What does the cheapest AWS Lightsail plan cost?

$5.00 per month for the General 512MB plan (2 vCPU / 0.5 GB RAM / 20 GB storage), the cheapest one you can order today with a public IPv4 address. IPv6-only plans from $3.50 cost less but come without a public IPv4 address. From AWS Lightsail's own pricing, read 2026-10-14.

Is AWS Lightsail managed or unmanaged?

AWS Lightsail is an unmanaged cloud VPS: you get root access to your instance and are responsible for the operating system and everything above it.

How many datacenter regions does AWS Lightsail publicly list?

20. Notable regions: N. Virginia, Ohio, Oregon, Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Tokyo, Sydney, Mumbai, São Paulo.

What is AWS Lightsail's cost per vCPU at the entry tier?

$2.50 per vCPU per month on the General 512MB plan ($5.00 / 2 vCPU).

Does AWS Lightsail have a free tier?

For a limited time, new Lightsail customers get up to 90 days free: try the $5/mo, $7/mo, or $12/mo Linux/Unix plans with IPv4 address for free for 90 days; try the $9.50/mo, $14/mo, or $22/mo Windows plans with IPv4 address for free for 90 days; try the $3.50/mo, $5/mo, or $10/mo Linux/Unix plans with IPv6 address only for free for 90 days; try the $8/mo, $12/mo, or $20/mo Windows plans with IPv6 address only, for free for 90 days; try the $10/mo Micro container service with one node, for free for 90 days; try the $15/mo managed database plan for free for 90 days. From AWS Lightsail's own offer listing, read 2026-10-14.

What is AWS Lightsail genuinely bad at?

Smaller-plan RAM and disk lag the budget-cloud peer group at the same price Full weakness list appears in the "Where it does not" section above.

How current is this pricing?

The index was last refreshed 2026-10-14. Every price carries the date it was read from AWS Lightsail's own pricing page or price API, and an automatically read price that cannot be re-read for seven days is hidden rather than shown stale.

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AWS Lightsail pricing and plans

The gentle on-ramp to AWS, priced like a budget cloud

Lightsail is Amazon’s answer to the DigitalOcean-style Droplet: a small set of flat-priced instances with a simplified console, bundled with the option to graduate onto the rest of AWS once you need a VPC, load balancer or IAM policy. The public-IPv4 bundles include a fixed monthly transfer allowance and there is a cheaper IPv6-only tier for people who can live without an IPv4 address. The catch is that the AWS Console’s reputation for complexity is not entirely fair to Lightsail, but the moment you outgrow it you inherit that complexity.

We earn nothing from AWS Lightsail. It is listed because ignoring the largest cloud vendor’s budget product would make this comparison dishonest.

View AWS Lightsail pricing Compare against the others

Plans and derived unit cost

The final two columns are computed from the monthly price, which is how you spot the tier where a provider stops being good value.

