--- description: Review of Amazon Lightsail Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Amazon Lightsail | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Load Balancing Tools](/directory/4269/load-balancing/software) > [Amazon Lightsail](/software/390423/lightsail) # Amazon Lightsail Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/390423/lightsail Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/390423/lightsail?page=2) > Lightsail is an Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) service solution designed to help small businesses, students, developers and other professionals host applications, websites, software and developer or test environments on cloud. The platform automatically configures access, security environments, networking or other specifications and includes a static IP address, resource monitoring and domain name system (DNS) management capabilities. Lightsail enables businesses to create virtual servers by launching operating systems, pre-configured applications, or development stack including tools such as WordPress, Plesk, Lamp and more. Developers can receive email or text notifications about discrepancies and deploy multi-tiered applications according to requirements. Additionally, its load-balancing capabilities route web traffic across virtual servers and protect them from variations and outages. Lightsail offers an application programming interface (API), which helps businesses integrate the platform with several third-party systems. The product is available on monthly subscriptions and support is extended via FAQs, documentation, video tutorials and other online measures. > > Verdict: Rated **4.9/5** by 16 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.9/5** | 16 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 100% | (10/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Amazon Web Services - **Location**: Seattle, US - **Founded**: 2006 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$3.50 - **Pricing model**: Per User (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Lightsail bundles all the resources you into one simple pricing plan. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - API - Archiving & Retention - Backup and Recovery - Cloud Computing - Configuration Management - Data Migration - Encryption - Load Balancing Tools - Monitoring - Network Monitoring - Performance Monitoring - Remote Access/Control - Server Monitoring - Version Control - Virtual Machine Encryption - Virtual Machine Migration - Virtual Machine Monitoring - Virtual Server ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base ## Category - [Load Balancing Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4269/load-balancing/software) ## Related Categories - [Load Balancing Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4269/load-balancing/software) - [Virtual Private Server Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4467/virtual-private-server/software) - [Virtual Machine Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4688/virtual-machine/software) - [Database Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4512/database-management-systems/software) - [Cloud Storage Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4231/cloud-storage/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Aside from that I believe Amazon Lightsail is great and is fulfilling its purpose. > > I think Amazon Lightsail is one of the best cloud computing solutions for small businesses and new projects. It's easy to use and deploy with just a few clicks. ----- ### "Fast, reliable and infinitely configurable virtual servers" — 5.0/5 > **Matthew** | *30 August 2022* | Retail | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: One of the key features that sold us on Lightsail was their security. Our application needs to be HIPAA compliant, and Lightsail gave us the security we needed (data is encrypted at rest, firewall, authentication, etc.). > > **Cons**: The downside of being such a full-featured offering is that Lightsail (and all AWS services) is complex. Setting everything up the first time is a fair bit of effort, and you really have to be meticulous. The AWS documentation is fairly limited, but there is a lot of additional info available on the web because AWS is so ubiquitous. > > We needed a secure web server to run our custom application. Lightsail gave us the security we needed at a very reasonable price. It was a little complicated to set up, but it has been everything we had hoped for: fast, reliable, secure. Overall we are very pleased with the experience and would highly recommend it. ----- ### "A simple tool to deploy and manage servers" — 4.0/5 > **Eitan** | *2 July 2022* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Deploying, managing and the pricing structure is much simpler to get compared to products like AWS ec2 and other such products. > > **Cons**: It's quite disappointing that you have to pay to get better customer service. ----- ### "My best choice for renting virtual servers" — 5.0/5 > **mohamed** | *6 January 2022* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The most I like is the large variety of price planes Amazon Lightsail has. > > **Cons**: The least I like is the SSH control for the servers is so annoying to set up with putty or any other software, also the documentation is not good for this part. ----- ### "Easy to deploy Amazon service that supports Wordpress" — 5.0/5 > **Viktoria** | *25 February 2021* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The service is easier to set up for someone just starting with Amazon hosting than their other services. I loved how fast LightSail was. It increased the performance of my WordPress setup and made the pages load much faster. > > **Cons**: It is not a beginner's thing. If you want a simple WordPress and you don't want to have to write a line of code, a shared hosting is a better option. > > We used Amazon services for our web app, but when I was tasked with creating a new version of the local newspaper website with WordPress, I discovered LightSail. Once set up, it created a very basic WordPress installation. Securing it and dealing with caching was also easy as all of my colleagues were already familiar with Amazon's services. Bottom line is, if you want a WordPress website and you want to run it on Amazon servers, take a look at LightSail - it works great\! ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/390423/lightsail?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/390423/lightsail) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data