-| data-sort-value="2016-11-30" | 2016 || November 30 || Product || AWS announces [[Amazon Lightsail]], intended to compete against existing [[virtual private server]] offerings such as those by [[Linode]] and [[DigitalOcean]]. Lightsail packages together a compute server, storage, and transfer into fixed-price plans, like VPS providers do.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-lightsail-the-power-of-aws-the-simplicity-of-a-vps/|title = Amazon Lightsail – The Power of AWS, the Simplicity of a VPS|publisher = [[Amazon Web Services]]|date = November 30, 2016|access-date = December 28, 2016|last = Barr|first = Jeff}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.geekwire.com/2016/amazon-launches-amazon-lightsail-low-cost-5-virtual-private-servers/|title = Amazon launches Amazon Lightsail with low-cost $5 virtual private servers|last = Lisota|first = Kevin|date = November 30, 2016|access-date = December 28, 2016|work = GeekWire}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/30/aws-announces-virtual-private-servers-starting-at-5-a-month/|title = AWS announces virtual private servers starting at $5 a month|last = Miller|first = Ron|date = November 30, 2016|access-date = December 28, 2016|work = [[TechCrunch]]}}</ref> Lightsail is a little more expensive than but otherwise comparable to similarly priced plans offered at the time by Linode and DigitalOcean. Linode is cheaper in terms of RAM and both Linode and DigitalOcean are cheaper in terms of network overage costs, but Lightsail costs less if the server is being spun up for only a few hours.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://joshtronic.com/2016/12/01/ten-dollar-showdown-linode-vs-digitalocean-vs-lightsail/|title = $10 Showdown: Linode vs. DigitalOcean vs. Amazon Lightsail|last = Sherman|first = Josh|date = December 1, 2016|access-date = December 28, 2016}}</ref>
+| data-sort-value="2016-11-30" | 2016 || November 30 || Product || AWS announces [[Amazon Lightsail]], intended to compete against existing [[virtual private server]] offerings such as those by [[Linode]] and [[DigitalOcean]]. Lightsail packages together a compute server, storage, and transfer into fixed-price plans, like VPS providers do.<ref name="amazon_20161130_lightsail">{{cite web|url = https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-lightsail-the-power-of-aws-the-simplicity-of-a-vps/ |title = Amazon Lightsail – The Power of AWS, the Simplicity of a VPS |publisher = [[Amazon Web Services]] |date = November 30, 2016 |access-date = December 28, 2016 |last = Barr |first = Jeff |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130182455/https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-lightsail-the-power-of-aws-the-simplicity-of-a-vps/ |archive-date=November 30, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="geekwire_20161130_lightsail">{{cite news|url = http://www.geekwire.com/2016/amazon-launches-amazon-lightsail-low-cost-5-virtual-private-servers/ |title = Amazon launches Amazon Lightsail with low-cost $5 virtual private servers|last = Lisota|first = Kevin|date = November 30, 2016|access-date = December 28, 2016|work = GeekWire |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201141314/http://www.geekwire.com/2016/amazon-launches-amazon-lightsail-low-cost-5-virtual-private-servers/ |archive-date=December 1, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="techcrunch_20161130_lightsail">{{cite news|url = https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/30/aws-announces-virtual-private-servers-starting-at-5-a-month/|title = AWS announces virtual private servers starting at $5 a month|last = Miller|first = Ron|date = November 30, 2016|access-date = December 28, 2016|work = [[TechCrunch]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130210000/https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/30/aws-announces-virtual-private-servers-starting-at-5-a-month/ |archive-date=November 30, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Lightsail is a little more expensive than but otherwise comparable to similarly priced plans offered at the time by Linode and DigitalOcean. Linode is cheaper in terms of RAM and both Linode and DigitalOcean are cheaper in terms of network overage costs, but Lightsail costs less if the server is being spun up for only a few hours.<ref name="joshtronic_20161201_lightsail">{{cite web|url = https://joshtronic.com/2016/12/01/ten-dollar-showdown-linode-vs-digitalocean-vs-lightsail/ |title = $10 Showdown: Linode vs. DigitalOcean vs. Amazon Lightsail|last = Sherman|first = Josh|date = December 1, 2016|access-date = December 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204201031/https://joshtronic.com/2016/12/01/ten-dollar-showdown-linode-vs-digitalocean-vs-lightsail/ |archive-date=December 1, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>