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Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
If you are going to deploy within AWS, you need to know how to leverage VPCs. VPCs have several items you must configure for them to be usable and to even link one VPC to another. If you are only going to deploy a few resources or use some of the default configurations, you still need to have working knowledge of how a VPC functions. If you are used to working with VLANs and the ideology behind those, that is the best direct reference to how a VPC can be described, but with additional layers on top of that with route tables, internet gateways, etc.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Higher Education Company, 201-500 employeesAmazon Web Services
More suited I will say deploying your Web-server, Running some cloud applications, Deploying your micro-services, Managed database. Less suited is really hard to say but there can be some scenario where you can use free services like Google spreadsheet scripting for smaller data management and small workflows. Workflow automation is something you need multiple vendors to talk to each other at that time its preferred to go for something else.
Software Engineer
AtlantisInternet, 11-50 employees
Feature Rating Comparison
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
10.0
Amazon Web Services
8.9
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
10.0
Amazon Web Services
9.3
Dynamic scaling
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
10.0
Amazon Web Services
9.4
Pre-configured templates
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
10.0
Amazon Web Services
8.0
Monitoring tools
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
10.0
Amazon Web Services
8.5
Security controls
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
10.0
Amazon Web Services
8.9
Elastic load balancing
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
—
Amazon Web Services
9.2
Pre-defined machine images
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
—
Amazon Web Services
8.7
Operating system support
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
—
Amazon Web Services
8.8
Pros
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
- Protection of resources based on how roles/access should be allocated.
- Easy to allocate network CIDR block and split up as needed for IP subnets within the VPC.
- Used to create public and private networks within the VPC.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Higher Education Company, 201-500 employeesAmazon Web Services
- What I like in it, is its simple notification service which provides a mobile messaging feature to enable push messaging to my mobile devices as well.
- It helps in sending out notifications to all my teammates with full integrity.
- Responsive Support.
- Offers a variety of features that help to manage my workload.
IT Manager
PerficientInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees
Cons
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
- The biggest issue with VPC networks is knowing how you can leverage VPC endpoints to ensure your resources within the VPC are not reaching out over the Internet to get to AWS services such as S3 and others.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Higher Education Company, 201-500 employeesAmazon Web Services
- If there is one thing I think AWS needs improvement on, it is the administration dashboard. It can be a nightmare to use especially when trying to access billing. This could be made better, honestly, as there should be a simplified way to access simple admin features.
- While AWS was fairly easy to integrate into our solutions, it is not as easy to use without some IT knowledge. The dashboards are complicated and designed for someone who is computer savvy. If you are just want to keep track of billing, for example, you may need to take a course or spend a few hours with someone being walked through the admin console.
- AWS does tend to be slow at times. If you do not have a fast internet connection, it can take time to access services that are hosted on AWS. This is not always the case but we have had clients complain about this if they are trying to access a service from multiple points (IP addresses). The only real fix we found was to make our files cache to another server and only keep current data accessible to clients.
Regional Manager
Dotcom ZambiaConsumer Services, 11-50 employees
Likelihood to Renew
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services 9.4
Based on 10 answers
We are almost entirely satisfied with the service. In order to move off it, we'd have to build for ourselves many of the services that AWS provides and the cost would be prohibitive. Although there are cost savings and security benefits to returning to the colo facility, we could never afford to do it, and we'd hate to give up the innovation and constant cycle of new features that AWS gives us.
Director of Software Development
Moxie Software, Inc.Computer Software, 201-500 employees
Usability
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services 7.3
Based on 5 answers
We find it quite easy to use. The only challenge is at the outset figuring out exactly what you need, given the large number of available services and options which could take a bit of time to get familiarised with and to decide on.

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C-Level Executive in Corporate
Computer Software Company, 1-10 employeesReliability and Availability
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services 9.0
Based on 1 answer
Availability is very good, with the exception of occasional spectacular outages.

Verified User
Anonymous
Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employeesPerformance
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
No answers on this topic
Amazon Web Services
AWS does not provide the raw performance that you can get by building your own custom infrastructure. However, it is often the case that the benefits of specialized, high-performance hardware do not necessarily outweigh the significant extra cost and risk. Performance as perceived by the user is very different from raw throughput.

Verified User
Anonymous
Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employeesSupport Rating
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services 7.6
Based on 25 answers
Amazon Web Services boasts a really quick and helpful support with multiple communication options as well. For instance, on my personal account I incurred a minor charge due to mismanagement of a service. Upon contacting support, they quickly explained the issue to me and upon request waived the bill as a first time error.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employeesImplementation Rating
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services 10.0
Based on 3 answers
The API's were very well documented and was Janova's main point of entry into the services.
Vice President Marketing and Product Management
SPIDA SoftwareInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Alternatives Considered
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
We utilize both AWS and Azure resources for our cloud deployments. The deployment of resources initially was smoother through AWS VPC due to their powerful CLI and Powershell cmdlets. In the past couple of years, the differences between some of the features of AWS VPC and Azure Vnet have diminished. However, the ease of putting things together in a logical flow still belongs in my opinion to AWS.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Higher Education Company, 201-500 employeesAmazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services is well suited when we have a huge amount of data to store, process, manipulate and get meaningful information out of. It is also suitable when we need very fast data retrieval from the database. They provide a superior product at a fair price which allows us to further our goals and push the limits of what we are capable of as a team / company.

Verified User
Technician in Customer Service
Accounting Company, 1001-5000 employeesReturn on Investment
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
- AWS VPCs are actively used for following various compliance and regulatory needs such as network separation for PCI DSS. The ability to keep resources and access to those resources controlled through the initial steps of creating VPCs has helped tremendously.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Higher Education Company, 201-500 employeesAmazon Web Services
- AWS has lowered our employee cost, because you don't have to hire Network/Server Admins to manage infrastructure.
- Increased productivity by incorporating Continuous Integration with AWS and our development life cycle.
- Increased customer confidence by being able to provide HIPAA level security in our development and production environments

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Engineer in Engineering
Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 11-50 employeesPricing Details
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Amazon Web Services
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No