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    Alibaba Cloud Elastic GPU Service

    N/AN/AAlibaba Cloud Elastic GPU Service (EGS) is a GPU-based computing service for scenarios such as deep learning, video processing, scientific computing, and visualization. EGS solutions use the following GPUs: AMD FirePro S7150, NVIDIA Tesla M40, NVIDIA Tesla P100, NVIDIA Tesla P4, and NVIDIA Tesla V100.N/A

    Amazon Lightsail

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AAmazon 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 GPU ServiceAmazon Lightsail
    Editions & Modules
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    512 MB Linux
    $3.50
    per month
    1 GB Linux
    $5.00
    per month
    2 GB Linux
    $10.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Would buy again
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    67%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    83%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    80%
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    Implementation went as expected
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    83%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
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    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Alibaba Cloud Elastic GPU Service and Amazon Lightsail
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    Ratings
    Amazon Lightsail
    8.8
    6 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings5.05 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Alibaba Cloud Elastic GPU ServiceAmazon Lightsail
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    10.0
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    Usability
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    Alibaba Cloud
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    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.
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    Pros
    Alibaba Cloud
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    Amazon AWS
    • 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
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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
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    Usability
    Alibaba Cloud
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    Amazon AWS
    My overall experience with Amazon Lightsail is very good, and the online community of Lightsail users is very large and its helps to resolve any kind of issue i faced on my server. I also like the integration of other AWS services with Amazon Lightsail like we can export our Lightsail instance into ec2 server using snapshots.
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    Alternatives Considered
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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.
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    Return on Investment
    Alibaba Cloud
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    Amazon AWS
    • Hosting a production application on Lightsail will guarantee you a loss
    • Saved lots of time for our prototyping
    • Other VPS providers are better
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