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Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) vs. AWS CloudFormation

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    AWS CloudFormation

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AAWS CloudFormation gives developers and systems administrators a way to create and manage a collection of related AWS resources, provisioning and updating them in a predictable fashion. Use AWS CloudFormation’s sample templates or create templates to describe the AWS resources, and any associated dependencies or runtime parameters, required to run an application. Users don’t need to figure out the order for provisioning AWS services or the subtleties of making those dependencies work.…

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    Pricing
    Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)AWS CloudFormation
    Editions & Modules
    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
    Free Tier - 1,000 Handler Operations per Month per Account
    $0.00
    Handler Operation
    $0.0009
    per handler operation
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)AWS CloudFormation
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThere 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.There is no additional charge for using AWS CloudFormation with resource providers in the following namespaces: AWS::*, Alexa::*, and Custom::*. In this case you pay for AWS resources (such as Amazon EC2 instances, Elastic Load Balancing load balancers, etc.) created using AWS CloudFormation as if you created them manually. You only pay for what you use, as you use it; there are no minimum fees and no required upfront commitments. When you use resource providers with AWS CloudFormation outside the namespaces mentioned above, you incur charges per handler operation. Handler operations are create, update, delete, read, or list actions on a resource.
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    Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)AWS CloudFormation
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    Amazon AWS
    Chose 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 …
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    Features
    Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)AWS CloudFormation
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and AWS CloudFormation
    Feature
    Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    AWS CloudFormation
    -
    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)AWS CloudFormation
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.6
    (5 ratings)