Amazon Lightsail vs Hostwinds: 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, #740 in the rating

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Hostwindswww.hostwinds.com · since 2010

from 4.99 $per month

40VPS plans

2countries

6.2score, #480 in the rating

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In short

Entry priceAmazon Lightsailthe cheapest plan

Cheaper 2 GB RAMa tiethe cheapest plan with 2 GB of RAM or more

More locationsAmazon Lightsailcountries with servers

More plansAmazon LightsailVPS plans in the catalog

Higher in the ratingHostwindsplace in the overall accsly rating

Like-for-like plans

RAM	Amazon Lightsail	Hostwinds
from 1 GB	5.00 $ Lightsail General Purpose 1 GB (IPv6-only, Linux) · 2 cores · 1 GB RAM · 40 GB SSD	4.99 $ Unmanaged Linux VPS 1CPU/1GB · 1 core · 1 GB RAM · 30 GB SSD
from 2 GB	10.00 $ Lightsail General Purpose 2 GB (IPv6-only, Linux) · 2 cores · 2 GB RAM · 60 GB SSD	10.00 $ Unmanaged Linux VPS 1CPU/2GB · 1 core · 2 GB RAM · 50 GB SSD
from 4 GB	20.00 $ Lightsail General Purpose 4 GB (IPv6-only, Linux) · 2 cores · 4 GB RAM · 80 GB SSD	18.99 $ Unmanaged Linux VPS 2CPU/4GB · 2 cores · 4 GB RAM · 75 GB SSD
from 8 GB	40.00 $ Lightsail General Purpose 8 GB (IPv6-only, Linux) · 2 cores · 8 GB RAM · 160 GB SSD	38.99 $ Unmanaged Linux VPS 4CPU/8GB · 4 cores · 8 GB RAM · 150 GB SSD
from 16 GB	70.00 $ Lightsail Memory optimized 16 GB (IPv6-only, Linux) · 2 cores · 16 GB RAM · 160 GB SSD	76.99 $ Unmanaged Linux VPS 6CPU/16GB · 6 cores · 16 GB RAM · 300 GB SSD

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

Specs

	Amazon Lightsail	Hostwinds
Price from	3.50 $	4.99 $
Median plan price	162 $	51.33 $
VPS plans	70	40
Countries	🇦🇺 Australia, 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇫🇷 France, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, 🇮🇩 Indonesia, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇳 India, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇰🇷 South Korea, 🇲🇾 Malaysia, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇸🇬 Singapore, 🇺🇸 USA	🇺🇸 USA, 🇳🇱 Netherlands
Payment	Bank card (Visa/Mastercard), Invoice for companies	Bank card (Visa/Mastercard), PayPal
Plans on NVMe	0%	0%
IPv6	yes	yes
DDoS protection	no	no
Hourly billing	yes	yes
Trial period	180 days	no
Money-back	no data	no data
SLA	—	99.9999%
Founded	—	2010
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

Only Hostwinds: 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Questions and answers

Which is cheaper, Amazon Lightsail or Hostwinds?

Amazon Lightsail has the cheapest plan: from 3.50 $ per month. Hostwinds starts from 4.99 $.

Which one has more locations?

Amazon Lightsail — 17 countries, Hostwinds — 2 countries. Countries in common: USA.

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