Amazon Lightsail vs. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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 Amazon Lightsail | Score5.3 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 |
 Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) | Score8.7 out of 10 | N/A | Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) lets users provision a logically isolated section of the AWS Cloud where they can launch AWS resources in a virtual network. Users have control over the virtual networking environment, including selection of one's IP address range, creation of subnets, and configuration of route tables and network gateways. Users can use both IPv4 and IPv6 in the VPC for secure and easy access to resources and applications. | $0.05 per month per NAT gateway |
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| Entry-level Setup Fee | No setup fee | No setup fee | ||||||||||||||
| Additional Details | — | There is no additional charge for creating and using an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) itself, you can pay for optional VPC capabilities with usage-based charges. AWS provides features and services that give you the ability to customize control, connectivity, monitoring, and security for your Amazon VPC. | ||||||||||||||
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.8 | 9.0 |