Amazon Lightsail
Short answer
Amazon Lightsail sells VPS servers in 19 locations across 17 countries, starting at $5.00 a month for Linux 512 MB (2 vCPU, 512 MB RAM). It is number 30 of 41 in our overall ranking and rated 1.3/5 by 429 Trustpilot reviewers.
Checked October 14, 2026. How we rank
A good fit for
- tight budgets: the entry plan is $5.00 a month
- spreading servers across many countries (17 available)
- Windows workloads such as MetaTrader or RDP desktops
- short-lived test servers thanks to hourly billing
- public services that need DDoS filtering
Look elsewhere if
- you want a money-back guarantee
Plans and prices
| Plan | Line | vCPU | RAM | Disk | Traffic | $/month | $/GB RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux 512 MB | General Purpose (dual-stack) | 2 | 512 MB | 20 GB SSD | 1 TB | $5.00 | $10.00 |
| Linux 1 GB | General Purpose (dual-stack) | 2 | 1 GB | 40 GB SSD | 2 TB | $7.00 | $7.00 |
| Linux 2 GB | General Purpose (dual-stack) | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB SSD | 3 TB | $12.00 | $6.00 |
| Linux 4 GB | General Purpose (dual-stack) | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB SSD | 4 TB | $24.00 | $6.00 |
| Linux 8 GB | General Purpose (dual-stack) | 2 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 5 TB | $44.00 | $5.50 |
| Linux 16 GB | General Purpose (dual-stack) | 4 | 16 GB | 320 GB SSD | 6 TB | $84.00 | $5.25 |
| Compute Optimized 4 GB | Compute Optimized (dedicated) | 2 | 4 GB | 160 GB SSD | 5 TB | $42.00 | $10.50 |
| Compute Optimized 8 GB | Compute Optimized (dedicated) | 4 | 8 GB | 320 GB SSD | 6 TB | $84.00 | $10.50 |
| Compute Optimized 16 GB | Compute Optimized (dedicated) | 8 | 16 GB | 640 GB SSD | 7 TB | $168.00 | $10.50 |
Monthly list prices in US dollars. Highlighted row: cheapest plan. Current prices on the provider's site.
Where the servers are
North America
Europe
Asia
What's included
- NVMe storage
- DDoS protection
- Snapshots
- Backups (paid)
- IPv6
- IPv4 included
- API
- Custom ISO
- Dedicated-CPU plans
- Private networking
- Unmetered traffic
- Managed option
Images: Amazon Linux 2023, Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, CentOS Stream, FreeBSD, openSUSE, Windows Server. Virtualization: KVM (AWS Nitro). Panel: Lightsail console.
Rules and support
Acceptable use. The provider's terms address crypto mining, VPN, proxies, torrents, scraping. Read them before running anything in those categories.
Support. Basic support plan (free) gives 24/7 customer service for account and billing questions, documentation and re:Post community; technical support requires a paid AWS Support plan
Uptime SLA. 99.99% region-level (multi-AZ deployment); 99.5% per single instance. Money-back. None published.
How it stacks up
- Its entry plan is cheaper than 49% of providers in the directory.
- On price per GB of RAM it beats 15% of them.
- Its 19 locations put it #7 of 41 for footprint.
- It ticks 11 of the 18 feature boxes we track, against an average of 9.
- Among 37 providers with 50+ Trustpilot reviews, its 1.3 ranks #35.
Where Lightsail appears on this site
- VPS in Montreal#2 of 5
- VPS in Portland#2 of 3
- VPS in Ireland#2 of 2
- VPS in Kuala Lumpur#4 of 4
- VPS in Indonesia#5 of 5
- VPS in Malaysia#5 of 5
- VPS in Jakarta#5 of 5
- VPS in South Korea#6 of 6
- VPS in Seoul#6 of 6
- VPS for learning Linux and DevOps#7 of 40
- VPS in Sao Paulo#7 of 7
- VPS in Brazil#8 of 8
- VPS in Hong Kong#8 of 8
- VPS in Hong Kong#8 of 8
- VPS in South America#8 of 8
- VPS with a free trial or credit#9 of 12
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Questions
Where are Amazon Lightsail's servers?
North America: Ashburn, Columbus, Montreal, Portland; South America: Sao Paulo; Europe: Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Paris, Stockholm, Zaragoza; Asia: Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo; Oceania: Sydney.
What is Amazon Lightsail's cheapest plan?
Linux 512 MB at $5.00 a month (Static IPv4 included; IPv6-only variant $3.50/mo; burstable with 5% per-vCPU CPU baseline; billed hourly up to the monthly cap; transfer allowance halved in Mumbai, Sydney, Jakarta, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Sao Paulo).
Can I pay Amazon Lightsail with crypto or PayPal?
Accepted methods: card, sepa, other.
Profile built from 14 pages on aws.amazon.com and related sites, checked October 14, 2026.