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Amazon Lightsail vs. Flywheel

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
Flywheel
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
Flywheel is a managed Wordpress hosting specialist headquartered in Omaha, boasting creative and design agency tools, plugins, and white label services for designers who choose Flywheel as their hosting provider.
$15
per month
Pricing
Amazon LightsailFlywheel
Editions & Modules
512 MB Linux
$3.50
per month
1 GB Linux
$5.00
per month
2 GB Linux
$10.00
per month
Tiny
$15.00
per month
Starter
$30.00
per month
Freelance
$115.00
per month
Agency
$290.00
per month
Custom
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon LightsailFlywheel
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 LightsailFlywheel
Top Pros
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Features
Amazon LightsailFlywheel
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
Flywheel
-
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 controls8.85 Ratings00 Ratings
Automation9.64 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Amazon LightsailFlywheel
Small Businesses
Linode
Linode
Score 9.0 out of 10
Cloudways
Cloudways
Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.1 out of 10
WP Engine
WP Engine
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
SAP on IBM Cloud
SAP on IBM Cloud
Score 9.1 out of 10
Pantheon
Pantheon
Score 8.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
Amazon LightsailFlywheel
Likelihood to Recommend
9.7
(5 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon LightsailFlywheel
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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Flywheel
Flywheel is particularly well-suited for hands-on WordPress managed hosting. It's also perfect for developers who build site's locally on Local and then want an effortless way to import them into their managed hosting environment. Flywheel particularly excels in scenarios where a customer needs managed. WordPress hosting that handles daily backups and offers test and live environments for a reasonable price.
Jennifer Blair | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jennifer Blair
Creative Director and Owner
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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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Flywheel
  • Customer Service
  • User Interface
  • User Experience
  • Creative Support
Jonathan Teixeira | TrustRadius Reviewer
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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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Flywheel
  • Flywheel is more expensive than many hosting companies
Duncan McMillan | TrustRadius Reviewer
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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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Flywheel
Compared to WP Engine and Pantheon, Flywheel offers the most affordable and easy-to-use managed hosting platform for WordPress websites. I actually prefer Flywheel's UI a bit more to WP Engine's. Media Temple simply doesn't offer an affordable hosting option that particularly caters to WordPress websites. Flywheel has become my favorite among managed hosting platforms that are targeted on servicing WordPress developers.
Jennifer Blair | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jennifer Blair
Creative Director and Owner
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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
Verified User
Anonymous
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Flywheel
  • Fast/easy to create new sites with blueprints
  • Easy to work locally with Local
Jonathan Teixeira | TrustRadius Reviewer
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