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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Hivelocity

    N/AN/AHivelocity provides Dedicated Servers, Colocation and Cloud Hosting services to customers from over 130 countries since 2002. Hivelocity operates over 70,000 sq ft of data center space offering services in Tampa FL, Miami FL, Atlanta GA, New York NY, and Los Angeles CA. Each of Hivelocity's data centers are HIPAA, PCI, ISAE-3402, SSAE 16 SOC1 & SOC2 certified.

    $7

    per month

    Pricing
    Amazon LightsailHivelocity
    Editions & Modules
    512 MB Linux
    $3.50
    per month
    1 GB Linux
    $5.00
    per month
    2 GB Linux
    $10.00
    per month
    vps.sm.intel
    $7
    per month
    vps.md.intel
    $14
    per month
    vds.sm.intel
    $21
    per month
    vds.sm.intel
    $21
    vps.lg.intel
    $27
    per month
    vds.md.intel
    $42
    per month
    vds.lg.intel
    $81
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon LightsailHivelocity
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Amazon LightsailHivelocity
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    No answer on this topic
    Hivelocity
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    67%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    4 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Amazon LightsailHivelocity
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Lightsail and Hivelocity
    Feature
    Amazon Lightsail
    8.8
    6 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Hivelocity
    -
    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling5.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Amazon LightsailHivelocity
    Small Businesses
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Score9 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9 out of 10
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon LightsailHivelocity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon LightsailHivelocity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Hivelocity
    No answers on this topic
    Pros
    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
    Incentivized
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    Hivelocity
    No answers on this topic
    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • slow
    • complex integration to AWS Cloudwatch - complex setup required
    • No IPv6, a big downside
    • less value compared with Linode or Digital Ocean
    Incentivized
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    Hivelocity
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    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.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Hivelocity
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Hivelocity
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Hivelocity
    No answers on this topic
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