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How is Amazon Lightsail cheaper than EC2?

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There is only one apparently abstract upside of using Lightsail, simplicity, or significantly simplified interface.

Also, the first page of Lightsail talks about lower charges. My question is how is it considered to reduce charges compared to EC2? Consider $5 Lightsail plan which charges $0.0067/hour of an instance (which is the cheapest) where EC2's same type of instance (t2.nano) costs just $0.0059/hour.

What am I missing? A detailed price comparison would be much appreciated showing how Lightsail costs lower as advertised.

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Aakash Verma Avatar asked Jun 27 '17 11:06

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The $5 Amazon LightSail plan includes:

  • A CPU that appears similar to a t2.nano ($0.0059c/hr in US regions) = approximately $4.25/month
  • 20GB SSD storage, similar to Amazon EBS general purpose SSD (10c/GB/month) = $2/month
  • 1TB data transfer (9c/GB = approximately $92 in US regions)

So, the real saving appears to be in Data Transfer.

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John Rotenstein Avatar answered Oct 31 '22 21:10

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