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Amazon Lightsail vs. VMware Cloud on AWS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon Lightsail
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Amazon 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
VMware Cloud on AWS
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
VMware Cloud on AWS provides the VMware SDDC software stack to the highly scalable AWS Cloud, including vSphere, vSAN, NSX, and vCenter Server. Each SDDC consists of 3 to 16 hosts, each with 36 cores, 512 GiB of memory, and 15.2TB of raw NVMe storage. The vendor states users can deploy a fully configured VMware SDDC Cluster in under a few hours, and scale host capacity up and down in minutes.N/A
Pricing
Amazon LightsailVMware Cloud on AWS
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 LightsailVMware Cloud on AWS
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Amazon LightsailVMware Cloud on AWS
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Features
Amazon LightsailVMware Cloud on AWS
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Lightsail
9.1
5 Ratings
11% above category average
VMware Cloud on AWS
-
Ratings
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
Dynamic scaling9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Elastic load balancing9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-configured templates8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
Monitoring tools8.85 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
Operating system support9.65 Ratings00 Ratings
Security controls8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
Automation9.64 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Amazon LightsailVMware Cloud on AWS
Small Businesses
Akamai Cloud Computing
Akamai Cloud Computing
Score 9.0 out of 10
Akamai Cloud Computing
Akamai Cloud Computing
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.1 out of 10
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.1 out of 10
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
Amazon LightsailVMware Cloud on AWS
Likelihood to Recommend
9.7
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon LightsailVMware Cloud on AWS
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.
AP
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Amazon AWS
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • static web hosting & non public managments
  • low cost remote access
  • media distribution
Verified User
Anonymous
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Amazon AWS
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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
Verified User
Anonymous
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Amazon AWS
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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.
Sandesh Singh | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sandesh Singh
FrontEnd Development Engineer
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Amazon AWS
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • Saved a lot of time on set up and configuration
  • Saved money on trial period
  • Customer service was less helpful
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Anonymous
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Amazon AWS
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