Amazon Lightsail Review
Features and Usability
Features not included in the VPS price are marked as missing below.
Last updated on January 29 2017.
| Feature | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly Billing | Yes | |
| DDOS Protection | No | No DDoS protection by default. |
| Backups | No | Snapshots are available for a fee: |
| Control Panel | custom | |
| SSH Keys Setup | Yes | |
| Total Number of Datacenters | 4 | |
| Number of Datacenter Continents | 1 | |
| Monitoring Charts | Yes | CPU, Network In, Network Out, Status checks. |
| Admin REST API | Yes | |
| Upgrade VPS from admin console | No | |
| Mobile Friendly UI | No | |
| Reverse DNS | No | No visible option to set the reverse DNS, even for a static IP. |
| Accepted Forms of Payment | Credit cards | |
| Hidden CPU Model | No | |
| Affiliate Program | No |
In VPSBenchmark's opinion
Amazon Lightsail Extra Services
In addition to features included in the VPS plan, Amazon Lightsail also offers the following services (possibly for a fee):
| Backups | Block Storage | Object Storage | Load Balancer | Floating Ips |
| Teams | Datastores | Serverless | Ddos Protection |
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Cloud Storage Prices
For a comparison of storage features and prices from all providers, please check the Cloud Storage page.
| Storage Type | Price / GB / month | Restriction | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block | $0.100 | https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/faq/#Billing_and_account_management | |
| Snapshots | $0.050 | https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/faq/#Billing_and_account_management |
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Amazon Lightsail Plans
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/pricing/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $5.00 |
| Discount for long term use | No |
| Disk GB | 40 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 1.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | Xen |
| Data Transfer GB | 2000 |
| Burstable CPU |
Per core CPU allocation: 10%
|
Plan Grades
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Overall Score: 13
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests for Amazon Lightsail - 1GB 1core. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the 1GB 1core plan
This plan was tested 6 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the 1GB 1core plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22 2019 | Web | Sysbench | 140ms | 1463ms |
| Sep 06 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 58ms | 273ms |
| Apr 19 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 59ms | 260ms |
| Jul 30 2017 | Web | Sysbench | 66ms | 342ms |
| Jul 23 2017 | Web | Sysbench | 59ms | 291ms |
| Dec 03 2016 | Web | Sysbench | 156ms | 1540ms |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/pricing/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $10.00 |
| Discount for long term use | No |
| Disk GB | 60 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 2.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | Xen |
| Data Transfer GB | 3000 |
| Burstable CPU |
Per core CPU allocation: 25%
|
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 42
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests for Amazon Lightsail - 2GB 1core. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the 2GB 1core plan
This plan was tested 4 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the 2GB 1core plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20 2019 | Web | Sysbench | 61ms | 275ms |
| Jun 28 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 52ms | 246ms |
| Oct 21 2017 | Web | Sysbench | 53ms | 260ms |
| Jan 29 2017 | Web | Sysbench | 48ms | 222ms |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/pricing/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $20.00 |
| Discount for long term use | No |
| Disk GB | 80 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 4.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | Xen |
| Data Transfer GB | 4000 |
| Burstable CPU |
Per core CPU allocation: 35%
|
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 48
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests for Amazon Lightsail - 4GB 2cores. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the 4GB 2cores plan
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the 4GB 2cores plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 05 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 54ms | 290ms |
| Jun 07 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 46ms | 233ms |
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