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title: "AWS Lightsail Plans, Pricing & Renewal Costs (2026) | Digital Hosting"
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description: "AWS Lightsail plans and pricing — from $5/mo (512 MB / 2 vCPU / 1 TB transfer, with public IPv4) (verified). Lightsail removes most of AWS's complexity for…"
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Fig. 01 · Provider Brief

# AWS Lightsail

Teams already in the AWS ecosystem who want simple VPS pricing

Rated 4.0 / 5

See current pricing (https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/pricing/)Non-affiliate recommendation

Prices verified: September 2026 · Researched by W. Miller (https://digitalhosting.com/about#authors) and the Digital Hosting editorial team — how we review providers (https://digitalhosting.com/how-we-test)

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Our take

Lightsail removes most of AWS's complexity for simple workloads, with a clear path into the full AWS stack if you ever need it.

Best for

Simple VPS inside AWS

Starting price

from $5/mo 512 MB / 2 vCPU / 1 TB transfer, with public IPv4 Verified September 2026 $3.50/mo for the IPv6-only variant.

Ease of use

Ease of use: 4 of 5

Performance

Performance: 4 of 5

Support

Support: 3 of 5

Free migration

Not included

Email included

Not included

Domain included

Not included

## Pros

- Flat monthly pricing inside AWS
- Easy upgrade path to full EC2 / RDS
- Predictable bandwidth allowance

## Cons

- Easy to accidentally exceed transfer caps
- Console still inherits some AWS quirks

Testing status: we haven't load-tested AWS Lightsail ourselves yet. This profile is built from vendor documentation, published plan specs and SLAs, and long-running community reports — and the pricing above is verified on the vendor's site, not copied from marketing. See how we test (https://digitalhosting.com/how-we-test) for exactly what that means.

## If AWS Lightsail isn't right

### Alternatives to consider

- NetArt (https://digitalhosting.com/providers/netart) — loaded plans with a published sla
- IONOS (https://digitalhosting.com/providers/ionos) — lowest first-year cost — if you plan the exit

## Where AWS Lightsail fits

Compare AWS Lightsail alongside other picks in the categories it competes in:

- VPS Hosting →: https://digitalhosting.com/best-vps-hosting
- Cloud Hosting →: https://digitalhosting.com/best-cloud-hosting

Ready to try AWS Lightsail?

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