Amazon Web Services vs. Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Amazon Web Services

Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Amazon Web Services	Score8.6 out of 10	N/A	Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing services. With over 165 services offered, AWS services can provide users with a comprehensive suite of infrastructure and computing building blocks and tools.	$100 per month
Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)	Score9 out of 10	N/A	Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud has a network of 27 regions and 200+ countries and territories, boasting little to no downtime for its users. It is automatically configured or can be done by the user and allows you to bring your own IP addresses to reduce downtime caused by migration.	$0 per ingress traffic

Pricing

Amazon Web Services

Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Free Tier: $0
per month
Basic Environment: $100 - $200
per month
Intermediate Environment: $250 - $600
per month
Advanced Environment: $600-$2500
per month

egress traffic: $0 - 0.15
per GB
ingress traffic: $0
based on services that process ingress traffic: Load Balancers, Cloud NAT, Protocol forwarding.
Premium Tier (egress rates): $0- $0.23
per month per GB of data delivered
Standard Tier (egress rates): $0.045, $0.065, $0.085
per month per GB of data delivered: 150-500TB, 10-150TB, 0-10TB

Pricing Offerings
Amazon Web Services	Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

AWS allows a “save when you commit” option that offers lower prices when you sign up for a 1- or 3- year term that includes an AWS service or category of services.

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Key User Insights
	Amazon Web Services	Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Considered Both Products	Amazon AWS No answer on this topic	Google Verified User Chose Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Better support. More documentation. Easier Accessibility. Incentivized Helpful?
	Would buy again
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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Features

Amazon Web Services

Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Feature	Amazon Web Services 8.3 68 Ratings	Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) - Ratings
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime	9.364 Ratings	00 Ratings
Dynamic scaling	9.065 Ratings	00 Ratings
Elastic load balancing	9.761 Ratings	00 Ratings
Pre-configured templates	7.557 Ratings	00 Ratings
Monitoring tools	7.065 Ratings	00 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images	6.758 Ratings	00 Ratings
Operating system support	8.463 Ratings	00 Ratings
Security controls	8.366 Ratings	00 Ratings
Automation	8.717 Ratings	00 Ratings

User Ratings
	Amazon Web Services	Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (80 ratings)	8.4 (8 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.4 (10 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	8.5 (11 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Availability	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	7.2 (24 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Online Training	7.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

Amazon Web Services vs. Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Amazon Web Services

Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

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