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Amazon Lightsail

Score5.2 out of 10

19 Reviews and Ratings

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What is Amazon Lightsail?

Amazon Lightsail is a virtual private server (VPS) designed to present an easy-to-use cloud platform that offers everything needed to build an application or website, plus a cost-effective, monthly plan.

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Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features Amazon Lightsail has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
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Top Performing Features

  • Operating system support

    Range of operating systems available as pre-configured images

    Category average: 7.9

  • Automation

    Automation of administrative tasks

    Category average: 7.7

  • Elastic load balancing

    Automatic balancing and distribution of resources across multiple virtual computers

    Category average: 8.5

Areas for Improvement

  • Pre-defined machine images

    Range of different server configurations available

    Category average: 7.8

  • Security controls

    Compliance with security protocols like SSL and AES

    Category average: 8.1

  • Monitoring tools

    Monitoring tools provide alerts when problems are detected

    Category average: 7.9

Reviews

What users are saying about Amazon Lightsail.
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Best VPS for budget hosting

Incentivized
Pintu BarmanView profile
Web Developer in Information Technology at Onlightenmedia (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Amazon Lightsail to host our organization's application, it is very cheap and the most important thing is at this low price we get a Virtual private server it's amazing. It solves various issues as it is a part of AWS Eco-system so we can automate so many thinks like route53, s3 various other AWS services safely.

Pros

  • Its provide pre configured Apps and operating system
  • Very easy to use interface and the cost is also very low
  • Integration with other AWS services like route53, S3 etc

Cons

  • We can scale the system in the bigger plan only, no downgrade option available.
  • Sometimes I had to pay extra changes for the data transfer, I think they should increase the free data transfer limit.

Return on Investment

  • The cost of Amazon Lightsail service is very low so it saves money.
  • The user interface is very clean and easy to use, so not required too much to understand all the features.
  • No negative impact, everything is fine.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Liquid Web

Other Software Used

Amazon API Gateway, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Route 53, Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)

Lightsail a saver

Incentivized
Arpit Patel
Student in Information Technology at Stevens Institute of technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Amazon Lightsail for most of my projects which are web based. The organization that I use to work for in the past uses it for the employee which makes the task easy for them and it boost up the process of development. It is very easy to setup with minimal configuration.

Pros

  • Predictable billing
  • Intuitive UI/UX
  • ease of use

Cons

  • Customer service tiers - have to pay more for better service
  • Usage not shown in obvious place

Most Important Features

  • Easy to get started
  • Intuitive UI/UX

Return on Investment

  • Saved money on trial period
  • Customer service was less helpful
  • Time Saving

Alternatives Considered

Linode

Other Software Used

Linode, Atos Codex IoT, CoderPad

The must-have service provider for startups

Incentivized
Sandesh SinghView profile
FrontEnd Development Engineer in Research & Development at Genius Systems Pvt. Ltd (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • Value instances packages
  • Better organized UI
  • Easy billing resulting in higher efficiency
  • Cheaper than competition
  • Better support staff
  • Can adjust for any bills you may have incurred by accident

Cons

  • Very little documentation
  • Fewer support options in Amazon Lightsail
  • They only allow one adjustment and force you to terminate the instance that caused the issue before adjusting
  • Be aware of your usage in AWS
  • Always check for any extra unwanted bills

Return on Investment

  • Highly efficient for our microservices architecture
  • Price to performance
  • Scalability
  • Adjustments for unwanted bills or charges
  • Wide selection of services entice you to use Amazon Lightsail
  • Able to deploy web apps to a full infrastructure.

Alternatives Considered

DigitalOcean and Azure Container Instances

Other Software Used

DigitalOcean, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Key Management

Low Cost But High Stability for Small Loads

Incentivized
Verified User
General Manager in Research & Development (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

For standalone showcase and any other static web contents, we and the customers use AWS Lightsail as a low cost solution.The low cost, very stable , scalable services and easy managment service is the best option for small business and small web hosting application. With the bundled ec2 instance, no need to care the traffic cost and the segmented start-up , It gives the ability which customers can run applications without our support.

Pros

  • static web hosting & non public managments
  • low cost remote access
  • media distribution

Cons

  • more powerful or burst more instances
  • low cost container services

Most Important Features

  • higher in-bundled data transfer and bundled disk
  • instances run stable
  • easy managment

Return on Investment

  • more customer cases
  • lower bill
  • light load on support team

Other Software Used

Amazon CloudFront

Sailing easy on Lightsail - easy setup

Incentivized
Verified User
Former Employee (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used Amazon Lightsail to get a proof of concept project up running for a web application. It is very simple to set up, minimal configuration, and allows us to focus on the code. It is meant for getting started quickly, with minimal hassle but not for enterprise applications and workloads.

Pros

  • Documentation
  • Pay as you go
  • Easy to set up

Cons

  • Lack of flexibility in terms of configuration
  • Customer service tiers - have to pay more for better service
  • Usage not shown in obvious place

Most Important Features

  • Easy to get started
  • Predictable billing
  • Intuitive UI/UX

Return on Investment

  • Saved a lot of time on set up and configuration
  • Saved money on trial period
  • Customer service was less helpful

Alternatives Considered

DigitalOcean

Other Software Used

Amazon Aurora, Amazon CloudFront, DigitalOcean