Amazon Lightsail Managed Database

DB 6.5/10

Standard plan: 1 GB RAM, 40 GB SSD, 100 GB transfer at flat $15/mo; HA plan $30/mo. Flat predictable pricing on top of RDS infrastructure.

Amazon Lightsail Managed Database scores 6.5/10 for free value in DB. The main constraint: Paid — $15/mo (Standard, 1 GB). Standard plan: 1 GB RAM, 40 GB SSD, 100 GB transfer at flat $15/mo; HA plan $30/mo. Flat predictable pricing on top of RDS infrastructure.

Category DB Kind Paid plan

Free value score

6.5 / 10

Show the math

Overall 6.5/10

value = 6.5/100

weighted_components_v1

Capacity 4.8/10

value = 0.8 ×

fixed_log_v1

Operations 8.2/10

value = 8.2/100

policy_score_v1

Production fit 8/10

value = 8/100

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Key metrics

40 GB Storage

1 reads/mo Reads policy_default: Conservative scoring fallback: no comparable monthly read allowance is published in this item.

1 writes/mo Writes policy_default: Conservative scoring fallback: no comparable monthly write allowance is published in this item.

$15/mo

40 GB SSD

100 GB out

What you get

Paid — $15/mo (Standard, 1 GB). Standard plan: 1 GB RAM, 40 GB SSD, 100 GB transfer at flat $15/mo; HA plan $30/mo. Flat predictable pricing on top of RDS infrastructure.

~2.7 GB SSD per $1 — much more storage-per-dollar than DO/RDS at the same price point; flat-rate, no metering

Gotchas

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Sources

"$15 Standard plan · $30 High availability plan · 1 GB"
https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/pricing/
"Lightsail managed databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) start at $15/month for a 1 GB RAM instance with 40 GB SSD and 100 GB data transfer."
https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/amazon-lightsail-pricing/

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