AWS Lightsail
General 512MB
$5.00
per month
checked 2026-10-14 (API) · source
Specification
2 vCPU / 0.5 GB RAM
Storage
20 GB SSD
Included transfer
1 TB
Cost per vCPU
$2.50
Cost per GB RAM
$10
Annual
$60
Not paid
Pricing page
AWS Lightsail
General 1GB
$7.00
per month
checked 2026-10-14 (API) · source
Specification
2 vCPU / 1 GB RAM
Storage
40 GB SSD
Included transfer
2 TB
Cost per vCPU
$3.50
Cost per GB RAM
$7
Annual
$84
Not paid
Pricing page
AWS Lightsail
General 2GB
$12.00
per month
checked 2026-10-14 (API) · source
Specification
2 vCPU / 2 GB RAM
Storage
60 GB SSD
Included transfer
3 TB
Cost per vCPU
$6
Cost per GB RAM
$6
Annual
$144
Not paid
Pricing page
AWS Lightsail
General 4GB
$24.00
per month
checked 2026-10-14 (API) · source
Specification
2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM
Storage
80 GB SSD
Included transfer
4 TB
Cost per vCPU
$12
Cost per GB RAM
$6
Annual
$288
Not paid
Pricing page
AWS Lightsail
Compute optimized 4GB
$42.00
per month
checked 2026-10-14 (API) · source
Specification
2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM
Storage
160 GB SSD
Included transfer
5 TB
Cost per vCPU
$21
Cost per GB RAM
$11
Annual
$504
Not paid
Pricing page
AWS Lightsail
General 8GB
$44.00
per month
checked 2026-10-14 (API) · source
Specification
2 vCPU / 8 GB RAM
Storage
160 GB SSD
Included transfer
5 TB
Cost per vCPU
$22
Cost per GB RAM
$5.50
Annual
$528
Not paid
Pricing page
AWS Lightsail
Memory optimized 16GB
$74.00
per month
checked 2026-10-14 (API) · source
Specification
2 vCPU / 16 GB RAM
Storage
160 GB SSD
Included transfer
5 TB
Cost per vCPU
$37
Cost per GB RAM
$4.63
Annual
$888
Not paid
Pricing page
AWS Lightsail
General 16GB
$84.00
per month
checked 2026-10-14 (API) · source
Specification
4 vCPU / 16 GB RAM
Storage
320 GB SSD
Included transfer
6 TB
Cost per vCPU
$21
Cost per GB RAM
$5.25
Annual
$1008
Not paid
Pricing page
AWS Lightsail
Compute optimized 8GB
$84.00
per month
checked 2026-10-14 (API) · source
Specification
4 vCPU / 8 GB RAM
Storage
320 GB SSD
Included transfer
6 TB
Cost per vCPU
$21
Cost per GB RAM
$11
Annual
$1008
Not paid
Pricing page
AWS Lightsail
Memory optimized 32GB
$144.00
per month
checked 2026-10-14 (API) · source
Specification
4 vCPU / 32 GB RAM
Storage
320 GB SSD
Included transfer
6 TB
Cost per vCPU
$36
Cost per GB RAM
$4.50
Annual
$1728
Not paid
Pricing page
AWS Lightsail
General 32GB
$164.00
per month
checked 2026-10-14 (API) · source
Specification
8 vCPU / 32 GB RAM
Storage
640 GB SSD
Included transfer
7 TB
Cost per vCPU
$21
Cost per GB RAM
$5.13
Annual
$1968
Not paid
Pricing page

Provider & plan	Monthly	vCPU	RAM	Storage	Transfer	/ vCPU	/ GB RAM	Link
AWS Lightsail Not paid General 512MBchecked 2026-10-14 (API) · source	$5.00	2	0.5 GB	20 GB	1 TB	$2.50	$10	Open
AWS Lightsail Not paid General 1GBchecked 2026-10-14 (API) · source	$7.00	2	1 GB	40 GB	2 TB	$3.50	$7	Open
AWS Lightsail Not paid General 2GBchecked 2026-10-14 (API) · source	$12.00	2	2 GB	60 GB	3 TB	$6	$6	Open
AWS Lightsail Not paid General 4GBchecked 2026-10-14 (API) · source	$24.00	2	4 GB	80 GB	4 TB	$12	$6	Open
AWS Lightsail Not paid Compute optimized 4GBchecked 2026-10-14 (API) · source	$42.00	2	4 GB	160 GB	5 TB	$21	$11	Open
AWS Lightsail Not paid General 8GBchecked 2026-10-14 (API) · source	$44.00	2	8 GB	160 GB	5 TB	$22	$5.50	Open
AWS Lightsail Not paid Memory optimized 16GBchecked 2026-10-14 (API) · source	$74.00	2	16 GB	160 GB	5 TB	$37	$4.63	Open
AWS Lightsail Not paid General 16GBchecked 2026-10-14 (API) · source	$84.00	4	16 GB	320 GB	6 TB	$21	$5.25	Open
AWS Lightsail Not paid Compute optimized 8GBchecked 2026-10-14 (API) · source	$84.00	4	8 GB	320 GB	6 TB	$21	$11	Open
AWS Lightsail Not paid Memory optimized 32GBchecked 2026-10-14 (API) · source	$144.00	4	32 GB	320 GB	6 TB	$36	$4.50	Open
AWS Lightsail Not paid General 32GBchecked 2026-10-14 (API) · source	$164.00	8	32 GB	640 GB	7 TB	$21	$5.13	Open

All figures are the providers' own published list prices in USD, on-demand monthly. The index was last refreshed 2026-10-14, and every row shows the date its own price was read. Nothing here is live or negotiated pricing. Where a provider bills a public IPv4 address on top, it is added to the monthly price, the ranking and every cost per vCPU or per GB, and the row shows the parts: the server, any disk priced apart, and the IPv4 charge. Some prices exclude VAT or need a commitment; the plan notes say which. Check the provider's pricing page before you commit.

