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by MaBu 3482 days ago
According to VPSBenchmarks Lightsail isn't comparable to other VPSes: http://www.vpsbenchmarks.com/posts/amazon_lightsail_1gb_is_n...

  >TLDR: Amazon Lightsail 1GB will melt down with less than 15% sustained cpu usage
And also in DO I can be sure that I won't pay more then 5$ per month. Even if I'm DDOSed. Since network is essentially unlimited (There are currently no network overcharges since metering doesn't work yet). In the future I assume that they would remove my site If I get DDOSed instead of sending me bill I can't pay.

But AWS: If you get DDOSed you just pay a large bill. Which can of course get nulled if Amazon feels like it but still.
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tombrossman 3482 days ago
On AWS you get a big bill, but they continue serving your content. With DigitalOcean, I've heard multiple reports that they simply disable your VPS until the DDoS ends, making your instance unreachable. With OVH, they include DDoS protection as standard. I use all three services and I like them all, but there are some big strengths and weaknesses to be aware of among them.
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