Sailing easy on Lightsail - easy setup
February 28, 2022
Sailing easy on Lightsail - easy setup
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Amazon Lightsail
We used Amazon Lightsail to get a proof of concept project up running for a web application. It is very simple to set up, minimal configuration, and allows us to focus on the code. It is meant for getting started quickly, with minimal hassle but not for enterprise applications and workloads.
- Documentation
- Pay as you go
- Easy to set up
- Lack of flexibility in terms of configuration
- Customer service tiers - have to pay more for better service
- Usage not shown in obvious place
- Easy to get started
- Predictable billing
- Intuitive UI/UX
- Saved a lot of time on set up and configuration
- Saved money on trial period
- Customer service was less helpful
I believe Lightsail has worse support than DigitalOcean and the pay more for better service model is not great as most customers are trying it for the first time. They are both very fast to set up and get started, but we went with AWS Lightsail because we were familiar with some of the offerings at AWS.
Do you think Amazon Lightsail delivers good value for the price?
Not sure
Are you happy with Amazon Lightsail's feature set?
Yes
Did Amazon Lightsail live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Amazon Lightsail go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Amazon Lightsail again?
No