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."The initial setup is pretty easy."
"In Lightsail, they simplified to do it in as few clicks as possible. So, around ten clicks, I have a virtual machine deployed."
"We use Amazon Lightsail for hosting security components in-house and AI modules."
"The most valuable features are the usability and customer service."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The availability of content on the solution is very valuable."
"It's available any time you need it."
"I like that it is simple to use."
"This is a solution that's so easy to expand when you need it to. It's the best I've ever seen. It's much better than Azure."
"Google Cloud is a good alternative solution. I think it's a better fit for Mac operating systems than Windows. If you're utilizing Google Cloud for something like big data, then their big query is decent."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud is its security."
"Google Cloud's most valuable attribute is its capability for on-demand auto-scaling, and it also simplifies numerous intricate tasks for its users."
"I don't see this solution as enterprise-ready, for bigger companies like banks."
"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."
"Currently, there is limited support available while installing or configuring it, and resources are primarily available through community-contributed articles."
"When you need to add some custom rules to Amazon Lightsail, the auto scaling feature is a bit difficult."
"If there were more documentation and training, it would be very helpful in explaining the underlying processes."
"An area of improvement would be in the of managing accounts in terms of what we are using for memory, availability, and monitoring."
"The product could always be a little bit less expensive."
"My only concern is that a number of the offerings are built on their own proprietary technologies which means means that, with respect to the offerings in Google Cloud, it's difficult to have a path to migrate to other cloud providers."
"They could integrate artificial intelligence into the applications."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"Google Cloud would benefit from more detailed practical hands-on training especially in your mother tongue, not just English."
"It would be nice if they could offer more free storage."
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 Pantheon, whereas Google Cloud is most compared with Alibaba Cloud, Linode, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Pivotal Cloud Foundry and Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud. See our Amazon Lightsail vs. Google Cloud report.
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