Amazon Lightsail vs UpCloud
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We have tested 9 VPS plans from Amazon Lightsail and UpCloud. We'll show which one is best based on a detailed performance analysis, on features and prices.
Amazon Lightsail
Amazon Lightsail was founded as a VPS provider in 2016.
It is headquartered in the USA.
It offers VPS hosting products.
- Australia
- Canada
- France
- Germany
- India
- Ireland
- Japan
- Singapore
- South Korea
- United Kingdom
- United States
UpCloud
UpCloud was founded as a VPS provider in 2013.
It is headquartered in Finland.
It offers VPS hosting products.
- Australia
- Finland
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Singapore
- Spain
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
- United States
VPS Plans
| Plan Name | Monthly Price | CPU cores | Memory (GB) | Disk Space (GB) | Data Transfer (GB) | Latest trial | |
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Developer 1GB 1core | 4.50€ | 1 | 1.0 | 20 | 1000 | Jul 22 2024 |
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1GB 1core | 7.00€ | 1 | 1.0 | 25 | 1000 | Jun 06 2024 |
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2GB 2cores | $12.00 | 2 | 2.0 | 60 | 3000 | Oct 14 2023 |
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2GB 1core | 13.00€ | 1 | 2.0 | 50 | 2000 | Mar 06 2024 |
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Developer 4GB 2 cores | 18.00€ | 2 | 4.0 | 60 | 2500 | Oct 22 2024 |
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4GB 2 cores | 26.00€ | 2 | 4.0 | 80 | 4000 | Sep 07 2024 |
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8GB 2cores | $44.00 | 2 | 8.0 | 160 | 5000 | May 03 2024 |
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8GB 4 cores | 52.00€ | 4 | 8.0 | 160 | 5000 | Apr 21 2024 |
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16GB 6 cores | 96.00€ | 6 | 16.0 | 320 | 6000 | Jan 21 2024 |
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Performance Grades
To summarize the performance of each VPS plan, we generated grades based on the various tests that were run: web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Each grade focuses on one aspect of the VPS speed or stability (cpu, disk IO, network IO...) and is made of one or more metrics measured during the tests.
Grades are evenly distributed between A and F. A is best, F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
Screen all VPS from Amazon Lightsail and UpCloud| Plan Name | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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Developer 1GB 1core
4.50€ |
D | E | B | E | D |
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1GB 1core
7.00€ |
E | E | D | D | D |
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2GB 2cores
$12.00 |
F | E | F | F | C |
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2GB 1core
13.00€ |
D | E | C | E | D |
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Developer 4GB 2 cores
18.00€ |
D | E | C | E | C |
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4GB 2 cores
26.00€ |
C | E | C | D | C |
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8GB 2cores
$44.00 |
F | E | E | F | C |
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8GB 4 cores
52.00€ |
B | B | C | D | D |
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16GB 6 cores
96.00€ |
B | B | A | D | C |
Features and Datacenters
This list is a subset of the features each provider may offer.
CPUs
These are the CPUs we have seen in Amazon Lightsail and UpCloud instances in the past 18 months.
| Amazon Lightsail | UpCloud |
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| All Amazon Lightsail CPUs by plan | All UpCloud CPUs by plan |
| Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8259CL CPU @ 2.50GHz |
AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core Processor AMD EPYC 7543 32-Core Processor |
Performance Consistency
The provider consistency score shows how much variation can be expected between 2 servers of the same type at the same provider. A high consistency score (>65) means the performance of all servers of the provider is consistent over many trials and many plans.
Providers who don't have enough data yet at VPSBenchmarks don't have a consistency score.
Screenshots
VPS Instance Provisioning Time
This is the average time it took to create an instance for Amazon Lightsail and UpCloud from instance order to instance accepting connections.
| Amazon Lightsail | UpCloud | |
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| Number of instance creations in sample | 2 | 12 |
| Average provisioning time | 60s | 66s |
Performance in Depth...
These are some of the test results that are used to determine the grades above.
Web Response Times
We ran a database intensive web application at various levels of load on cloud servers from Amazon Lightsail and UpCloud. This is the average response time measured locally on the VPS for each plan we tested.
Local Response Time per Plan
Lower is better
Maximum HTTP Load
We ran a database intensive web application at various levels of load on cloud servers from Amazon Lightsail and UpCloud. This is the maximum rate of HTTP requests that each server handled without timing out.
Maximum HTTP request rate
Higher is better
Sysbench CPU Performance
We ran the full suite of Sysbench tests on VPS plans of Amazon Lightsail and UpCloud. These are the Sysbench CPU test results:
Rate of operations
Higher is better
Sysbench Disk IO Performance
We ran the full suite of Sysbench tests on VPS plans of Amazon Lightsail and UpCloud. These are the Sysbench Disk IO Random Read test results:
Rate of operations
Higher is better
Review and compare all Sysbench numbers on the Sysbench Comparison page for Amazon Lightsail and UpCloud.
Network Transfers
We have performed large file transfers from the Amazon Lightsail and UpCloud VPS and we measured the speed of downloads and uploads.
The transfers involve multiple files, 10 threads and last for at least 10 seconds at maximum speed. The transfers are repeated 3 times from different servers and only the fastest transfer is reported here.
Download Speed per Plan
Higher is better
Sustained CPU Endurance Tests
We pushed the CPU of those VPS plans hard for 24 hours straight.
This test shows how fast the VPS can go for long periods of time, how stable the performance is and it also gives clues on how overallocated the VPSs may be.
Throughput variations of the endurance test over 24 hours. The coefficient of variation is the standard deviation of the test throughput divided by its average value. Low variations mean that resources allocated to the server were stable for the duration of the test and there was little contention.
Ops/hour coefficient of variation
Lower is better
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