Render vs AWS Lightsail
Pricing data as of 2026-06-09 · 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
| Starter | $7/mo |
| Standard | $25/mo |
AWS Lightsailvps
| $5 bundle | $5/mo |
| $7 bundle | $7/mo |
| $12 bundle | $12/mo |
| $20 bundle | $20/mo |
Cheapest fitting plan per stack (startup traffic)
| Stack | Render | AWS Lightsail | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next.js | $7 (Starter) | $5 ($5 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| Nuxt | $7 (Starter) | $5 ($5 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| Astro | $7 (Starter) | $5 ($5 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| SvelteKit | $7 (Starter) | $5 ($5 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| Remix / React Router | $7 (Starter) | $5 ($5 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| Node.js API | $7 (Starter) | $5 ($5 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| Django | $25 (Standard) | $7 ($7 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| FastAPI | $7 (Starter) | $5 ($5 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| Laravel | $25 (Standard) | $7 ($7 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| Ruby on Rails | $25 (Standard) | $12 ($12 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| Spring Boot | $25 (Standard) | $12 ($12 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| WordPress | $25 (Standard) | $7 ($7 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| Ghost | $25 (Standard) | $7 ($7 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| Strapi | $25 (Standard) | $7 ($7 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |
| Static site | $7 (Starter) | $5 ($5 bundle) | AWS Lightsail |