Cost Optimization & FinOpsPart 15
kevin w6 min
Amazon Lightsail Pricing: Why the $3.50/Month Bundle Is Both a Steal and a Trap
Lightsail bundles compute, storage, and bandwidth into flat monthly prices starting at $3.50/month (IPv6-only; $5 with a public IPv4 address) — dramatically cheaper than the equivalent EC2 + EBS + Data Transfer math for predictable small workloads. The trap: data transfer overages bill at $0.09/GB, scaling locks you into bundle tiers, and migration to EC2 is more disruptive than starting on EC2 from day one.