What is AWS Lightsail?

Lightsail is an easy cloud service from Amazon that offers you a ready to deploy solution for your application or website, with a low cost monthly plan. It is easy to use and deploy simple sites to help you get started with AWS. The typical Lightsail user could be a developers, small businesses, or startups that needs to get started in the cloud and AWS quickly. At any time, you can migrate to the vast range of AWS Services.

Behind the scenes, Lightsail uses EC2, RDS, and ELBs along with elastic ip’s. So rest assured, it’s not a different service. Lightsail is geared more for the cloud beginner or novice. With push-button deploys such as WordPress, Drupal, and Magneto, along with others. All at a low cost of entry for both cost and know-how. Lightsail automatically configures networking, access, and security environments, taking the guesswork out of launching your server. As your ideas grow, Lightsail can easily handle your increased traffic and heavier workloads. Plus, you can extend your application by connecting to other AWS services or migrating your existing stacks.

Below are some of the costs associated with Lightsail. Linux\Unix boxes will be cheaper, of course, due to licensing needs with Microsoft Windows.

Cost	$3.50	$5	$10	$20	$40	$80	$160
Memory	512MB	1 GB Memory	2 GB Memory	4 GB Memory	8 GB Memory	16 GB Memory	32 GB Memory
CPU	1 Core Processor	1 Core Processor	1 Core Processor	2 Core Processors	2 Core Processors	4 Core Processors	8 Core Processors
Storage	20 GB SSD Disk	40 GB SSD Disk	60 GB SSD Disk	80 GB SSD Disk	160 GB SSD Disk	320 GB SSD Disk	640 GB SSD Disk
Outbound Data Transfer	1TB	2TB	3TB	4TB	5TB	6TB	7TB

Cost	$8	$12	$20	$40	$70	$120	$240
Memory	512MB	1 GB Memory	2 GB Memory	4 GB Memory	8 GB Memory	16 GB Memory	32 GB Memory
CPU	1 Core Processor	1 Core Processor	1 Core Processor	2 Core Processors	2 Core Processors	4 Core Processors	8 Core Processors
Storage	20 GB SSD Disk	40 GB SSD Disk	60 GB SSD Disk	80 GB SSD Disk	160 GB SSD Disk	320 GB SSD Disk	640 GB SSD Disk
Outbound Data Transfer	1TB	2TB	3TB	4TB	5TB	6TB	7TB