We performed a comparison between Amazon Lightsail and Google Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two PaaS Clouds solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We use Amazon Lightsail for hosting security components in-house and AI modules."
"The most valuable features are the usability and customer service."
"In Lightsail, they simplified to do it in as few clicks as possible. So, around ten clicks, I have a virtual machine deployed."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"What I like most about Google Cloud is its stability. I also like that its GUI works fine for my company."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The solution works well for BigQuery and big data analysis support such as column alerts and tabular databases."
"I like it because it's convenient. Google Cloud is also stable and scalable. The technical support is good as well."
"The product scales well."
"Google Cloud is 100 percent stable."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud is its security."
"It's a perfect tool for startups."
"Currently, there is limited support available while installing or configuring it, and resources are primarily available through community-contributed articles."
"To improve, I feel the disk management is too basic. I can't easily partition the disk for the operating system. I have to follow the main configuration that is already set up in the template. To partition the disk, I would need to deploy the operating system first and then make changes, but it's not an ideal method. I would recommend improving the disk management."
"I don't see this solution as enterprise-ready, for bigger companies like banks."
"When you need to add some custom rules to Amazon Lightsail, the auto scaling feature is a bit difficult."
"The privacy could be improved so that it is more secure."
"The price of the solution could be more transparent."
"Current technologies keep on changing, so definitely those new changes need to be incorporated quickly. The competition is always out there to be one step ahead. How those open-source platforms can be easily integrated into the cloud, is going to be the key in the future."
"The Notes application could be better."
"Google Cloud could improve interoperability with other cloud services."
"It is complex to set up."
"The ease-of-use could be improved for less technical users."
"There are issues with stability."
Amazon Lightsail is ranked 14th in PaaS Clouds with 4 reviews while Google Cloud is ranked 5th in PaaS Clouds with 66 reviews. Amazon Lightsail is rated 8.2, while Google Cloud is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Amazon Lightsail writes "Provides preconfigured templates for common setups and allows for easy configuration of firewall settings directly from the console". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google Cloud writes "Great for big data with off-the-charts scalability for storage and databases". Amazon Lightsail is most compared with Microsoft Azure, Heroku, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Google App Engine and Amazon AWS, whereas Google Cloud is most compared with Linode, Alibaba Cloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Pivotal Cloud Foundry and IBM Public Cloud. See our Amazon Lightsail vs. Google Cloud report.
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