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Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS) vs. Amazon Lightsail

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS)
Score 6.4 out of 10
N/A
Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS) provides fast memory and Intel CPUs to help power cloud applications and achieve fast results with low latency. All ECS instances come with Anti-DDoS protection to safeguard data and applications from DDoS and Trojan attacks.N/A
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
Pricing
Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS)Amazon Lightsail
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
512 MB Linux
$3.50
per month
1 GB Linux
$5.00
per month
2 GB Linux
$10.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS)Amazon Lightsail
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
Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS)Amazon Lightsail
Top Pros
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Features
Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS)Amazon Lightsail
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Product A and Product B
Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS)
-
Ratings
Amazon Lightsail
9.1
5 Ratings
11% above category average
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
Dynamic scaling00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
Elastic load balancing00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
Pre-configured templates00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
Monitoring tools00 Ratings8.85 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
Operating system support00 Ratings9.65 Ratings
Security controls00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
Automation00 Ratings9.64 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS)Amazon Lightsail
Small Businesses
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Akamai Cloud Computing
Akamai Cloud Computing
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.1 out of 10
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.1 out of 10
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS)Amazon Lightsail
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
9.7
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS)Amazon Lightsail
Likelihood to Recommend
Alibaba Cloud
No answers on this topic
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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Pros
Alibaba Cloud
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Amazon AWS
  • static web hosting & non public managments
  • low cost remote access
  • media distribution
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Anonymous
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Cons
Alibaba Cloud
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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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Alternatives Considered
Alibaba Cloud
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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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Return on Investment
Alibaba Cloud
No answers on this topic
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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