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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

    SiteGround

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ASiteGround offers website hosting, as well as managed WordPress, managed Woo Commerce, fully managed cloud services available to support a variety of services, as well as reselling.

    $14.99

    per month

    Pricing
    Amazon LightsailSiteGround
    Editions & Modules
    512 MB Linux
    $3.50
    per month
    1 GB Linux
    $5.00
    per month
    2 GB Linux
    $10.00
    per month
    StartUp 24 months
    $14.99
    per month
    StartUp 12 months
    $17.99
    per month
    StartUp 1 month
    $24.99
    per month
    GrowBig 24 months
    $24.99
    per month
    GrowBig 12 months
    $29.99
    per month
    GrowBig 1 month
    $34.99
    per month
    GoGeek 24 months
    $39.99
    per month
    GoGeek 12 months
    $44.99
    per month
    GoGeek 1 month
    $49.99
    per month
    GoGeek 3 months
    $49.99
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon LightsailSiteGround
    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
    Amazon LightsailSiteGround
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    No answer on this topic
    SiteGround
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    67%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    78%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    4 Answers
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    Amazon LightsailSiteGround
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Lightsail and SiteGround
    Feature
    Amazon Lightsail
    8.8
    6 Ratings
    6% above category average
    SiteGround
    -
    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
    Best Alternatives
    Amazon LightsailSiteGround
    Small Businesses
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Score9 out of 10
    AccuWebHosting.Com
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9 out of 10
    AccuWebHosting.Com
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon LightsailSiteGround
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    7.0
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon LightsailSiteGround
    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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    SiteGround
    If you've got a WordPress site and are unhappy with the performance, support or price of your current hosting service, SiteGround is well worth checking out as it excels in all those areas. From a single one-off blog, to more robust hosting packages, they offer a range of options that are well-suited to any budget or service need. Everybody, from noobs to experienced developers needs support from time to time, and SiteGround's team is the best I've seen. Not only are they easy to communicate with and highly proficient to solve any issue I've thrown their way, they're also easy to reach with multiple access options with minimal wait times.
    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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    SiteGround
    • You get a number of page views as a guide to your bandwidth, and a fixed amount of disk space on the server. So you know what you have to work with. No hazy promises of “unlimited” resources.
    • If you pay more, you’re allocated a server with fewer accounts, so there’s less chance you’ll be slowed down by your neighbors.
    • Its self-help material is pretty good — close to InMotion Hosting for knowledgebase quality.
    • SiteGround tackles slow speeds from all angles, using SSD storage, Nginx, SuperCacher, CloudFlare CDN, and HHVM.
    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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    SiteGround
    • Business model and clarity about prices after the second year
    • Server Performance when it's stressed or under a big volume of traffic
    • Upgrading model. Sometimes I felt like it was mandatory to update and pay more for basic needs, even with low traffic volumes
    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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    SiteGround
    The UX is fluid and easy to understand.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    SiteGround
    I don't feel stress about the website and emails hosted with SiteGround. I like the customer/tech support, the agents are always polite and ready to find a solution. My websites are secure and has a free SSL certificate - I can get on with my business. The boost in speed to the webpage loads is a big bonus especially when designing and developing websites online. They also provide tips and how to videos on various topics which is valuable learning tool.
    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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    SiteGround
    I used Namescheap in the past. I believe Namescheap is a big company compared to SiteGround, as big as godaddy. I think because of that, you get what you expect. Good services, but maybe more costly and you have to pay for everything as extra. Email $5, SSL $10, CDN $10 etc In my opinion, SiteGround actually has packages that make sense for wordpress hosting. If my website gets a lot of traction in the future, I will need to upgrade from the current plan and maybe move away from SiteGround.
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    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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    SiteGround
    • All the sites I've set up at SiteGround are performing faster than they did at their previous hosting provider. This yields a superior customer experience and higher Google/SEO rankings.
    • Their service has been rock solid, necessitating little support (which is admittedly less than ideal for my support business, but a boon for my clients bottom line) and zero downtime.
    • Easy to get new sites up and running, which speeds creation of new businesses and rapid deployment of conceptual campaigns.
    Incentivized
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