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114 Ratings
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Based on 114 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
- Amazon Lightsail ranks higher in 1 feature set: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
8.6
Amazon Lightsail
86%

8.0
DigitalOcean
80%
Amazon Lightsail ranks higher in 7/9 features
Amazon Lightsail ranks higher in 7/9 features
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
7.7
77%
5 Ratings

9.0
90%
26 Ratings
Dynamic scaling
9.0
90%
4 Ratings

8.0
80%
28 Ratings
Elastic load balancing
8.9
89%
4 Ratings

7.0
70%
20 Ratings
Pre-configured templates
8.7
87%
5 Ratings

9.5
95%
25 Ratings
Monitoring tools
7.4
74%
5 Ratings

7.4
74%
30 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images
8.5
85%
5 Ratings

8.5
85%
29 Ratings
Operating system support
9.4
94%
5 Ratings

7.4
74%
29 Ratings
Security controls
8.3
83%
5 Ratings

7.4
74%
28 Ratings
Automation
9.3
93%
4 Ratings

8.0
80%
2 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Amazon Lightsail is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
Amazon Lightsail
88%
5 Ratings

8.5
DigitalOcean
85%
31 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
Amazon Lightsail
N/A
0 Ratings

9.0
DigitalOcean
90%
2 Ratings
Usability
Amazon Lightsail
N/A
0 Ratings

8.6
DigitalOcean
86%
6 Ratings
Availability
Amazon Lightsail
N/A
0 Ratings

10.0
DigitalOcean
100%
2 Ratings
Performance
Amazon Lightsail
N/A
0 Ratings

9.0
DigitalOcean
90%
2 Ratings
Support Rating
Amazon Lightsail
N/A
0 Ratings

8.8
DigitalOcean
88%
18 Ratings
Product Scalability
Amazon Lightsail
N/A
0 Ratings

10.0
DigitalOcean
100%
1 Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon Lightsail
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.
Student
Stevens Institute of technologyComputer Software, 10,001+ employees
DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean is a powerful tool with respect to the services and pricing that it offers. It is easier than other products and also provides servers that are inexpensive with great performance. DigitalOcean also offers additional add-ons such as additional IP addresses, scheduling of backups, etc. One of the best advantages is that it is efficient and is open source. Although, it is suited for a firm that is looking to cut down cost. Also, it is not suited for an organization where the dev/platform/DBA team is less experienced.

Verified User
Consultant in Finance and Accounting
Accounting Company, 10,001+ employeesPros
Amazon Lightsail
- static web hosting & non public managments
- low cost remote access
- media distribution

Verified User
General Manager in Research & Development
Research Company, 1-10 employeesDigitalOcean
- DigitalOcean provides some of the best cost-to-value services available
- The DigitalOcean cloud console is very intuitive and easy to navigate
- DigitalOcean has great support for Docker and other dev ops tools like Terraform.
- DigitalOcean iterates quickly and provides cutting edge features for organizations that want to keep up with the latest and greatest dev ops tooling
- DigitalOcean has a great developer community and numerous support docs/tutorials

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Marketing and Advertising Company, 11-50 employeesCons
Amazon Lightsail
- slow
- complex integration to AWS Cloudwatch - complex setup required
- No IPv6, a big downside
- less value compared with Linode or Digital Ocean

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 1-10 employeesDigitalOcean
- Some products/services available on other Cloud providers aren't available, but they seem to be catching up as they add new products like Managed SQL DBs.
- While they have FreeBSD droplets (VMs), support for *BSD OSs is limited. I.e. the new monitoring agent only works on Linux.
- There are no regions available on South America.
- They don't seem to offer enterprise-level products, even basic ones as Windows Server, MS SQL Server, Oracle products, etc.
Director of Technology
Global Brigades, Inc.Non-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees
Pricing Details
Amazon Lightsail
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$3.5 per month
Amazon Lightsail Editions & Modules
Edition
512 MB Linux | $3.501 |
---|---|
1 GB Linux | $5.001 |
2 GB Linux | $10.001 |
- per month
Additional Pricing Details
—DigitalOcean
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$5 Starting Price Per Month
DigitalOcean Editions & Modules
Edition
1GB-16GB | $5.001 |
---|---|
8GB-160GB | $60.001 |
- Starting Price Per Month
Additional Pricing Details
—Likelihood to Renew
Amazon Lightsail
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean 9.0
Based on 2 answers
I've been very happy with it for my purposes and I plan to continue to use DigitalOcean for the foreseeable future!
Devops Engineer
Tommy BahamaComputer Software, 1-10 employees
Usability
Amazon Lightsail
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean 8.6
Based on 6 answers
I honestly can't think of an easier way to set up and maintain your own server. Being able to set up a server in minutes and have fully control is awesome. The UX is incredibly intuitive for first-time users as well so there's no reason to be intimidated when it comes to giving DigitalOcean a shot.
VP of Technology & Human Resources
Quality Ironworks, Inc.Construction, 51-200 employees
Reliability and Availability
Amazon Lightsail
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean 10.0
Based on 2 answers
Have not found a single second of down time myself. Superior availability.
Front-end developer
Velocity PartnersInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Performance
Amazon Lightsail
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean 9.0
Based on 2 answers
Very quick response and high performance, you have to fine tune configurations on your machines though.
Front-end developer
Velocity PartnersInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Support Rating
Amazon Lightsail
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean 8.8
Based on 18 answers
They have always been fast, and the process has been straight-forward. I haven't had to use it enough to be frustrated with it, to be honest, and when I have an issue they fix it. As with all support, I wish it felt more human, but they are doing aces.
Co-Founder / Full Stack Dev
Madness LabsComputer Software, 1-10 employees
Alternatives Considered
Amazon Lightsail
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.
FrontEnd Development Engineer
Genius Systems Pvt. LtdInternet, 201-500 employees
DigitalOcean
Amazon has a very complex UI and many products to offer. They haven't polished up their UI and it has a much greater learning curve compared to DigitalOcean. However, Amazon Web Services (AWS) does have more comprehensive cloud computing services, which forces some companies to migrate their backend and other services to AWS as they scale up.
Co-Founder/CEO
aspace, Inc.Computer Software, 1-10 employees
Scalability
Amazon Lightsail
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean 10.0
Based on 1 answer
Great scalability, you can start with small plans and move up to premium features at a very good price.
Front-end developer
Velocity PartnersInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Return on Investment
Amazon Lightsail
- Saved a lot of time on set up and configuration
- Saved money on trial period
- Customer service was less helpful

Verified User
Former Employee in Other
Education Management Company, 501-1000 employeesDigitalOcean
- With DigitalOcean, I've been able to move all my sites to https using my own implementations of SSL with LetsEncrypt.
- Since moving my sites to DigitalOcean, my hosting plan costs less than 40% of what I paid for similar hosting from Site5.
Web Developer
satinflame designHigher Education, 1-10 employees