Amazon Lightsail vs. Azure App Service

It is best suited for the small applications which do not need much CPU powers to executes tasks and when integration with other AWS services but it is less suited for the applications which need very frequent auto scaling for the performance purpose, as AWS Lightsail did not support system downgrading so not recommend to use in this case.

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Azure App Service is well suited in our case :

• Our website is developed by our tech partner in a full Microsoft Azure cloud based environment.
• We gave them specific access rights and the CI / CD integration helped a lot for updates and improvements deployment.
• Most of the infra issues we had with our website weren't coming from App Service

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• Value instances packages
• Better organized UI
• Easy billing resulting in higher efficiency
• Cheaper than competition
• Better support staff
• Can adjust for any bills you may have incurred by accident

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• Super quick & easy to deploy new apps in visual studio
• Easy scaling to help reduce costs during off-hours
• The powerful Azure ecosystem offers a lot of functionality that ties in well with Azure App Service

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• Lack of flexibility in terms of configuration
• Customer service tiers - have to pay more for better service
• Usage not shown in obvious place

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• Abstraction of computing resources like Heroku does with dynos.
• Azure Portal overall is pretty bloated and that affects managing Azure App Service applications.

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My overall experience with Amazon Lightsail is very good, and the online community of Lightsail users is very large and its helps to resolve any kind of issue i faced on my server. I also like the integration of other AWS services with Amazon Lightsail like we can export our Lightsail instance into ec2 server using snapshots.

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I enjoy the fact that Azure App Service can be managed by the Azure portal and a fully graphical user interface, as well as from two different flavors of command-line interface, i.e. Azure CLI and Azure Powershell. By utilizing the Azure Cloud Shell, we are able to switch between Azure Bash (CLI) and Powershell at any given moment and manage the Azure App Service settings from devices of any form-factor (Web based management).

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We had an issue where we deployed too large of a resource and didn't notice until the bill came through. They were very understanding and saw we weren't utilizing the resources so they issued a generous refund in about 4 hours. Very fast, friendly, and understanding support reps from my experience.

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Amazon Lightsail is ideal for beginners looking for a low-cost VPS to try out new things. It's especially useful if you're at a hackathon and need a quick way to prototype a quick idea. I would never recommend Lightsail for any kind of production work. In terms of uptime, Lightsail has proved unreliable. Occasionally, the instance will simply crash or reboot at random. Without warning, Amazon will perform maintenance on your Lightsail instance. Lightsail's networking is likewise lacking, with no support for IPv6.

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In terms of deploying your apps, Azure App Service provides a solid foundation. You may use either the Azure command-line interface or the Web Portal to administer these apps. As a whole, I find You may easily deploy your apps to Azure App Service to be a really difficult platform for novices to get their feet wet. First and foremost, I'd look at Heroku's user interface and the way it abstracts compute units.

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• Hosting a production application on Lightsail will guarantee you a loss
• Saved lots of time for our prototyping
• Other VPS providers are better

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• Download time is reduced because of auto scaling feature.
• Insight tool helps in finding issues quickly.
• CI/CD has helped in automation.

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