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AWS Lightsail VPS prices
57 plans across 17 countries. Each price is for the plan's cheapest location, in GBP, including 20% UK VAT. One IPv4 address is included.
AWS Lightsail at a glance
| Hourly billing | Yes | Billed at a fixed hourly rate, capped at the plan's monthly price. Stopped instances are still billed. Source ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Free trial or credit | Credit | New AWS accounts get $100 credit, plus up to $100 more for trying services, usable for up to 6 months on the Free plan. The Lightsail FAQ says you can start Lightsail free under the AWS Free Tier. Source ↗ |
| Money-back period | Not stated | No money-back guarantee found on AWS pages; billing is hourly. |
| Payment methods | Card, Direct debit | For UK/EU accounts (AWS Europe): Visa, Mastercard, Amex; SEPA direct debit for qualifying customers; Bacs direct debit for UK accounts paying in pounds. PayPal and virtual cards are not accepted. Source ↗ |
| ID checks | Not stated | AWS sign-up asks for a payment card and verifies it; no ID-document policy found for standard accounts. Source ↗ |
| Automatic backups | Paid extra | Automatic daily snapshots can be switched on and are charged as snapshot storage at $0.05 per GB per month. Source ↗ |
| Snapshots | Paid extra | Manual and automatic snapshots cost $0.05 per GB per month. Source ↗ |
| DDoS protection | Included | AWS Shield Standard covers common network and transport layer attacks for all AWS customers at no extra charge. Source ↗ |
| IPv6 | Included | Enabled by default on dual-stack instances; cheaper IPv6-only plans are also offered. Source ↗ |
| Private network | Included | Each instance gets a private IP for free traffic to other Lightsail and AWS resources; VPC peering to your default AWS VPC is available. Source ↗ |
| Support | Basic support free (account and billing); technical support needs a paid AWS Support plan | Source ↗ |
| Custom ISO / own OS | No | Instances are created only from Lightsail's own blueprints or your snapshots. Source ↗ |
Researched from AWS Lightsail's own pages, last checked 2026-09-23. Terms change, so check with the provider before you buy. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
Every AWS Lightsail plan
| Plan | CPU | vCPU | RAM | Disk | Transfer | Cheapest location | Per month | Deal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Purpose 2 vCPU / 0.5 GB general-0.5gb |
Shared | 2 | 0.5 GB | 20 GB | 1 TB | London, United Kingdom +15 more | £4.52 | View deal |
| General Purpose 2 vCPU / 0.5 GB general-0.5gb-20gb-0.5tb |
Shared | 2 | 0.5 GB | 20 GB | 0.5 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £4.52 | View deal |
| General Purpose 2 vCPU / 1 GB general-1gb |
Shared | 2 | 1 GB | 40 GB | 2 TB | London, United Kingdom +15 more | £6.33 | View deal |
| General Purpose 2 vCPU / 1 GB general-1gb-40gb-1tb |
Shared | 2 | 1 GB | 40 GB | 1 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £6.33 | View deal |
| General Purpose 2 vCPU / 2 GB general-2gb |
Shared | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB | 3 TB | London, United Kingdom +15 more | £10.85 | View deal |
| General Purpose 2 vCPU / 2 GB general-2gb-60gb-1.5tb |
Shared | 2 | 2 GB | 60 GB | 1.5 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £10.85 | View deal |
| General Purpose 2 vCPU / 4 GB general-4gb |
Shared | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 4 TB | London, United Kingdom +15 more | £21.71 | View deal |
| General Purpose 2 vCPU / 4 GB general-4gb-80gb-2tb |
Shared | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 2 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £21.71 | View deal |
| Compute Optimized 2 vCPU / 4 GB compute-4gb |
