Amazon Lightsail vs Oracle Cloud Compute

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Amazon Lightsail #5 in Ubuntu VPS Hosting —/10 From $3.50/mo Try Amazon Lightsail

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Oracle Cloud Compute #7 in Ubuntu VPS Hosting —/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free plan Visit Oracle Cloud

• Amazon Lightsail fits best

  Low-cost Ubuntu VPS for simple workloads

• Oracle Cloud Compute fits best

  Free-tier experimentation with configurable Linux VMs

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Side by side

Feature	Amazon Lightsail —/10 Visit ↗	Oracle Cloud Compute —/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	—	—
Ranking	#5 in Ubuntu VPS Hosting	#7 in Ubuntu VPS Hosting
Best for	Low-cost Ubuntu VPS for simple workloads	Free-tier experimentation with configurable Linux VMs
Pricing model	Paid	Free
Starting price	$3.5/mo	Not published
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Browser extension	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Docs	Community
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Specs
vCPU cores	Not published	Not published
RAM	0.5 GB	Not published
NVMe storage	Not published	Not published
Bandwidth	1 TB/mo	Not published
Server locations	Not published	Not published
Managed support	Not published	Not published
DDoS protection	Not published	Not published
Our review
Pros	$3.50 monthly Nano Linux bundle with 2 vCPUs and 1 TB transfer Root access, browser SSH, firewall rules, snapshots and metric alarms Lightsail API integration with Amazon EC2 and other AWS resources	Configure VM CPU and memory, or choose bare metal instances. Autoscale instance pools by metrics or schedules. Connect instance pools with load-balancer backend sets.
Cons	Nano-0.5GB bundle provides only 0.5 GB memory The lowest listed Linux bundle is IPv6-only Support is provided through documentation channels	Ubuntu is not explicitly named among supported operating systems. Support channels are community-only. Usage-priced compute can make costs less predictable.
Our verdict	Amazon Lightsail is an AWS cloud service for virtual private server instances and related cloud resources. It suits solo developers, small teams and mid-market groups hosting websites, web applications or development environments on… Read the review →	Oracle Cloud Compute provides virtual machines and bare metal instances through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. It suits teams exploring configurable cloud compute, from development projects to larger applications, and offers a free tier for… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Amazon Lightsail — where it wins

  • $3.50 monthly Nano Linux bundle with 2 vCPUs and 1 TB transfer
  • Root access, browser SSH, firewall rules, snapshots and metric alarms
  • Lightsail API integration with Amazon EC2 and other AWS resources

  Where it doesn't

  • Nano-0.5GB bundle provides only 0.5 GB memory
  • The lowest listed Linux bundle is IPv6-only
  • Support is provided through documentation channels

• Oracle Cloud Compute — where it wins

  • Configure VM CPU and memory, or choose bare metal instances.
  • Autoscale instance pools by metrics or schedules.
  • Connect instance pools with load-balancer backend sets.

  Where it doesn't

  • Ubuntu is not explicitly named among supported operating systems.
  • Support channels are community-only.
  • Usage-priced compute can make costs less predictable.

• Amazon Lightsail—/10 · From $3.50/mo

  A low-cost AWS VPS for straightforward Linux workloads, with limited support channels.

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• Oracle Cloud Compute—/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  Flexible compute with autoscaling and load-balancer integration, but Ubuntu is not explicitly named.

  Visit Oracle CloudFull verdict →