Every AWS Lightsail plan and price

All 75 plans in AWS Lightsail's own price list, read 2026-10-14 for US East (N. Virginia). Lightsail bills by the hour, up to the monthly price shown. The same prices apply in all 19 regions in the price list. Bundles in Jakarta, Sydney and Mumbai include half the transfer shown.

For a limited time, new Lightsail customers get up to 90 days free

Try the $5/mo, $7/mo, or $12/mo Linux/Unix plans with IPv4 address for free for 90 days
Try the $9.50/mo, $14/mo, or $22/mo Windows plans with IPv4 address for free for 90 days
Try the $3.50/mo, $5/mo, or $10/mo Linux/Unix plans with IPv6 address only for free for 90 days
Try the $8/mo, $12/mo, or $20/mo Windows plans with IPv6 address only, for free for 90 days
Try the $10/mo Micro container service with one node, for free for 90 days
Try the $15/mo managed database plan for free for 90 days

From AWS Lightsail's own offer listing, read 2026-10-14 and re-read daily · source

Linux/Unix with a public IPv4 address25 plans from $5.00/mo

Type	vCPU	RAM	Disk	Transfer	Per month
General	2	512 MB	20 GB	1 TB	$5.00
General	2	1 GB	40 GB	2 TB	$7.00
General	2	2 GB	60 GB	3 TB	$12.00
General	2	4 GB	80 GB	4 TB	$24.00
General	2	8 GB	160 GB	5 TB	$44.00
General	4	16 GB	320 GB	6 TB	$84.00
General	8	32 GB	640 GB	7 TB	$164.00
General	16	64 GB	1280 GB	8 TB	$384.00
General	32	128 GB	1280 GB	9 TB	$884.00
General	48	192 GB	1280 GB	10 TB	$1324.00
General	64	256 GB	1280 GB	10 TB	$1764.00
Compute optimized	2	4 GB	160 GB	5 TB	$42.00
Compute optimized	4	8 GB	320 GB	6 TB	$84.00
Compute optimized	8	16 GB	640 GB	7 TB	$168.00
Compute optimized	16	32 GB	1280 GB	8 TB	$336.00
Compute optimized	36	72 GB	1280 GB	9 TB	$844.00
Compute optimized	48	96 GB	1280 GB	10 TB	$1126.00
Compute optimized	72	144 GB	1280 GB	10 TB	$1688.00
Memory optimized	2	16 GB	160 GB	5 TB	$74.00
Memory optimized	4	32 GB	320 GB	6 TB	$144.00
Memory optimized	8	64 GB	640 GB	7 TB	$294.00
Memory optimized	16	128 GB	1280 GB	8 TB	$584.00
Memory optimized	32	256 GB	1280 GB	9 TB	$1174.00
Memory optimized	48	384 GB	1280 GB	10 TB	$1764.00
Memory optimized	64	512 GB	1280 GB	10 TB	$2344.00

