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Amazon Lightsail vs. Google Cloud Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon Lightsail
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
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.
$3.50
per month
Google Cloud Platform
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Google Cloud Platform is a suite of cloud computing services used to build apps or take advantage of cloud infrastructural services, achieve legacy infrastructure modernization, or manage enterprise data and analytic needs.N/A
Pricing
Amazon LightsailGoogle Cloud Platform
Editions & Modules
512 MB Linux
$3.50
per month
1 GB Linux
$5.00
per month
2 GB Linux
$10.00
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon LightsailGoogle Cloud Platform
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Amazon LightsailGoogle Cloud Platform
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
Amazon LightsailGoogle Cloud Platform
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Lightsail
9.1
5 Ratings
11% above category average
Google Cloud Platform
8.9
1 Ratings
9% above category average
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime8.95 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Dynamic scaling9.04 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Elastic load balancing9.34 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Pre-configured templates9.05 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Monitoring tools8.85 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images8.95 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Operating system support9.65 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Security controls8.95 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Automation9.64 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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Amazon LightsailGoogle Cloud Platform
Small Businesses
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.2 out of 10
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.2 out of 10
SAP on IBM Cloud
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
Amazon LightsailGoogle Cloud Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
9.7
(5 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon LightsailGoogle Cloud Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon AWS
We utilized Amazon Lightsail to get a web application proof of concept up and running. It's easy to set up, requires minimal configuration, and lets us to concentrate on the coding. It's designed to help you get started fast and easily, but it's not designed for corporate applications or workloads.
AP
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Google
Google Cloud Platform is well suited for every project or company that need an infrastructure that is easy to use and manage and also the good price
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • static web hosting & non public managments
  • low cost remote access
  • media distribution
Verified User
Anonymous
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Google
  • Google Cloud Platform provide the autoscale workload when the workload need to scale up or down
  • Great pay-as-you-go pricing model and dashboard report of pricing that help user monitor and optimize the cost
  • Using simpler than other cloud provider
HD
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Cons
Amazon AWS
  • slow
  • complex integration to AWS Cloudwatch - complex setup required
  • No IPv6, a big downside
  • less value compared with Linode or Digital Ocean
Verified User
Anonymous
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Google
  • I think Google Cloud Platform can emphasis more on customer support
HD
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
Amazon Lightsail is a great platform. Before we started using it, we were using AWS EC2 instances as our primary servers after being dissatisfied with other providers. After Amazon Lightsail's introduction, we were able to reduce our operating costs, improve our quality assurance tasks, and provide much more efficient and better apps with our microservices architecture.
Sandesh Singh | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sandesh Singh
FrontEnd Development Engineer
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Google
Google Cloud Platform is release later than Amazon web service, I think that why Google Cloud Platform can learned and optimized the Dashboard and some features that make it easy to use and can be cheaper than amazon web service.
HD
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • Saved a lot of time on set up and configuration
  • Saved money on trial period
  • Customer service was less helpful
Verified User
Anonymous
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Google
  • It keep my organization stable and save, so that our business objectives still good for 3 years
HD
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