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    Overview
    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

    Oracle Application Container Cloud (discontinued)

    Score4 out of 10
    N/AOracle Application Container Cloud was a PaaS supporting the development of cloud native, 12-factor applications on a modern polyglot platform with Java EE, Java SE, Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby, GO and .NET. The service was discontinued in 2025.N/A
    Pricing
    Amazon LightsailOracle Application Container Cloud (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    512 MB Linux
    $3.50
    per month
    1 GB Linux
    $5.00
    per month
    2 GB Linux
    $10.00
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon LightsailOracle Application Container Cloud (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
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    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 LightsailOracle Application Container Cloud (discontinued)
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Lightsail and Oracle Application Container Cloud (discontinued)
    Feature
    Amazon Lightsail
    8.8
    6 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Oracle Application Container Cloud (discontinued)
    -
    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
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Amazon Lightsail and Oracle Application Container Cloud (discontinued)
    Feature
    Amazon Lightsail
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Application Container Cloud (discontinued)
    5.0
    1 Ratings
    43% below category average
    Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Platform management overhead00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Platform access control00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Development environment creation00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Development environment replication00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Issue recovery00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Amazon LightsailOracle Application Container Cloud (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Score9 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9 out of 10
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon LightsailOracle Application Container Cloud (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon LightsailOracle Application Container Cloud (discontinued)
    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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    For how it is used within the organization it is perfectly fine. We use it for benefits, salary, and vacation tracking. It does make it easy to find your information within the system and make changes.
    Incentivized
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    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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    • Ease of use.
    • User-friendly.
    • Sleek layout.
    Incentivized
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    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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    • Fewer tabs.
    • More direct access to information.
    • More insight into where approvals are within the system.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    I am not a part of the team that would make this decision but as far as I know they are happy with the platform and how it performs.
    Incentivized
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    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
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    Discontinued Products
    Incredibly easy to use and learn how to use. The interface is extremely easy to use.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    The team who helps with the issue is very helpful when resolving the issue and usually can handle it in a very timely manner.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    The system is very easy to use.
    Incentivized
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    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
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    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
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    • Employee Empowerment
    • Reduced lagtime
    • Connects correct people to correct situations
    Incentivized
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