Billing and account management

What do Lightsail plans cost?

Lightsail plans are billed on an on-demand hourly rate, so you pay only for what you use. For every Lightsail plan you use, we charge you the fixed hourly price, up to the maximum monthly plan cost. The least expensive Lightsail plan starts at $0.0067 USD/hour ($5 USD/month). Lightsail plans that include a Windows Server license start at $0.0127 USD/hour ($9.50 USD/month).

When am I getting charged for a plan?

Lightsail instances and managed databases incur charges until they are deleted. These resources accrue charges even when they are in the stopped state. If you delete your Lightsail instance or managed database before the end of the month, we only charge you a prorated cost, based on the total number of hours that you used your Lightsail instance or managed database for that month. For example, if you use the least expensive Lightsail instance plan for 100 hours in a month, you will be charged 46 cents (100*0.0046).

Can I try Lightsail instances for free?

Yes. Whether you're an existing or new AWS customer, you get 750 hours of free usage of the $5 USD Lightsail plan for free. You also can try Lightsail plans that include a Windows Server license for free using the $9.50 USD Windows plan. You can use your 750 hours of usage across as many instances as you like. For example, you can run a single Lightsail instance for a whole month, or 10 Lightsail instances for 75 hours. The free trial offer is only applicable to usage within the first calendar month from when you sign up to use Lightsail. If your account is linked to an organization (under AWS Organizations), only one account within the organization can benefit from the AWS Free Tier offers.

Instance plans include a data transfer allowance. Data transferred both in and out of your instance counts towards your data transfer allowance. When you exceed your data transfer allowance, instances—including those within the free-trial period—will incur charges only for the excess data that is transferred out. For more information about data transfer costs, see What does data transfer cost?.

When does the Lightsail free trial start?

The Lightsail free trial benefits start when the first free trial eligible resource is launched.

The extended 90 day free trial for instances and databases is applicable only on select plans (bundles). The offer applies to new or existing AWS accounts that started using Lightsail on or after July 8, 2021. For more information, see the Lightsail pricing page.

What do Lightsail managed databases cost?

Lightsail managed databases come in 4 plan sizes and start at $15 USD per month for a 1GB RAM database instance with 40 GB of SSD storage and 100 GB data transfer allowance. High Availability plans costs two times the Standard plan prices, because they run an additional database instance and storage disk in another Availability zone for redundancy.

Can I try Lightsail managed databases for free?

Yes! New Lightsail customers get 1 month of the $15 USD Lightsail plan free.

What does Lightsail block storage cost?

Lightsail block storage costs $0.10 USD per GB per month.

What do Lightsail load balancers cost?

Lightsail load balancers cost $18 USD per month.

What does certificate management cost?

Lightsail certificates and certificate management are free with use of a Lightsail load balancer.

What do Lightsail static IPv4 addresses cost?

There are no costs associated with Static IP addresses when they are attached to a Lightsail instance. Static IPs cannot be attached to IPv6-only instances. IPv4 addresses are a scarce resource and Lightsail is committed to helping to use them efficiently, so we charge a small $0.005 USD/hour fee for static IPs not attached to an instance for more than 1 hour.

What do Lightsail domains cost?

The prices listed in the linked .pdf file apply for new domain name registrations, renewals of existing domain name registrations as of December 22 2021. All prices include a DNS zone and privacy protection. For information about the cost of registering domains, see Amazon Route 53 Pricing for Domain Registration, and Domain registration.

What does Lightsail DNS management cost?

DNS management is free within Lightsail. You can create up to 6 DNS zones and as many records as you want for each DNS zone. You also get a monthly allowance of 3 million DNS queries per month to your zones. Beyond your first 3 million queries in a month, you are charged $0.40 USD per 1 million DNS queries.

What do Lightsail snapshots cost?

Lightsail snapshots (manual and automatic) cost $0.05 USD/GB-month to store. This means that if you create a snapshot of an instance that is using 28 GB of space, and keep it for a month, you pay $1.40 USD for the month.

When you take multiple, successive snapshots of the same instance, Lightsail automatically cost-optimizes your snapshots. For each new snapshot you take, you're charged only for the part of the data that changed. In the example above, if your instance data only changes by 2 GB, your second instance snapshot costs only $0.10 USD per month.

How can I manage my AWS account?

Lightsail is an AWS service and runs on AWS cloud infrastructure. You use the same AWS account and credentials to log in to Lightsail and the AWS Management Console.

You can manage your AWS account, including changing your AWS account password, user name, contact methods, opt-in Regions (Regions that are disabled by default), or billing information from the AWS Billing and Cost Management console.

How can I manage which opt-in Regions are enabled and disabled?

An opt-in Region (Region that is disabled by default) can be enabled or disabled. Before you can use an opt-in Region, it must be enabled. For more information on the available Regions and how you can manage opt-in Regions, see Regions and Availability Zones for Lightsail.

What happens to resources in a disabled opt-in Region?

Any resources in a disabled opt-in Region will continue to run and incur charges at their normal rate. Resources in a disabled opt-in Region can't be managed with the Lightsail console while the Region is disabled, Lightsail API, AWS CLI, or SDKs. To delete such resources, you must first temporarily enable the Region again so that you can manage them. For more information, see How can I delete resources in a disabled opt-in Region?.

How can I delete resources in a disabled opt-in Region?

If you disable an opt-in Region before deleting resources there, you must temporarily enable the Region again to delete such resources. For more information, see Disable opt-in Regions for Lightsail

What are the Lightsail legal terms of use?

Lightsail is an Amazon web service, so to use Lightsail, you first agree to the AWS Customer Agreement and Service Terms. When creating Lightsail instances, you also agree that your use of software is also subject to the end user license agreement of the seller, available for your review on the create instance page.

How can I pay my Lightsail bill?

You can pay and manage your bill through the AWS Billing and Cost Management console. AWS accepts most major credit cards. Learn more about managing your payment methods here.