Linux/Unix with an IPv6 address only25 plans, IPv6 only

Type	vCPU	RAM	Disk	Transfer	Per month
General	2	512 MB	20 GB	1 TB	$3.50
General	2	1 GB	40 GB	2 TB	$5.00
General	2	2 GB	60 GB	3 TB	$10.00
General	2	4 GB	80 GB	4 TB	$20.00
General	2	8 GB	160 GB	5 TB	$40.00
General	4	16 GB	320 GB	6 TB	$80.00
General	8	32 GB	640 GB	7 TB	$160.00
General	16	64 GB	1280 GB	8 TB	$380.00
General	32	128 GB	1280 GB	9 TB	$880.00
General	48	192 GB	1280 GB	10 TB	$1320.00
General	64	256 GB	1280 GB	10 TB	$1760.00
Compute optimized	2	4 GB	160 GB	5 TB	$38.00
Compute optimized	4	8 GB	320 GB	6 TB	$80.00
Compute optimized	8	16 GB	640 GB	7 TB	$164.00
Compute optimized	16	32 GB	1280 GB	8 TB	$332.00
Compute optimized	36	72 GB	1280 GB	9 TB	$840.00
Compute optimized	48	96 GB	1280 GB	10 TB	$1122.00
Compute optimized	72	144 GB	1280 GB	10 TB	$1684.00
Memory optimized	2	16 GB	160 GB	5 TB	$70.00
Memory optimized	4	32 GB	320 GB	6 TB	$140.00
Memory optimized	8	64 GB	640 GB	7 TB	$290.00
Memory optimized	16	128 GB	1280 GB	8 TB	$580.00
Memory optimized	32	256 GB	1280 GB	9 TB	$1170.00
Memory optimized	48	384 GB	1280 GB	10 TB	$1760.00
Memory optimized	64	512 GB	1280 GB	10 TB	$2340.00

Windows Server with a public IPv4 address25 plans from $9.50/mo

Type	vCPU	RAM	Disk	Transfer	Per month
General	2	512 MB	30 GB	1 TB	$9.50
General	2	1 GB	40 GB	2 TB	$14.00
General	2	2 GB	60 GB	3 TB	$22.00
General	2	4 GB	80 GB	4 TB	$44.00
General	2	8 GB	160 GB	5 TB	$74.00
General	4	16 GB	320 GB	6 TB	$124.00
General	8	32 GB	640 GB	7 TB	$244.00
General	16	64 GB	1280 GB	8 TB	$574.00
General	32	128 GB	1280 GB	9 TB	$1254.00
General	48	192 GB	1280 GB	10 TB	$1884.00
General	64	256 GB	1280 GB	10 TB	$2504.00
Compute optimized	2	4 GB	160 GB	5 TB	$100.00
Compute optimized	4	8 GB	320 GB	6 TB	$200.00
Compute optimized	8	16 GB	640 GB	7 TB	$400.00
Compute optimized	16	32 GB	1280 GB	8 TB	$800.00
Compute optimized	36	72 GB	1280 GB	9 TB	$1888.00
Compute optimized	48	96 GB	1280 GB	10 TB	$2518.00
Compute optimized	72	144 GB	1280 GB	10 TB	$3776.00
Memory optimized	2	16 GB	160 GB	5 TB	$134.00
Memory optimized	4	32 GB	320 GB	6 TB	$264.00
Memory optimized	8	64 GB	640 GB	7 TB	$524.00
Memory optimized	16	128 GB	1280 GB	8 TB	$1044.00
Memory optimized	32	256 GB	1280 GB	9 TB	$2104.00
Memory optimized	48	384 GB	1280 GB	10 TB	$3164.00
Memory optimized	64	512 GB	1280 GB	10 TB	$4204.00

Source: AWS Lightsail pricing and its public price list API, refreshed daily.

What else AWS Lightsail charges for

Billed on top of the plan, as AWS Lightsail's own pricing pages state it, checked 2026-10-11.

Snapshots (manual or automatic): $0.05 per GB-month
Block storage disks: $0.10 per GB-monthThe smallest disk is 8 GB ($0.80 a month).
Static IPv4 address: Free while attached$0.005 an hour if it stays unattached for more than an hour.
Load balancer: $18 a month
Managed database: From $15 a monthStandard plan with 1 GB memory, 1 core and 40 GB SSD; high-availability plans from $30.
Container service: From $7 a monthNano: 0.25 shared vCPU and 512 MB RAM.
Object storage: From $1 a month5 GB of storage and 25 GB of transfer.
CDN distribution: From $2.50 a month50 GB of transfer.
Transfer beyond the bundle allowance: $0.09 per GBIn the US, Canada and European regions. Mumbai $0.13, Seoul $0.13, Jakarta $0.132, Singapore $0.12, Tokyo $0.14 and Sydney $0.17 per GB.

