Vultr vs AWS Lightsail
Pricing data as of 2026-06-09 · refreshed weekly
Vultr (vps) 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.
Vultrvps
| Cloud Compute 1GB | $5/mo |
| Cloud Compute 2GB | $10/mo |
| High Performance 4GB | $24/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 | Vultr | AWS Lightsail | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next.js | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $5 ($5 bundle) | tie |
| Nuxt | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $5 ($5 bundle) | tie |
| Astro | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $5 ($5 bundle) | tie |
| SvelteKit | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $5 ($5 bundle) | tie |
| Remix / React Router | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $5 ($5 bundle) | tie |
| Node.js API | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $5 ($5 bundle) | tie |
| Django | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $7 ($7 bundle) | Vultr |
| FastAPI | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $5 ($5 bundle) | tie |
| Laravel | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $7 ($7 bundle) | Vultr |
| Ruby on Rails | $10 (Cloud Compute 2GB) | $12 ($12 bundle) | Vultr |
| Spring Boot | $10 (Cloud Compute 2GB) | $12 ($12 bundle) | Vultr |
| WordPress | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $7 ($7 bundle) | Vultr |
| Ghost | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $7 ($7 bundle) | Vultr |
| Strapi | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $7 ($7 bundle) | Vultr |
| Static site | $5 (Cloud Compute 1GB) | $5 ($5 bundle) | tie |