Which is cheaper, AWS or Vultr?

Vultr is cheaper in 9 of 14 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 51.9%.

How do AWS and Vultr compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

AWS vs Vultr: Pricing Comparison (2026)

Updated Apr 4, 2026AWSVultr

Overall Winner

Vultr

AWS Wins

Vultr Wins

Ties

Pricing Analysis

vultr wins 9 of 14 price comparisons, averaging 51.9% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.000990/hr to $11.48/hr across comparable tiers.

●vultr leads in EC2 (3/3 tiers, avg 55% difference)
●AWS leads in S3 (3/3 tiers, avg 45% difference)
●vultr leads in EBS (3/3 tiers, avg 71% difference)
●vultr leads in RDS (2/3 tiers, avg 57% difference)

Choose vultr

Best for EC2 workloads

Choose AWS

Best for S3 workloads

Side-by-Side Pricing

Comparing AWS and Vultr across 14 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	AWS AWS	Vultr Vultr	Diff	Cheapest
EC2 - Accelerated Computing - 8 vCPU, 15 GB RAM	$0.6500/hr g2.2xlarge ($474.50/mo)	$0.1315/hr vhp-8c-16gb-amd ($96.00/mo)	+79.8%	Vultr
EC2 - Compute Optimized - 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM	$0.0770/hr c5a.large ($56.21/mo)	$0.0329/hr vhp-2c-4gb-intel ($24.02/mo)	+57.3%	Vultr
EC2 - Storage Optimized - 24 vCPU, 192 GB RAM	$2.8476/hr i8ge.6xlarge ($2,078.75/mo)	$2.0548/hr voc-m-24c-192gb-4800s-amd ($1,500.00/mo)	+27.8%	Vultr
S3 - Storage - Storage	$0.0010/hr TimedStorage-INT-DAA-ByteHrs ($0.72/mo)	$0.0082/hr vultr-obj-standard ($5.99/mo)	+87.9%	AWS
S3 - API Request - API Request	$0.0100/hr Retrieval-ZIA ($7.30/mo)	$0.0164/hr vultr-obj-business ($11.97/mo)	+39.0%	AWS
S3 - Fee - Fee	$0.0300/hr Expedited-Retrieval-Bytes ($21.90/mo)	$0.0329/hr vultr-obj-performance ($24.02/mo)	+8.8%	AWS
EBS - Compute Optimized - c5n.4xlarge	$0.8640/hr c5n.4xlarge ($630.72/mo)	$0.0137/hr vultr-block-100gb ($10.00/mo)	+98.4%	Vultr
EBS - HPC - hpc7g.4xlarge	$1.6832/hr hpc7g.4xlarge ($1,228.74/mo)	$0.2740/hr vultr-block-2000gb ($200.02/mo)	+83.7%	Vultr
EBS - Storage Optimized - d3.4xlarge	$1.9980/hr d3.4xlarge ($1,458.54/mo)	$1.3699/hr vultr-block-10000gb ($1,000.03/mo)	+31.4%	Vultr
RDS - Database Instance - 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM	$0.3780/hr db.m5.2xlarge ($275.94/mo)	$0.6575/hr vultr-db-hp-8c32g ($479.97/mo)	+42.5%	AWS
RDS - Database Instance - 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM	$0.8970/hr db.m6id.xlarge ($654.81/mo)	$0.4932/hr vultr-db-occ-4c16g ($360.04/mo)	+45.0%	Vultr
RDS - Database Instance - 16 vCPU, 64 GB RAM	$11.4752/hr db.m5.4xlarge ($8,376.90/mo)	$1.9726/hr vultr-db-occ-16c64g ($1,440.00/mo)	+82.8%	Vultr
EKS - Compute - Compute	$0.0823/hr EKS-Auto:i4i.2xlarge-management-hours ($60.09/mo)	$0.0548/hr vultr-vke-ha ($40.00/mo)	+33.4%	Vultr
ELB - Load Balancer-Network - Load Balancer-Network	$0.0125/hr LoadBalancerUsage ($9.13/mo)	$0.0137/hr vultr-lb-standard ($10.00/mo)	+8.8%	AWS

When to Choose AWS AWS

✓S3 - Storage - Storage - saves $5.26/mo (87.9% cheaper)
✓S3 - API Request - API Request - saves $4.67/mo (39% cheaper)
✓S3 - Fee - Fee - saves $2.12/mo (8.8% cheaper)
✓RDS - Database Instance - 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM - saves $204.04/mo (42.5% cheaper)
✓ELB - Load Balancer-Network - Load Balancer-Network - saves $0.88/mo (8.8% cheaper)

When to Choose Vultr Vultr

✓EC2 - Accelerated Computing - 8 vCPU, 15 GB RAM - saves $378.50/mo (79.8% cheaper)
✓EC2 - Compute Optimized - 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM - saves $32.19/mo (57.3% cheaper)
✓EC2 - Storage Optimized - 24 vCPU, 192 GB RAM - saves $578.74/mo (27.8% cheaper)
✓EBS - Compute Optimized - c5n.4xlarge - saves $620.72/mo (98.4% cheaper)
✓EBS - HPC - hpc7g.4xlarge - saves $1,028.72/mo (83.7% cheaper)
✓EBS - Storage Optimized - d3.4xlarge - saves $458.51/mo (31.4% cheaper)
✓RDS - Database Instance - 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM - saves $294.77/mo (45% cheaper)
✓RDS - Database Instance - 16 vCPU, 64 GB RAM - saves $6,936.90/mo (82.8% cheaper)
✓EKS - Compute - Compute - saves $20.07/mo (33.4% cheaper)