AWS’s pricing page says bundles in Mumbai, Sydney, Jakarta, Malaysia, Hong Kong and São Paulo include half the transfer allowance; its price list API shows half only in Mumbai, Sydney and Jakarta. Check the allowance in your region before you rely on it.

Sources: aws.amazon.com/lightsail/pricing, aws.amazon.com/lightsail/faq.

Where AWS Lightsail sells these plans

N. Virginia, Ohio, Oregon, Montreal, São Paulo, Ireland, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Stockholm, Spain, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul, Sydney. Same price in every region. AWS’s pricing page says bundles in Mumbai, Sydney, Jakarta, Malaysia, Hong Kong and São Paulo include half the transfer allowance.

Locations checked 2026-10-11 · source

AWS Lightsail price history

Daily readings since 2026-10-05. A line appears once a plan has been read on at least two days with different prices; until then the plan shows its current price only.

General 512MB$5.00 · no change recorded
General 1GB$7.00 · no change recorded
General 2GB$12.00 · no change recorded
General 4GB$24.00 · no change recorded
Compute optimized 4GB$42.00 · no change recorded
General 8GB$44.00 · no change recorded
Memory optimized 16GB$74.00 · no change recorded
General 16GB$84.00 · no change recorded
Compute optimized 8GB$84.00 · no change recorded
Memory optimized 32GB$144.00 · no change recorded
General 32GB$164.00 · no change recorded

Where AWS Lightsail wins

Flat monthly pricing with generous bundled transfer
One-click upgrade path onto the wider AWS platform when you need it
IPv6-only bundles a few dollars cheaper than the equivalent IPv4 tier
Backed by AWS operational track record

Where it does not

Smaller-plan RAM and disk lag the budget-cloud peer group at the same price
Add-ons like snapshots, load balancers and managed databases are billed separately
Support is AWS-style ticket support, not developer chat
Graduating to full AWS surfaces the complexity Lightsail was meant to hide

Who should actually pick this

Teams who want AWS on the invoice and a plausible growth path, at Droplet prices for the first year.

Support: AWS Basic Support included; paid Developer/Business tiers via the parent account.

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AWS Lightsail — frequently asked

Every answer is derived from the dataset above, so it stays honest when we re-verify prices.

What does the cheapest AWS Lightsail plan cost?: $5.00 per month for the General 512MB plan (2 vCPU / 0.5 GB RAM / 20 GB storage), the cheapest one you can order today with a public IPv4 address. IPv6-only plans from $3.50 cost less but come without a public IPv4 address. From AWS Lightsail's own pricing, read 2026-10-14.
Is AWS Lightsail managed or unmanaged?: AWS Lightsail is an unmanaged cloud VPS: you get root access to your instance and are responsible for the operating system and everything above it.
How many datacenter regions does AWS Lightsail publicly list?: 20. Notable regions: N. Virginia, Ohio, Oregon, Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Tokyo, Sydney, Mumbai, São Paulo.
What is AWS Lightsail's cost per vCPU at the entry tier?: $2.50 per vCPU per month on the General 512MB plan ($5.00 / 2 vCPU).
Does AWS Lightsail have a free tier?: For a limited time, new Lightsail customers get up to 90 days free: try the $5/mo, $7/mo, or $12/mo Linux/Unix plans with IPv4 address for free for 90 days; try the $9.50/mo, $14/mo, or $22/mo Windows plans with IPv4 address for free for 90 days; try the $3.50/mo, $5/mo, or $10/mo Linux/Unix plans with IPv6 address only for free for 90 days; try the $8/mo, $12/mo, or $20/mo Windows plans with IPv6 address only, for free for 90 days; try the $10/mo Micro container service with one node, for free for 90 days; try the $15/mo managed database plan for free for 90 days. From AWS Lightsail's own offer listing, read 2026-10-14.
What is AWS Lightsail genuinely bad at?: Smaller-plan RAM and disk lag the budget-cloud peer group at the same price Full weakness list appears in the "Where it does not" section above.
How current is this pricing?: The index was last refreshed 2026-10-14. Every price carries the date it was read from AWS Lightsail's own pricing page or price API, and an automatically read price that cannot be re-read for seven days is hidden rather than shown stale.