bank transfer, Direct debitWays to payCard, PayPal, Direct debit
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Verified providerCompany checkVerified provider
170Servers tracked5
17Countries4
19Cities4
NoneSetup feeNone
IncludedIPv4 addressIncluded
Not publishedBackupsNot published
0.5–10 TB a monthTraffic includedUnmetered
€80.19–€151.46 per TBExtra trafficUnmetered
2%Bills with extras100%
MonthlyShortest term12 months
NoIntroductory pricesYes, then renews higher
USDBilled inUSD
2 days agoPrices checked2 days ago

Locations

Only AWS Lightsail 19

Only IONOS 4

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