Amazon Lightsail vs. Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

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.

Incentivized

An effective pricing strategy is in place. Google Cloud VPC is the most secure since it runs on a private network and never contacts the public network. Google is well-known for its AI/ML and Kubernetes engines, both of which have a leg up on the competition. Google Cloud VPC's database services are yet to be improved.

Incentivized

• static web hosting & non public managments
• low cost remote access
• media distribution

Incentivized

• Can utilize one VPC to connect many regions without using the internet.
• Unlike competitors, VPC can automatically build a virtual topology.
• Configure private communication inside companies.

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• slow
• complex integration to AWS Cloudwatch - complex setup required
• No IPv6, a big downside
• less value compared with Linode or Digital Ocean

Incentivized

• Sometimes the group settings tab lags a little
• Although overall it's easy to use, some of the sections lack documentation
• Routes section is very poorly implemented, requires a lot of digging to learn how to use

Incentivized

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.

Incentivized

Google VPC and networking infrastructure is very matured and is built later after Amazon VPC. It made sure to address all the limitations faced by amazon VPC. Google Virtual private cloud is across regions while amazon VPC covers only one region but multiple zones. Google VPC is a global resource while AWS is a regional resource.

Incentivized

• Saved a lot of time on set up and configuration
• Saved money on trial period
• Customer service was less helpful

Incentivized

• Using Google Cloud VPC cloud storage has saved us on infra budget and per TB storage cost
• Using MySQL databases on Google Cloud VPC has improved the performance and cost of operation and maintenance
• Better pricing model has improvement on operational cost and increased revenue

Incentivized