AWS Lightsail vs OVHcloud

Verdict With 4 GB RAM, OVHcloud costs €17.00 a month less than AWS Lightsail over 12 months: €4.49 against €21.49. OVHcloud is cheaper at 2 of the 2 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, Canada, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India and Singapore.

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Both in the list Compare cheapest plans
AWS Lightsailcheaper at 0 of 2 sizes
OVHcloudcheaper at 2 of 2 sizes
  • €4.48 Cheapest billper month €4.49
  • €6.26 Bill per GB of memorymedian 79% less€1.30
  • None Extras on top of the price tagmedian per month €4.58
  • €116.44 Extra trafficper extra TB, median Not published

Size by size

VPS with shared cores, per month
MemoryAWS LightsailOVHcloudCompare
4 GB€21.49Lightsail 4 GB · 2 vCPU · 80 GBTraffic: 4 TB, then €80.61/TB€4.49VPS-1 2027 2 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB NVMeTraffic: Unmetered
8 GB€39.40Lightsail 8 GB · 2 vCPU · 160 GBTraffic: 5 TB, then €80.61/TB€8.49VPS-2 2027 4 vCPU · 8 GB · 75 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 sideOVHcloud
aws.amazon.comWebsiteovhcloud.com
United StatesBased inFrance
Card, Bank transfer, Direct debitWays to payCard, PayPal
—ID check at sign-upID only if flagged
Verified providerCompany checkVerified provider
170Servers tracked85
17Countries15
19Cities19
NoneSetup feeDepends on the plan
IncludedIPv4 addressIncluded
Not publishedBackupsNot published
0.5–10 TB a monthTraffic included0.5–25 TB a month · unmetered on 48 servers
€80.61–€152.26 per TBExtra trafficNot published
2%Bills with extras89%
MonthlyShortest termMonthly
NoIntroductory pricesNo
USDBilled inEUR
26 minutes agoPrices checked24 minutes ago

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