INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
AWS Lightsail, which launched in 2016, is Amazon answer to the rise of Digital Ocean, OVH and other affordable virtual private server (VPS)
Lightsail started as a pretty basic service, but over the course of the last two years, AWS added features like block storage, Windows
support and additional regions.
Today, the company announcedit is launching two new instance sizes and cutting in half the price of most
Linux-based Lightsail instances
Windows instances are also getting cheaper, though the price cut there is closer to 30 percent for most instances.
The only Linux instance
that isn''t getting a full 50 percent cut is the $5/month 512 MB instance, which will now cost $3.50
Depending on your needs, 512 MB can be enough to run a few projects, so if you don''t need a full 1 GB, you can save a few dollars by going
with Lightsail over Digital Ocean smallest $5/month 1 GB instance
Indeed, it probably no surprise that Lightsail 1 GB instance now also costs $5/month.
All instance types come with attached SSD storage, SSH
access, a static IP address and all of the other features you&d expect from a VPS hosting service.
As usual, Windows instances cost a bit
more (those Windows licensesaren''t free, after all) and now start at $8 per month for a 512 MB instances
The more usable 1 GB instance will set you back $12 per month.
As for the new instance sizes, the new 16 GB instance will feature 4 vCPUs,
320 GB of storage and a generous 6 TB of data transfer
The 32 GB instance doubles the vCPU and storage numbers and offers 7 TB of data transfer.
