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Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) vs. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

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Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

344 Reviews and Ratings

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

14 Reviews and Ratings

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

    Score8.9 out of 10
    		N/AAmazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. Users can launch instances with a variety of OSs, load them with custom application environments, manage network access permissions, and run images on multiple systems.

    $0.01

    per IP address with a running instance per hour on a pro rata basis

    Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

    Score8.7 out of 10
    		N/AAmazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) lets users provision a logically isolated section of the AWS Cloud where they can launch AWS resources in a virtual network. Users have control over the virtual networking environment, including selection of one's IP address range, creation of subnets, and configuration of route tables and network gateways. Users can use both IPv4 and IPv6 in the VPC for secure and easy access to resources and applications.

    $0.05

    per month per NAT gateway

    Pricing
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
    Editions & Modules
    Data Transfer
    $0.00 - $0.09
    per GB
    On-Demand
    $0.0042 - $6.528
    per Hour
    EBS-Optimized Instances
    $0.005
    per IP address with a running instance per hour on a pro rata basis
    Carrier IP Addresses
    $0.005 - $0.10
    T4g Instances
    $0.04
    per vCPU-Hour Linux, RHEL, & SLES
    T2, T3 Instances
    $0.05 ($0.096)
    per vCPU-Hour Linux, RHEL, & SLES (Windows)
    IP Address Manager (IPAM)
    $0.00027 per active IP address managed by IPAM
    Hourly
    Traffic Monitoring
    $0.015 per ENI ($/hour)
    Hourly
    NAT Gateway
    $0.045 per NAT gateway
    Hourly
    Standard
    Free
    Hourly
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—There is no additional charge for creating and using an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) itself, you can pay for optional VPC capabilities with usage-based charges. AWS provides features and services that give you the ability to customize control, connectivity, monitoring, and security for your Amazon VPC.
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    Features
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
    Feature
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
    9.5
    21 Ratings
    Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime10.020 Ratings7.12 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling9.620 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.820 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates9.120 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Monitoring tools9.120 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images9.320 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Operating system support9.620 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Security controls9.820 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Automation9.610 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (67 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)