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Amazon Lightsail vs. Azure App Service

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Amazon Lightsail

19 Reviews and Ratings

Azure App Service

180 Reviews and Ratings

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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

    Azure App Service

    Score8.8 out of 10
    		N/AThe Microsoft Azure App Service is a PaaS that enables users to build, deploy, and scale web apps and APIs, a fully managed service with built-in infrastructure maintenance, security patching, and scaling. Includes Azure Web Apps, Azure Mobile Apps, Azure API Apps, allowing developers to use popular frameworks including .NET, .NET Core, Java, Node.js, Python, PHP, and Ruby.

    $9.49

    per month

    Pricing
    Amazon LightsailAzure App Service
    Editions & Modules
    512 MB Linux
    $3.50
    per month
    1 GB Linux
    $5.00
    per month
    2 GB Linux
    $10.00
    per month
    Shared Environment for dev/test
    $9.49
    per month
    Basic Dedicated environment for dev/test
    $54.75
    per month
    Standard Run production workloads
    $73
    per month
    Premium Enhanced performance and scale
    $146
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon LightsailAzure App Service
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Free and Shared (preview) plans are ideal for testing applications in a managed Azure environment. Basic, Standard and Premium plans are for production workloads and run on dedicated Virtual Machine instances. Each instance can support multiple applications and domains.
    More Pricing Information
    Features
    Amazon LightsailAzure App Service
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Lightsail and Azure App Service
    Feature
    Amazon Lightsail
    9.1
    5 Ratings
    Azure App 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
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Amazon Lightsail and Azure App Service
    Feature
    Amazon Lightsail
    -
    Ratings
    Azure App Service
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Platform management overhead00 Ratings4.14 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Platform access control00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Development environment creation00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Development environment replication00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Issue recovery00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings5.14 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon LightsailAzure App Service
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.8
    (5 ratings)
    7.9
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)