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    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

    Microsoft Azure

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    Amazon LightsailMicrosoft Azure
    Editions & Modules
    512 MB Linux
    $3.50
    per month
    1 GB Linux
    $5.00
    per month
    2 GB Linux
    $10.00
    per month
    Developer
    $29
    per month
    Standard
    $100
    per month
    Professional Direct
    $1000
    per month
    Basic
    Free
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon LightsailMicrosoft Azure
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—The free tier lets users have access to a variety of services free for 12 months with limited usage after making an Azure account.
    More Pricing Information
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    Amazon LightsailMicrosoft Azure
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    Chose Amazon Lightsail
    Amazon Lightsail is a great platform. Before we started using it, we were using AWS EC2 instances as our primary servers after being dissatisfied with other providers. After Amazon Lightsail's introduction, we were able to reduce our operating costs, improve our quality …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
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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 LightsailMicrosoft Azure
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Lightsail and Microsoft Azure
    Feature
    Amazon Lightsail
    9.1
    5 Ratings
    Microsoft Azure
    8.5
    19 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime8.95 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling9.04 Ratings8.018 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.34 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates9.05 Ratings8.017 Ratings
    Monitoring tools8.85 Ratings8.418 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images8.95 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    Operating system support9.65 Ratings8.818 Ratings
    Security controls8.95 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Automation9.64 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon LightsailMicrosoft Azure
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.8
    (5 ratings)
    8.8
    (88 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (28 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.8
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (28 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)