Render vs AWS Lightsail
Pricing data as of 2026-08-28 · refreshed weekly
Render (paas) and AWS Lightsail (vps) overlap on 15 stacks. The table below shows the cheapest fitting plan on each for a typical startup workload (~50,000 visits/month) — list prices, no promos.
Renderpaas
| 512 MB / 0.5 CPU | $7/mo |
| 2 GB / 1 CPU | $25/mo |
CDNSSLPreviewsAuto-deployDIY: image opt, edge
AWS Lightsailvps
| $5 bundle | $5/mo |
| $7 bundle | $7/mo |
| $12 bundle | $12/mo |
| $24 bundle | $24/mo |
Nothing bundledDIY: cdn, image opt, edge, ssl, previews, auto-deploy
Cheapest fitting plan per stack (startup traffic)
| Stack | Render | AWS Lightsail | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next.js | $17.35 (512 MB / 0.5 CPU) | $5 ($5 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| Nuxt | $17.35 (512 MB / 0.5 CPU) | $5 ($5 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| Astro | $17.35 (512 MB / 0.5 CPU) | $5 ($5 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| SvelteKit | $17.35 (512 MB / 0.5 CPU) | $5 ($5 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| Remix / React Router | $17.35 (512 MB / 0.5 CPU) | $5 ($5 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| Node.js API | $17.35 (512 MB / 0.5 CPU) | $5 ($5 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| Django | $35.35 (2 GB / 1 CPU) | $7 ($7 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| FastAPI | $17.35 (512 MB / 0.5 CPU) | $5 ($5 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| Laravel | $35.35 (2 GB / 1 CPU) | $7 ($7 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| Ruby on Rails | $35.35 (2 GB / 1 CPU) | $12 ($12 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| Spring Boot | $35.35 (2 GB / 1 CPU) | $12 ($12 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| WordPress | $35.35 (2 GB / 1 CPU) | $7 ($7 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| Ghost | $35.35 (2 GB / 1 CPU) | $7 ($7 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| Strapi | $35.35 (2 GB / 1 CPU) | $7 ($7 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| Static site | $17.35 (512 MB / 0.5 CPU) | $5 ($5 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |