Amazon Lightsail vs Hostgator: VPS comparison 2026

We compare the VPS offers of two providers using data from their websites: prices, like-for-like plans, countries, payment and terms. The data is updated every hour.

Amazon Lightsailaws.amazon.com

from 3.50 $per month

70VPS plans

17countries

5.7score, #739 in the rating

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Hostgatorwww.hostgator.com

from 5.50 $per month

4VPS plans

1country

5.7score, #752 in the rating

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In short

Entry priceAmazon Lightsailthe cheapest plan

Cheaper 2 GB RAMHostgatorthe cheapest plan with 2 GB of RAM or more

More locationsAmazon Lightsailcountries with servers

More plansAmazon LightsailVPS plans in the catalog

Higher in the ratingAmazon Lightsailplace in the overall accsly rating

Like-for-like plans

RAM	Amazon Lightsail	Hostgator
from 1 GB	5.00 $ Lightsail General Purpose 1 GB (IPv6-only, Linux) · 2 cores · 1 GB RAM · 40 GB SSD	5.50 $ Snappy 1000 - NVMe 2 · 1 core · 2 GB RAM · 50 GB NVMe
from 2 GB	10.00 $ Lightsail General Purpose 2 GB (IPv6-only, Linux) · 2 cores · 2 GB RAM · 60 GB SSD	5.50 $ Snappy 1000 - NVMe 2 · 1 core · 2 GB RAM · 50 GB NVMe
from 4 GB	20.00 $ Lightsail General Purpose 4 GB (IPv6-only, Linux) · 2 cores · 4 GB RAM · 80 GB SSD	11.00 $ Snappy 2000 - NVMe 4 · 2 cores · 4 GB RAM · 100 GB NVMe
from 8 GB	40.00 $ Lightsail General Purpose 8 GB (IPv6-only, Linux) · 2 cores · 8 GB RAM · 160 GB SSD	22.00 $ Snappy 4000 - NVMe 8 · 4 cores · 8 GB RAM · 200 GB NVMe
from 16 GB	70.00 $ Lightsail Memory optimized 16 GB (IPv6-only, Linux) · 2 cores · 16 GB RAM · 160 GB SSD	46.50 $ Snappy 8000 - NVMe 16 · 8 cores · 16 GB RAM · 450 GB NVMe

Each row shows the provider's cheapest plan with at least this much RAM, price per month.

Specs

	Amazon Lightsail	Hostgator
Price from	3.50 $	5.50 $
Median plan price	162 $	16.50 $
VPS plans	70	4
Countries	🇦🇺 Australia, 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇫🇷 France, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, 🇮🇩 Indonesia, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇳 India, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇰🇷 South Korea, 🇲🇾 Malaysia, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇸🇬 Singapore, 🇺🇸 USA	🇺🇸 USA
Payment	Bank card (Visa/Mastercard), Invoice for companies	—
Plans on NVMe	0%	100%
IPv6	yes	no
DDoS protection	no	no
Hourly billing	yes	no
Trial period	180 days	no
Money-back	no data	30 days
SLA	—	—
Founded	—	—
Country of registration	🇺🇸 USA	—

Server locations

Both: 🇺🇸 USA

Only Amazon Lightsail: 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇫🇷 France, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, 🇮🇩 Indonesia, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇳 India, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇰🇷 South Korea, 🇲🇾 Malaysia, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇸🇬 Singapore

Questions and answers

Which is cheaper, Amazon Lightsail or Hostgator?

Amazon Lightsail has the cheapest plan: from 3.50 $ per month. Hostgator starts from 5.50 $.

Which one has more locations?

Amazon Lightsail — 17 countries, Hostgator — 1 country. Countries in common: USA.

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