Amazon Lightsail

Entry plans and the real monthly bill

In US dollars, per month, as listed by Amazon Lightsail (Most AWS regions (transfer allowance halved in some Asia Pacific regions and São Paulo)). IPv4 added where it's charged separately.

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Where Amazon Lightsail has datacenters

19 in 17 countries, as listed by Amazon Lightsail.

Where it stands among 43

Each fact with every host's answer. Amazon Lightsail is outlined.

Add-ons and extra charges

Public IPv4

Included In the dual-stack bundles; cheaper IPv6-only bundles have none. A static IP is free while attached, $0.005/hour when left unattached

Automatic backups

Not stated Automatic snapshots, billed by stored GB

Snapshots

$0.05 per GB-month Manual and automatic snapshots

Extra traffic

$90.00 per TB $0.09 per GB outbound in US East (Ohio); rates vary by region

How you pay

Hourly billing

YesYes On-demand hourly rate

Minimum term

None (hourly) Charges run until the instance is deleted, even when stopped

Setup fee

Not stated No setup fee wording in the cited pages

Always-free server

None Lightsail's own free trials were replaced by AWS Free Tier credits

New-account credit

Up to $200 in AWS credits for new customers ($100 at signup, up to $100 more), for up to 6 months

Payment methods

Card, Bank transfer, SEPA debit Major credit cards; ACH direct debit from US bank accounts; SEPA direct debit for AWS Europe accounts

Signup checks

Phone verification; a payment method and a $1 hold may be requested

Refunds

None stated; usage is prorated Deleting an instance before month end charges only the hours used

What you get

Processors

Not stated Plans list vCPU counts, not CPU models; instances are burstable

ARM servers

Not statedNot stated No Arm bundle in the cited plan lists

IPv6 included

YesYes Dual-stack and IPv6-only bundles include IPv6

What comes with it

Block storage

YesYes SSD disks attached to an instance

Object storage

YesYes Bucket bundles from $1/month for 5 GB

Private network

YesYes Private (VPC) networking between instances and AWS resources

Cloud firewall

YesYes Per-instance IPv4 and IPv6 firewalls

Load balancers

YesYes $18/month

DDoS protection included

YesYes AWS Shield Standard at no additional charge

Managed databases

MySQL, PostgreSQL From $15/month

Managed Kubernetes

NoNo Lightsail lists a container service, not managed Kubernetes

API

YesYes Lightsail REST API and SDKs

Terraform provider

Not statedNot stated Not stated on AWS's Lightsail pages

Custom ISO

Not statedNot stated Docs describe choosing blueprints; no ISO upload mentioned

Windows

Extra cost: Windows bundles from $9.50/month Linux bundles start at $5/month

Who you're renting from

Company

Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Owned by

Amazon.com, Inc. Lightsail is an Amazon Web Services service

Based in

United States Seattle, Washington

Founded

2016 Year Lightsail was introduced (AWS announcement, November 2016)

Support

Free 24/7 support cases for account and billing; paid AWS support plans Usage questions go to docs and forums unless you pay

Certifications

ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS AWS-wide programmes, not stated per Lightsail component

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