Hetzner vs Amazon Lightsail
We have tested 10 VPS plans from Hetzner and Amazon Lightsail. This page is a summary and a comparison of all test results for those 2 providers.
Hetzner
Amazon Lightsail
Amazon Lightsail was founded 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
VPS Plans
| Plan Name | Monthly Price | CPU cores | Memory (GB) | Disk Space (GB) | Data Transfer (GB) | Latest trial | |
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CX11 | 2.49€ | 1 | 2.0 | 20 | 20000 | Feb 05 2020 |
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1GB 1core | $5.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 40 | 2000 | Jul 19 2020 |
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CX21 | 4.90€ | 2 | 4.0 | 40 | 20000 | May 09 2020 |
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2GB 1core | $10.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 60 | 3000 | Apr 04 2020 |
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CX31 | 8.90€ | 2 | 8.0 | 80 | 20000 | Sep 30 2019 |
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CPX31 | 12.40€ | 4 | 8.0 | 160 | 20000 | Jul 13 2020 |
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4GB 2cores | $20.00 | 2 | 4.0 | 80 | 4000 | May 16 2020 |
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CCX11 | 19.90€ | 2 | 8.0 | 80 | 20000 | Dec 09 2019 |
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8GB 2cores | $40.00 | 2 | 8.0 | 160 | 5000 | Feb 13 2020 |
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CCX21 | 34.90€ | 4 | 16.0 | 160 | 20000 | Apr 02 2020 |
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 Hetzner and Amazon Lightsail| Plan Name | Web Perf | Raw CPU Power | Perf Stability | Disk IO Perf | Network Perf | |
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CX11
2.49€ |
E | E | C | D | B |
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1GB 1core
$5.00 |
B | F | D | E | D |
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CX21
4.90€ |
D | C | D | D | C |
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2GB 1core
$10.00 |
C | F | D | E | D |
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CX31
8.90€ |
D | C | B | C | D |
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CPX31
12.40€ |
C | A | D | B | B |
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4GB 2cores
$20.00 |
B | E | D | E | C |
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CCX11
19.90€ |
D | C | D | C | B |
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8GB 2cores
$40.00 |
B | D | A | D | C |
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CCX21
34.90€ |
C | A | B | B | B |
VPS Instance Provisioning Time
This is the average time it took to create an instance for Hetzner and Amazon Lightsail from instance order to instance accepting connections.
| Hetzner | Amazon Lightsail | |
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| Number of instance creations in sample | 8 | 8 |
| Average provisioning time | 22s | 41s |
In Depth...
These are some of the test results that make up the grades above.
Web Response Times
We ran a database intensive web application at various levels of load on cloud servers from Hetzner and Amazon Lightsail. 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 Hetzner and Amazon Lightsail. This is the maximum rate of HTTP requests that each server handled without error.
Maximum HTTP request rate
Higher is better
During the Web Test, we collect response time metrics, rate metrics and CPU metrics. All of those are measured locally on the VPS running the web server. All metrics can be compared on the Web Performance Comparison page.
Sysbench CPU Performance
We ran the full suite of Sysbench tests on VPS plans of Hetzner and Amazon Lightsail. 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 Hetzner and Amazon Lightsail. These are the Sysbench Disk IO Random Read test results:
Rate of operations
Higher is better
Sysbench test results are also available for random disk IO tests, sequential disk IO tests and memory tests.
Review and compare all Sysbench numbers on the Sysbench Comparison page for Hetzner and Amazon Lightsail.
Network Transfers
We have performed large file transfers from the Hetzner and Amazon Lightsail 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
Network Transfers measurements including download and upload speeds can be compared for Hetzner and Amazon Lightsail on the Network Transfers Comparison page.
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.
Average number of operations per hour
Higher is better
Review and compare endurance test results for Hetzner and Amazon Lightsail on the Sustained CPU Endurance Comparison page.
Features and Usability
Features not included in the VPS price of the plan will be marked as missing but they may be available for the fee.
| Amazon Lightsail Review | Hetzner Review | |
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| Hourly Billing | Yes | Yes |
| DDOS Protection | No | Yes |
| Backups | No | No |
| Control Panel | custom | Custom |
| SSH Keys Setup | Yes | Yes |
| Total Number of Datacenters | 13 | 3 |
| Number of Datacenter Continents | 4 | 1 |
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