# Amazon Lightsail Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Amazon Lightsail the right Virtual Private Server solution for you? Explore 16 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/208864/Lightsail/reviews --- Amazon Lightsail 4.9 (16) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/208864/Lightsail/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Amazon Lightsail Ease of use 4.8 Customer Service 4.2 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-16 of 16 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Jose J G. CTO Market Research Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A Quick Tool to run Apps in AWS Cloud" November 18, 2022 5.0 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. Pros I like how easy is to deploy virtual machine instances, containers for web apps, and the network solutions offered for cloud computing. Cons I think that Amazon Lightsail could offer additional virtual machines environments. Aside from that I believe Amazon Lightsail is great and is fulfilling its purpose. Alternatives considered [Google Cloud Storage](https://www.capterra.com/p/253631/Google-Cloud-Storage/) Reason for choosing Amazon Lightsail I believe Amazon Lightsail user interface is better. Review Source MS Matthew S. IT Manager Retail Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Fast, reliable and infinitely configurable virtual servers" August 30, 2022 5.0 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. 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. Alternatives considered [Microsoft Azure](https://www.capterra.com/p/16365/Azure/) Reason for choosing Amazon Lightsail Lightsail offered the security we needed at a reasonable price. Review Source ET Eitan T. CEO Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A simple tool to deploy and manage servers" July 2, 2022 4.0 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. Review Source mM mohamed M. Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "My best choice for renting virtual servers" January 6, 2022 5.0 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. Alternatives considered [Linode](https://www.capterra.com/p/210618/Linode/)[DigitalOcean](https://www.capterra.com/p/205055/DigitalOcean/)[Heroku](https://www.capterra.com/p/158191/Heroku/) Reason for choosing Amazon Lightsail I have chosen Amazon Lightsail because of the server's stability and pricing plans. Switched from [PythonAnywhere](https://www.capterra.com/p/234268/PythonAnywhere/) I switched because server's stability and pricing plans. Review Source VJ Viktoria J. Owner Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Easy to deploy Amazon service that supports Wordpress" February 25, 2021 5.0 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! 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. Switched from [cPanel & WHM](https://www.capterra.com/p/165247/WHM/) All of our services were on Amazon servers and we decided it was time to move on from the shared hosting for that particular website. Review Source DB Dasser B. Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Best Choice for Owning Servers" December 29, 2021 5.0 It's a greatly satisfying experience to have my server on AWS Lightsail Pros Amazon Lightsail is very simple, straight to the point, fast, full-featured and gives a 3 months period that is enough to test the service and projects. Really service my case very well. Cons To give someone permission to access, it's complicated. Also, to log in there is a Captcha that must be written every single time. Alternatives considered [Firebase](https://www.capterra.com/p/160941/Firebase/)[Microsoft Azure](https://www.capterra.com/p/16365/Azure/)[DigitalOcean](https://www.capterra.com/p/205055/DigitalOcean/) Reason for choosing Amazon Lightsail Amazon Lightsail is better in latency, good pricing plan with enough free trial period and can limit the cost. Review Source John D. Owner Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Cloud Servers Priced Right" April 28, 2022 5.0 I'm very happy with it and have six users on their own servers. Two of the servers are for web sites and web applications while the others are for Quickbooks. They all work well. Pros Lightsail is a great self-service system to initiate cloud servers quickly and easily. The admin console and the underlying tools are great. Cons The first time I used it I was a little confused by the CPU time sharing and how that would impact my users. Review Source Collis C. Marketer Internet Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "My Amazon Lightsail Review" April 4, 2024 5.0 My overall experience was great, unfortunately, I no longer use this amazing product due to my circumstances. Pros I liked everything about using Lightsail, it can be technical yes, but sets up quickly and works very well. Cons I have no cons to report about using Amazon Lightsail, its a great product. Review Source BS Benjamin S. IT Manager Mining & Metals Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Easy to set up server" December 19, 2022 5.0 Pros It is extremly easy to get up and running with AWS Lightsail. New servers are deployed within minutes. Easy access and easy network configuration if you have multiple server. Cons Switching to a higher tier server could be easier. You have to create a snapshot and restore the snapshot to the newly purchased machine. Not a big deal but would be nice to just adjust hardware specs. Alternatives considered [Google Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/268690/Google-Cloud-Platform/) Reason for choosing Amazon Lightsail Ease of setup and billing. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Tech Support Engineer Consumer Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Light Sail Your Dream Set Sail" October 11, 2021 5.0 easy to use overall, and cheap cost compares with other similars. Pros flexible in size, CPUs, Memories, Storages, event bandwidths. lighting setup and deployment. secure remote admin charge by usage is reasonable and innovative. Cons some concepts are easily confused, like public IP, private IP, static IP or unique amazon address. billings are not easy to read out, even some zero usage instances being charged around 40 cents. customer services are very slow in the free tier. Alternatives considered [Amazon EC2](https://www.capterra.com/p/219781/EC2/) Reason for choosing Amazon Lightsail the usage and cost, and security Review Source GF Greg F. Owner Consumer Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Pricey But the Best!" July 27, 2021 5.0 Easy to use most of the time and better I think than the others out there Pros Smooth operation and transistions to every platform in the cloud software. Also finding a file is very easy as well Cons The language can be a little over your head at times and the software is probably out of a lot of businesses heads Alternatives considered [Google Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/268690/Google-Cloud-Platform/) Reason for choosing Amazon Lightsail Overall better performance Review Source Mohammad Sami U. Senior Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Cloud Service Redefined" July 6, 2021 5.0 I am using Lightsail for Linux VM, and from using that machine for development or connecting to it via SSH client on my smartphone, I love the fact that I'm only bound by my thinking, but with this service I can do everything at nominal prices Pros At this price, I was shocked to know how much support, services and software I was getting, a full operating system either Windows or Linux, and 100% uptime it is just amazing Cons There is nothing that I can complain about, everything that this service has to offer is simply amazing Review Source Pradip B. Student Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Cheapest IAAS provider" October 9, 2021 5.0 Pros To install the services like WordPress in a small instance with provided security, and protection I prefer to choose AWS Lightsail as it is cheap, reliable and easier to use. Cons Nothing to least like about the AWS lightsail. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer City Director Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great and easy way to start AWS" July 23, 2021 5.0 Pros Great VPS solution for small businesses and students Cons It can be a bit bulky at times but overall gets the job done Review Source CH Chris H. MD Entertainment Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "AWS made simple" June 4, 2021 5.0 I am sooo happy that I found lightsail. I use AWS in general, but I find the UI and finding what you need a nightmare especially as you add services, but with Lightsail it is super easy. Although its more limited it has most of what I need Pros With Amazon Lightsail you can deploy a wide array of instances super super easily. The pricing is also really great for the specs! Cons If I am being totally honest, so far I have not run into any serious issues that I could not easily overcome Review Source TM Taimoor M. Cloud Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Protaimoor" February 14, 2021 5.0 I recommend lightsail to every person who want to host his web applications on cloud with all security, scalability and monitoring because Lightsail providing these all things in very low price. Pros I like that this software is easy to use even for non technical person. We can easily integrate and scale according to our need. Cons DNS management of lightsail is little bit difficult for third-party domain providers. 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