July 14, 2021 . 1 MIN READ
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Amazon Lightsail and Amazon EC2 instances differ from each other in terms of pricing, suitability, templates and API integration.
Refer to the following table of differences for a detailed comparison between Amazon Lightsail and Amazon EC2 on the above mentioned grounds.
| Amazon Lightsail | Amazon EC2 | |
| Pricing | Lightsail is much less costlier than EC2 instances. Various outbound costs are included in lightsail instances, such as, each lightsail instance includes 5 TB of internet data transfer allowance. | Outbound costs are not included in EC2 instances. An enterprise using EC2 instances may have to pay $90 per TB of outbound data transfer. |
| Suitability | Lightsail might not be ideal for applications that need highly configurable environment or high CPU performances. Lighsail would be perfect for small developers. | For applications that require high CPU performances or highly configurable environment, Amazon EC2 would be the most appropriate choice. EC2 is meant for meant for huge organizations |
| API integration
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There is no particular web service interface for Lightsail. Amazon Lightsail instances are not accessible directly from the AWS management console. | Amazon EC2 instances are virtual machines with Amazon’s web service interface. |
