Amazon Lightsail vs Rocket.net

Amazon Lightsail is a virtual private server (VPS) provider and is the easiest way to get started with AWS for developers, small businesses, students, and other users who need a solution to build and host their applications on cloud. Lightsail provides developers compute, storage, and networking capacity and capabilities to deploy and manage websites and web applications in the cloud. Lightsail includes everything you need to launch your project quickly – virtual machines, containers, databases,

A virtual private server, also known as an "instance", allows users to run websites and web applications in a highly secure and available environment, while being cost effective.

There are many benefits to using a virtual private server, including affordability, scalability, security, and customizable resources.

You can choose among several preconfigured VPS plans that include everything you need to easily deploy and manage your application. Lightsail is best suited for projects that require a few virtual private servers and users who prefer a simple management interface. Common use cases for Lightsail include running websites, web applications, blogs, e-commerce sites, simple software, and more.

Also referred to as a bundle, a Lightsail plan includes a virtual private server with a fixed amount of memory (RAM) and compute (vCPUs), SSD-based storage (disks), and a data transfer allowance. Lightsail plans also offer static IP addresses (5 per account) and DNS management (6 domain zones per account). Lightsail plans are charged on an hourly, on-demand basis, so you only pay for a plan when you're using it.

As Lightsail expands its availability across more Regions, we’re evolving our infrastructure to provide a better overall customer experience. As a result, plans in certain Regions will have different specifications, such as an additional vCPU, compared to plans in other Regions.

A Lightsail instance is a virtual private server (VPS) that lives in the AWS Cloud. Use your Lightsail instances to store your data, run your code, and build web-based applications or websites. Your instances can connect to each other and to other AWS resources through both public (Internet) and private (VPC) networking. You can create, manage, and connect easily to instances right from the Lightsail console.

Lightsail offers a range of operating system and application templates that are automatically installed when you create a new Lightsail instance. Application templates include WordPress, Drupal, Joomla!, Ghost, Magento, Redmine, LAMP, Nginx (LEMP), MEAN, Node.js, Django, and more. You can install additional software on your instances by using the in-browser SSH or your own SSH client.

After logging in to Lightsail, you can use the Lightsail console, command line interface (CLI), or API to create and manage instances. The first time you log in to the console, choose Create Instance. The create instance page is where you can choose the software, location, and name for your instance. Once you choose Create, your new instance will spin up automatically within minutes.

Yes. Everything you do in the Lightsail console is backed by a publicly available API. Learn how to install and use the Lightsail CLI and API.

To start using Lightsail, choose Get Started and log in. You use your Amazon Web Services account to access Lightsail; if you don't already have one, you'll be prompted to create one.

Lightsail instances are specifically engineered by AWS for web servers, developer environments, and small database use cases. Such workloads don't use the full CPU often or consistently, but occasionally need a performance burst. Lightsail uses burstable performance instances that provide a baseline level of CPU performance with the additional ability to burst above the baseline. This design enables you to get the performance you need, when you need it, while protecting you from the variable per

Lightsail offers a 1-click secure connection to your instance's terminal right from your browser, supporting SSH access for Linux/Unix-based instances and RDP access for Windows-based instances. To use 1-click connections, launch your instance management screens, click Connect using SSH or Connect using RDP, and a new browser window opens and automatically connects to your instance. If you prefer to connect to your Linux/Unix-based instance using your own client, Lightsa

Each Lightsail instance automatically gets a private IP address and a public IP address. You can use the private IP to transmit data between Lightsail instances and AWS resources privately, for free. You can use the public IP to connect to your instance from the Internet, such as through a registered domain name or through an SSH or RDP connection from your local computer. You can also attach a static IP to the instance, which substitutes the public IP with an IP address that doesn't change even

A static IP is a fixed, public IP that is dedicated to your Lightsail account. You can assign a static IP to an instance, replacing its public IP. If you decide to replace your instance with another one, you can reassign the static IP to the new instance. In this way, you don't have to reconfigure any external systems (like DNS records) to point to a new IP every time you want to replace your instance.

This is the amount of unique visits that hit your WordPress install in a 24 hour period.

WordPress installs or as we call them in Mission Control “Sites” are individual installs of WordPress running on our Platform. Every WordPress install comes optimized and secured out of the gate and takes just under 6 seconds to create.

Absolutely! Feel free to contact us via Live Chat, Email ([email protected]), or Phone (877 374 0764) and we’ll be more than happy to find the right fit for your needs.

Every plan at Rocket.net gives you 24/7/365 access to our amazing support team through Live Chat and our ticketing system. With response times in minutes not hours. All our support engineers are WordPress experts and ensure your problems are taken care of effectively.

Yes! We will migrate all your WordPress sites to Rocket.net for FREE from any hosting provider. 95% of migrations will take under 12 hours and that’s for extremely large websites

We offer 10 locations to choose from in US, Europe and Asia. With our acceleration technology your end users will get amazing performance irrespective of where your site is hosted. Read more about our network by clicking here.

Yes! We provide you with two months free on any plan that is paid for annually. Further discounts available on longer term subscriptions.

Our Platform was built with over 20 years of combined experience in the hosting industry. Our founders have seen WordPress evolve from it’s initial inception to where it is today. With that said, our Platform handles everything you need when it comes to building and maintaining the perfect WordPress website. We have a global footprint with over 275+ locations to serve your content from and built-in Enterprise grade security to ensure your website is safe at all times.

We offer a 30-day money back guarantee on all of our services except for our Enterprise hosting plans. If you’re not satisfied with the speed, security, or anything related to your account we’ll refund your payment with no questions asked. Our service can also be canceled at anytime directly through our portal.

You can upgrade to the next plan or we bill disk space overages at $2/GB and Bandwidth overages at $0.08/GB. Discounts are available if overages are purchased as fixed monthly addons.

Unfortunately no, we specialize in WordPress only.

Rocket.net is partnered with several Edge providers to create our Enterprise Edge. Every site on Rocket.net is pre-configured to utilize our Enterprise Edge with access to 330 edge locations and an Enterprise WAF. To learn more about how Rocket.net is the Fastest WordPress Hosting provider click here.

All sites on Rocket.net’s platform are protected by an Enterprise grade Web Application Firewall (WAF) on the network layer plus a firewall and malware scanner on the server which scans all files in real time. Read more about how Rocket.net keeps your sites secure by clicking here.

At this time we do not offer email service with our hosting. We highly recommend the Google Workspaces services provided at Google for world-class email.