Amazon Lightsail vs. Cloudways
Amazon Lightsail vs. Cloudways
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Amazon Lightsail | 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 | |
Cloudways | N/A | Cloudways, by DigitalOcean, offers a range of managed hosting solutions, including managed Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, Magento, and others, with a choice of infrastructure providers and media delivery via CloudwaysVPN, and CloudwaysBot notification system. | $10 per month |
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Entry-level Setup Fee | No setup fee | $25 per application | ||||||||||||||
Additional Details | — | Cloudways offers 1 free migration to all customers. For any further migration needs the customer can use our free WordPress migration plugin and do it themselves. Or they can request paid migration services for any PHP based application, which start at $25 per application. | ||||||||||||||
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Small Businesses | Akamai Cloud Computing Score 9.0 out of 10 | Flywheel Score 9.5 out of 10 |
Medium-sized Companies | SAP on IBM Cloud Score 9.1 out of 10 | WP Engine Score 9.2 out of 10 |
Enterprises | SAP on IBM Cloud Score 9.1 out of 10 | Pantheon Score 8.4 out of 10 |
All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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Likelihood to Recommend | 9.7 (5 ratings) | 10.0 (4 ratings) |
Support Rating | - (0 ratings) | 9.7 (2 ratings) |
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Likelihood to Recommend | Amazon AWS | DigitalOcean |
Pros | Amazon AWS | DigitalOcean |
Cons | Amazon AWS | DigitalOcean |
Support Rating | Amazon AWS No answers on this topic | DigitalOcean |
Alternatives Considered | Amazon AWS | DigitalOcean |
Return on Investment | Amazon AWS | DigitalOcean |
ScreenShots | Cloudways Screenshots |