AWS Lightsail vs Vultr
Verdict With 4 GB RAM, Vultr costs €3.58 a month less than AWS Lightsail over 12 months: €17.91 against €21.49. Vultr is cheaper at 7 of the 8 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, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Singapore and United States.
AWS Lightsailcheaper at 1 of 8 sizes
- €4.48 Cheapest billper month €4.48
- €6.267% less Bill per GB of memorymedian €6.72
- None Extras on top of the price tagmedian per month None
- €116.44 Extra trafficper extra TB, median 92% less€8.96
Size by size
VPS with shared cores, per monthOnly 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 Lightsail | Side by side | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| aws.amazon.com | Website | vultr.com |
| United States | Based in | United States |
| Card, Bank transfer, Direct debit | Ways to pay | Card, PayPal, Crypto, Alipay |
| — | ID check at sign-up | — |
| Verified provider | Company check | Not verified yet |
| 170 | Servers tracked | 172 |
| 17 | Countries | 20 |
| 19 | Cities | 33 |
| None | Setup fee | None |
| Included | IPv4 address | Included |
| Not published | Backups | Depends on the plan |
| 0.5–10 TB a month | Traffic included | 0.51–15.36 TB a month |
| €80.61–€152.26 per TB | Extra traffic | €8.96 per TB |
| 2% | Bills with extras | 1% |
| Monthly | Shortest term | Monthly |
| No | Introductory prices | No |
| USD | Billed in | USD |
| 26 minutes ago | Prices checked | 27 minutes ago |
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