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Amazon Lightsail vs. Google Compute Engine

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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

    Google Compute Engine

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Compute Engine is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) product from Google Cloud. It provides virtual machines with carbon-neutral infrastructure which run on the same data centers that Google itself uses.

    $0

    per month GB

    Pricing
    Amazon LightsailGoogle Compute Engine
    Editions & Modules
    512 MB Linux
    $3.50
    per month
    1 GB Linux
    $5.00
    per month
    2 GB Linux
    $10.00
    per month
    Preemptible Price - Predefined Memory
    0.000892 / GB
    Hour
    Three-year commitment price - Predefined Memory
    $0.001907 / GB
    Hour
    One-year commitment price - Predefined Memory
    $0.002669 / GB
    Hour
    On-demand price - Predefined Memory
    $0.004237 / GB
    Hour
    Preemptible Price - Predefined vCPUs
    0.006655 / vCPU
    Hour
    Three-year commitment price - Predefined vCPUS
    $0.014225 / CPU
    Hour
    One-year commitment price - Predefined vCPUS
    $0.019915 / vCPU
    Hour
    On-demand price - Predefined vCPUS
    $0.031611 / vCPU
    Hour
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon LightsailGoogle Compute Engine
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Prices vary according to region (i.e US central, east, & west time zones). Google Compute Engine also offers a discounted rate for a 1 & 3 year commitment.
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon LightsailGoogle Compute Engine
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
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    Google
    Chose Google Compute Engine
    Google Compute Engine is better than other in terms of the pricing and the performance. But when it comes to ease of use i would prefer Azure Virtual Machines. Other than this I find GCE very competitive with these other solutions
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
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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 LightsailGoogle Compute Engine
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Lightsail and Google Compute Engine
    Feature
    Amazon Lightsail
    9.1
    5 Ratings
    Google Compute Engine
    7.3
    58 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime8.95 Ratings8.125 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling9.04 Ratings8.353 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.34 Ratings8.048 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates9.05 Ratings7.555 Ratings
    Monitoring tools8.85 Ratings3.026 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images8.95 Ratings7.357 Ratings
    Operating system support9.65 Ratings7.958 Ratings
    Security controls8.95 Ratings7.957 Ratings
    Automation9.64 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon LightsailGoogle Compute Engine
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.8
    (5 ratings)
    7.6
    (58 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (21 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (21 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (10 ratings)