VeloxaHost vs AWS Lightsail

At a glance

Prices checked Nov 7, 2026 on AWS's Lightsail pricing page. Lightsail prices are its Linux/Unix General Purpose bundles with a public IPv4 address. VeloxaHost prices are the standard monthly rates, billed by the hour and capped at the monthly price.

	VeloxaHost (US East)	AWS Lightsail (Linux, with IPv4)
About 1 GB	Veloxa Nano: 1 vCPU, 1 GB, 25 GB, $4/mo	2 vCPU*, 1 GB, 40 GB SSD, 2 TB transfer, $7/mo
About 2 GB	Veloxa 1: 1 vCPU, 2 GB, 50 GB, $8/mo	2 vCPU*, 2 GB, 60 GB SSD, 3 TB transfer, $12/mo
About 4 GB	Veloxa 2: 2 vCPU, 4 GB, 80 GB, $15/mo	2 vCPU*, 4 GB, 80 GB SSD, 4 TB transfer, $24/mo
About 8 GB	Veloxa 4: 4 vCPU, 8 GB, 160 GB, $30/mo	2 vCPU*, 8 GB, 160 GB SSD, 5 TB transfer, $44/mo
About 16 GB	Veloxa 8: 8 vCPU, 16 GB, 320 GB, $60/mo	4 vCPU*, 16 GB, 320 GB SSD, 6 TB transfer, $84/mo
Smallest	$4 (Veloxa Nano, 1 GB)	$5 (512 MB), or $3.50 for an IPv6-only bundle
Public IPv4	Each server gets a block of ports on the region's shared IPv4, with SSH on the first. A dedicated IPv4 address is an add-on at $2 per address per month, but none are available in US East right now. No IPv6 in the region yet	A static IP address is included in every plan
Included traffic	No allowance published on the plan list	2 TB to 6 TB a month on the bundles above
Billing	By the hour, capped at the monthly price. A stopped server is not charged	By the hour, up to the plan's monthly price. Instances are charged while running or stopped
Managed web hosting	Hosting plans from $6.99/mo: 3 sites, PHP, Node, Python or static, deployed from Git	Not compared here
One-click apps	63 in the marketplace	Not compared here
Locations	1: US East (Washington, DC area)	15 AWS Regions in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific

*Lightsail's vCPUs are burstable. Each bundle has a CPU performance baseline per vCPU: 10% on the $7 bundle, 20% on the $12 and $24 bundles, 30% on the $44 bundle and 40% on the $84 bundle. Above the baseline, an instance spends CPU burst capacity it has built up, and AWS says an instance that stays above the baseline will eventually use it all up and return to the baseline (baseline CPU performance, when an instance bursts).

The short version: at every size above, VeloxaHost lists for less. Lightsail includes a static public IPv4 address and a stated transfer allowance in its price, and it sits inside AWS. If your server must answer on ports 80 and 443 over IPv4, that matters: VeloxaHost has no dedicated IPv4 addresses free in US East right now.

Who should pick Lightsail

• You are already on AWS. Lightsail lives in your AWS account, next to the S3, IAM and other services you already use. VeloxaHost is a separate provider.
• You need a public IPv4 address included in the price. Every Lightsail plan includes a static IP address. On VeloxaHost a dedicated IPv4 address is a $2 a month add-on, and none are available in US East right now, so a server there answers only on its block of ports on the shared IPv4.
• You need more than one region. Lightsail runs in 15 AWS Regions. VeloxaHost has one, US East.
• You move a lot of data. Lightsail bundles state their transfer allowance, from 2 TB on the $7 bundle. VeloxaHost does not publish one.
• You want IPv6. Lightsail sells IPv6-only bundles from $3.50 a month. US East has no IPv6 yet.

Who should pick VeloxaHost

• You want a lower price at the same RAM. $4 against $7 at 1 GB, $8 against $12 at 2 GB, $15 against $24 at 4 GB and $30 against $44 at 8 GB.
• You stop servers you are not using. Both bill by the hour up to a monthly price, but Lightsail charges an instance while it is stopped. On VeloxaHost a stopped server is not charged, so a test server you stop between sessions costs only the hours it ran.
• You want hosting and servers in one place. Managed hosting from $6.99 a month (3 sites, deployed from Git, backups on the schedule you choose, one-click WordPress) sits next to root VPS in the same account and on one invoice. A website there is served over HTTPS on your own domain without a dedicated IPv4 address.
• You take a lot of snapshots. Snapshots come with every size, within the size's limit, with no per-GB charge.
• You want apps ready to go. 63 one-click apps, including WordPress, PostgreSQL, Redis, Grafana, Gitea, n8n and Ollama.
• You prefer working in the browser. Every server has a browser terminal and a serial console.

Migrating from Lightsail

There is no automatic importer. A move of one instance usually goes like this:

1. Note the bundle, disk use, attached disks, firewall rules, static IP and DNS records. Pick the VeloxaHost size with at least the RAM the instance uses.
2. Check whether the server must answer on ports 80 and 443 over IPv4. If it is a website, consider managed hosting, which does not need a dedicated address. A VPS that needs those ports needs a dedicated IPv4 address, and none are available in US East right now.
3. A day before, lower the TTL on the DNS records you will change.
4. Create the VeloxaHost server and add your SSH key, or start from a marketplace app.
5. Copy files with rsync over SSH. Move databases with their own tools (pg_dump and pg_restore, or mysqldump).
6. Recreate firewall rules on the VeloxaHost server, test it, switch DNS, and once traffic has moved, delete the Lightsail instance and release its static IP.

FAQ

Is VeloxaHost cheaper than AWS Lightsail?

On list price at the same RAM, yes: $4 against $7 for 1 GB, and $15 against $24 for 4 GB, as of Nov 7, 2026. Lightsail includes a static public IPv4 address and a transfer allowance in that price. On VeloxaHost a dedicated IPv4 address is a $2 a month add-on, and none are available in US East right now.

Are Lightsail's 2 vCPUs the same as two full cores?

Not for sustained work. Lightsail bundles have a CPU baseline per vCPU, 10% on the $7 bundle and 20% on the $24 bundle, and run above it only while they have burst capacity left. Check the baseline for the bundle you would use against how busy your server is.

Does VeloxaHost include a public IPv4 address?

Each server gets a block of ports on the region's shared IPv4 address, with SSH on the first, at no charge. A dedicated IPv4 address, which answers on every port including 80 and 443, is an add-on at $2 per address per month. None are available in US East right now, and the region has no IPv6 yet.

Where are VeloxaHost's servers?

In one region, US East, in the Washington, DC area. More regions are planned, and the current list is shown when you create a server. Lightsail runs in 15 AWS Regions.