Amazon Lightsail vs. Vultr

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon Lightsail
Score 9.6 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
Vultr
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Vultr is an independent cloud computing platform on a mission to provide businesses and developers around the world with unrivaled ease of use, price-to-performance, and global reach.
$2.50
per month
Pricing
Amazon LightsailVultr
Editions & Modules
512 MB Linux
$3.50
per month
1 GB Linux
$5.00
per month
2 GB Linux
$10.00
per month
Block Storage
$1
per month
Cloud Compute
$2.50
per month
Object Storage
$5
per month
Kubernetes Engine
$10
per month
Load Balancers
$10
per month
Managed Databases
$15
per month
Optimized Cloud Compute
$28
per month
Cloud GPU
$90
per month
Bare Metal
$120
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon LightsailVultr
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing is based on specifications chosen in each product category. Bandwidth is also included up to a certain amount per month.
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Community Pulse
Amazon LightsailVultr
Features
Amazon LightsailVultr
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Product A and Product B
Amazon Lightsail
8.8
6 Ratings
6% above category average
Vultr
8.7
61 Ratings
5% above category average
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime10.06 Ratings9.555 Ratings
Dynamic scaling5.05 Ratings8.846 Ratings
Elastic load balancing9.34 Ratings9.334 Ratings
Pre-configured templates8.06 Ratings9.042 Ratings
Monitoring tools8.06 Ratings6.347 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images8.95 Ratings8.852 Ratings
Operating system support10.06 Ratings9.257 Ratings
Security controls10.06 Ratings8.450 Ratings
Automation10.05 Ratings8.840 Ratings
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Amazon LightsailVultr
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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Score 9.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.0 out of 10
SAP on IBM Cloud
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
SAP on IBM Cloud
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Amazon LightsailVultr
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(6 ratings)
9.1
(64 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(5 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.2
(5 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(2 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon LightsailVultr
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.
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Vultr
Vultr is amazing for anyone who needs a server and wants to spend time taking care of it, or for someone who wants in on it. WordPress Minecraft kids can use Votr. The scenario is not as appropriate for the people who do not have as much technical knowledge and capacity and don't want to invest in it, not because of Votr itself, but because VPS is not kids' play. Even though we have a Minecraft server and they're quite easy, there will come a time when, if you put your business infrastructure inside Vultr or any VPS, you need to take care of it. Otherwise, it will have a problem.
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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
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Vultr
  • Email hosting is viable because they maintain a clean IP reputation.
  • They have an easy to use platform with console access.
  • They offer many useful OS choices to fit any project.
  • The price is fair and affordable.
  • They offer VPC for large projects.
  • I have never experienced down time, so the network is stable and well maintained.
  • Responsive and helpful support.
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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
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Vultr
  • There have been times where my VPS is affected by a noisy nieghbour. Would be good to have this actively monitored and mitigated.
  • Being based in South Africa, it would be nice to have pricing parity options for weaker countries (even if for lower level servers). Sometimes I need throw away or temporary servers, but USD 5 is still expensive in weaker currencies, and can stack up quickly.
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Likelihood to Renew
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
Vultr
Just a great product with no bells and whistles, which is the advantage. We spend very little time learning and using Vultr and more time using the systems we have in Vultr to complete our tasks. Not having to worry about the IT overhead is huge and saves a great deal of time
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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.
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Vultr
easy to use and configure. great bang for the buck. I need an affordable solution to host in the cloud data from systems installed at our client's site with the ability to drill down and change the configuration remotely. Vultr enabled us to do that in an efficient and affordable way.
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Support Rating
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
Vultr
Vultr makes it easy to contact technical support. The techs are very competent. In a number of occasions they have bounced the responsibility back to me when they could have saved us all time and heartache by simply implementing the solution directly
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Implementation Rating
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
Vultr
Vultr implementation seemed based on open-source tools and basic cloud principles - some things were more complicated to do compared with more developed cloud providers, but on the other hand it was more extensible by open-source tools.
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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.
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Vultr
Linode is a more old-school offering. Linode pricing model and infrastructure rely on classic Virtual Machines. What we like about Vultr is that they offer the same at the front, but in the back, the machines are much more flexible and can be tailor-made to our needs, which of course also impacts the costs of running the infrastructure.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Amazon AWS
No answers on this topic
Vultr
Pricing is fair and did not increase
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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
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Vultr
  • We have experienced a 200% return on using Vultr products with a 100% Customer Satisfaction rating.
  • Vultr gives us the regions to deploy where our small business customers are located.
  • Vultr has helped us scale up our company and our cloud solutions.
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ScreenShots

Vultr Screenshots

Screenshot of Vultr's control panel helps users spend less time managing infrastructure.Screenshot of Vultr's services offer additional configuration and inside of the simplified control panel.Screenshot of a display of when peak activity happens on an application. The server health graphs provide insight from the moment the server is created.Screenshot of Vultr's interface, which allows users to deploy high performance servers worldwide from any device.Screenshot of how to reach the 24/7/365 technical support team that is available through Vultr's ticketing system.