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Amazon Lightsail vs. Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon Lightsail

    Score5.3 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

    Amazon S3

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AAmazon S3 is a cloud-based object storage service from Amazon Web Services. It's key features are storage management and monitoring, access management and security, data querying, and data transfer.N/A
    Pricing
    Amazon LightsailAmazon S3
    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 LightsailAmazon S3
    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 LightsailAmazon S3
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    Chose Amazon Lightsail
    The only reason to shift from Liquid Web to Amazon Lightsail is the cost. Amazon Lightsail's cost is very low as compared to Liquid Web.
    Incentivized
    Amazon AWS
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Amazon LightsailAmazon S3
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Lightsail and Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    Feature
    Amazon Lightsail
    9.1
    5 Ratings
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    -
    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates9.05 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
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Amazon Lightsail and Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    Feature
    Amazon Lightsail
    -
    Ratings
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    9.0
    8 Ratings
    Universal recovery00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Instant recovery00 Ratings7.97 Ratings
    Recovery verification00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Business application protection00 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings9.47 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud00 Ratings9.48 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Snapshots00 Ratings9.55 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings9.28 Ratings
    Management dashboard00 Ratings8.18 Ratings
    Platform support00 Ratings8.78 Ratings
    Retention options00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings9.86 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Amazon Lightsail and Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    Feature
    Amazon Lightsail
    -
    Ratings
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    8.8
    8 Ratings
    Continuous data protection00 Ratings9.48 Ratings
    Replication00 Ratings9.27 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics00 Ratings8.48 Ratings
    Malware protection00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities00 Ratings9.58 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon LightsailAmazon S3
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.8
    (5 ratings)
    9.2
    (74 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (21 ratings)