Dedicated | 2 | 4 GB | 160 GB | 5 TB | London, United Kingdom +11 more | £37.99 | View deal |
| Compute Optimized 2 vCPU / 4 GB compute-4gb-80gb-5tb |
Dedicated | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 5 TB | Hong Kong +3 more | £37.99 | View deal |
| Compute Optimized 2 vCPU / 4 GB compute-4gb-160gb-2.5tb |
Dedicated | 2 | 4 GB | 160 GB | 2.5 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £37.99 | View deal |
| General Purpose 2 vCPU / 8 GB general-8gb |
Shared | 2 | 8 GB | 160 GB | 5 TB | London, United Kingdom +15 more | £39.80 | View deal |
| General Purpose 2 vCPU / 8 GB general-8gb-160gb-2.5tb |
Shared | 2 | 8 GB | 160 GB | 2.5 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £39.80 | View deal |
| Memory Optimized 2 vCPU / 16 GB memory-16gb |
Dedicated | 2 | 16 GB | 160 GB | 5 TB | London, United Kingdom +11 more | £66.94 | View deal |
| Memory Optimized 2 vCPU / 16 GB memory-16gb-320gb-5tb |
Dedicated | 2 | 16 GB | 320 GB | 5 TB | Hong Kong +3 more | £66.94 | View deal |
| Memory Optimized 2 vCPU / 16 GB memory-16gb-160gb-2.5tb |
Dedicated | 2 | 16 GB | 160 GB | 2.5 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £66.94 | View deal |
| General Purpose 4 vCPU / 16 GB general-16gb |
Shared | 4 | 16 GB | 320 GB | 6 TB | London, United Kingdom +15 more | £75.98 | View deal |
| General Purpose 4 vCPU / 16 GB general-16gb-320gb-3tb |
Shared | 4 | 16 GB | 320 GB | 3 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £75.98 | View deal |
| Compute Optimized 4 vCPU / 8 GB compute-8gb |
Dedicated | 4 | 8 GB | 320 GB | 6 TB | London, United Kingdom +11 more | £75.98 | View deal |
| Compute Optimized 4 vCPU / 8 GB compute-8gb-160gb-6tb |
Dedicated | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB | 6 TB | Hong Kong +3 more | £75.98 | View deal |
| Compute Optimized 4 vCPU / 8 GB compute-8gb-320gb-3tb |
Dedicated | 4 | 8 GB | 320 GB | 3 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £75.98 | View deal |
| Memory Optimized 4 vCPU / 32 GB memory-32gb |
Dedicated | 4 | 32 GB | 320 GB | 6 TB | London, United Kingdom +11 more | £130.25 | View deal |
| Memory Optimized 4 vCPU / 32 GB memory-32gb-640gb-6tb |
Dedicated | 4 | 32 GB | 640 GB | 6 TB | Hong Kong +3 more | £130.25 | View deal |
| Memory Optimized 4 vCPU / 32 GB memory-32gb-320gb-3tb |
Dedicated | 4 | 32 GB | 320 GB | 3 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £130.25 | View deal |
| General Purpose 8 vCPU / 32 GB general-32gb |
Shared | 8 | 32 GB | 640 GB | 7 TB | London, United Kingdom +15 more | £148.34 | View deal |
| General Purpose 8 vCPU / 32 GB general-32gb-640gb-3.5tb |
Shared | 8 | 32 GB | 640 GB | 3.5 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £148.34 | View deal |
| Compute Optimized 8 vCPU / 16 GB compute-16gb |
Dedicated | 8 | 16 GB | 640 GB | 7 TB | London, United Kingdom +11 more | £151.96 | View deal |
| Compute Optimized 8 vCPU / 16 GB compute-16gb-320gb-7tb |
Dedicated | 8 | 16 GB | 320 GB | 7 TB | Hong Kong +3 more | £151.96 | View deal |
| Compute Optimized 8 vCPU / 16 GB compute-16gb-640gb-3.5tb |
Dedicated | 8 | 16 GB | 640 GB | 3.5 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £151.96 | View deal |
| Memory Optimized 8 vCPU / 64 GB memory-64gb |
Dedicated | 8 | 64 GB | 640 GB | 7 TB | London, United Kingdom +11 more | £265.93 | View deal |
| Memory Optimized 8 vCPU / 64 GB memory-64gb-1280gb-7tb |
Dedicated | 8 | 64 GB | 1280 GB | 7 TB | Hong Kong +3 more | £265.93 | View deal |
| Memory Optimized 8 vCPU / 64 GB memory-64gb-640gb-3.5tb |
Dedicated | 8 | 64 GB | 640 GB | 3.5 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £265.93 | View deal |
| Compute Optimized 16 vCPU / 32 GB compute-32gb |
Dedicated | 16 | 32 GB | 1280 GB | 8 TB | London, United Kingdom +11 more | £303.92 | View deal |
| Compute Optimized 16 vCPU / 32 GB compute-32gb-640gb-8tb |
Dedicated | 16 | 32 GB | 640 GB | 8 TB | Hong Kong +3 more | £303.92 | View deal |
| Compute Optimized 16 vCPU / 32 GB compute-32gb-1280gb-4tb |
Dedicated | 16 | 32 GB | 1280 GB | 4 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £303.92 | View deal |
| General Purpose 16 vCPU / 64 GB general-64gb |
Shared | 16 | 64 GB | 1280 GB | 8 TB | London, United Kingdom +15 more | £347.34 | View deal |
| General Purpose 16 vCPU / 64 GB general-64gb-1280gb-4tb |
Shared | 16 | 64 GB | 1280 GB | 4 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £347.34 | View deal |
| Memory Optimized 16 vCPU / 128 GB memory-128gb |
Dedicated | 16 | 128 GB | 1280 GB | 8 TB | London, United Kingdom +15 more | £528.24 | View deal |
| Memory Optimized 16 vCPU / 128 GB memory-128gb-1280gb-4tb |
Dedicated | 16 | 128 GB | 1280 GB | 4 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £528.24 | View deal |
| Compute Optimized 36 vCPU / 72 GB compute-72gb |
Dedicated | 36 | 72 GB | 1280 GB | 9 TB | London, United Kingdom +15 more | £763.42 | View deal |
| Compute Optimized 36 vCPU / 72 GB compute-72gb-1280gb-4.5tb |
Dedicated | 36 | 72 GB | 1280 GB | 4.5 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £763.42 | View deal |
| General Purpose 32 vCPU / 128 GB general-128gb |
Shared | 32 | 128 GB | 1280 GB | 9 TB | London, United Kingdom +15 more | £799.60 | View deal |
| General Purpose 32 vCPU / 128 GB general-128gb-1280gb-4.5tb |
Shared | 32 | 128 GB | 1280 GB | 4.5 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £799.60 | View deal |
| Compute Optimized 48 vCPU / 96 GB compute-96gb |
Dedicated | 48 | 96 GB | 1280 GB | 10 TB | London, United Kingdom +15 more | £1018.50 | View deal |
| Compute Optimized 48 vCPU / 96 GB compute-96gb-1280gb-5tb |
Dedicated | 48 | 96 GB | 1280 GB | 5 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £1018.50 | View deal |
| Memory Optimized 32 vCPU / 256 GB memory-256gb |
Dedicated | 32 | 256 GB | 1280 GB | 9 TB | London, United Kingdom +15 more | £1061.92 | View deal |
| Memory Optimized 32 vCPU / 256 GB memory-256gb-1280gb-4.5tb |
Dedicated | 32 | 256 GB | 1280 GB | 4.5 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £1061.92 | View deal |
| General Purpose 48 vCPU / 192 GB general-192gb |
Shared | 48 | 192 GB | 1280 GB | 10 TB | London, United Kingdom +15 more | £1197.60 | View deal |
| General Purpose 48 vCPU / 192 GB general-192gb-1280gb-5tb |
Shared | 48 | 192 GB | 1280 GB | 5 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £1197.60 | View deal |
| Compute Optimized 72 vCPU / 144 GB compute-144gb |
Dedicated | 72 | 144 GB | 1280 GB | 10 TB | London, United Kingdom +15 more | £1526.84 | View deal |
| Compute Optimized 72 vCPU / 144 GB compute-144gb-1280gb-5tb |
Dedicated | 72 | 144 GB | 1280 GB | 5 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £1526.84 | View deal |
| General Purpose 64 vCPU / 256 GB general-256gb |
Shared | 64 | 256 GB | 1280 GB | 10 TB | London, United Kingdom +15 more | £1595.59 | View deal |
| General Purpose 64 vCPU / 256 GB general-256gb-1280gb-5tb |
Shared | 64 | 256 GB | 1280 GB | 5 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £1595.59 | View deal |
| Memory Optimized 48 vCPU / 384 GB memory-384gb |
Dedicated | 48 | 384 GB | 1280 GB | 10 TB | London, United Kingdom +15 more | £1595.59 | View deal |
| Memory Optimized 48 vCPU / 384 GB memory-384gb-1280gb-5tb |
Dedicated | 48 | 384 GB | 1280 GB | 5 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £1595.59 | View deal |
| Memory Optimized 64 vCPU / 512 GB memory-512gb |
Dedicated | 64 | 512 GB | 1280 GB | 10 TB | London, United Kingdom +15 more | £2120.22 | View deal |
| Memory Optimized 64 vCPU / 512 GB memory-512gb-1280gb-5tb |
Dedicated | 64 | 512 GB | 1280 GB | 5 TB | Jakarta, Indonesia +2 more | £2120.22 | View deal |