Amazon Lightsail for Research
Run complex research simulations in the cloud with ease
Get started with a browser, no need for a powerful laptop.
Pay for what you use with bundled pricing.
Access your preferred, pre-installed software environment at your convenience.
How it works
With Amazon Lightsail for Research, accelerate your research on powerful computers in the cloud. Preferred research applications such as Scilab, RStudio, Jupyter, and more are pre-installed and ready to be used in just a few clicks. You can access applications running remotely via a browser and upload and download data to the virtual computer via a web interface. Pay a bundled price for the duration you use the virtual computers.
The diagram shows the three steps to using Amazon Lightsail for Research.
The first step is to create your virtual computer using your web browser.
The second step is to launch your research application and upload your data.
The third step is to run your simulations and analyze your data.
Use cases
Process large data sets quickly and easily
Quickly analyze massive data pipelines on the cloud without configuring and managing cloud infrastructure components.
Run complex simulations on high performance computers
Process simulations and complex workloads directly on your laptop without worrying about overwhelming your laptop resources or your device crashing.
Enable powerful research insights at low costs
Use virtual computers running on AWS to power your research without worrying about hefty hardware costs.
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