We performed a comparison between Amazon EC2 and Amazon Virtual Private Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Compute Service solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."All of my lower maintenance overheads are taken care of. I don't have to worry about it."
"EC2 is flexible when we need to increase its resources (memory, boosting, and storage) based on our usage. That is the power of EC2."
"I use it for NextCloud and for developer purposes."
"The ability to quickly spin up instances on demand with zero upfront costs or infrastructure is the most valuable for me."
"The scalability of Amazon EC2 is good. However, the stability can depend on what service I am using."
"We don't have to worry about scalability issues or maintenance or security. It's all taken care of."
"EC2 provides a lot of flexibility. If you don't want to have a separate on-premise database, you can put it on the cloud with EC2. You can adjust the instance type according to your needs. You select a size and get a certain amount of specific memory, CPUs, etc. You set the redirect limit, and from there, you install the software, database servers, application servers, and whatever you want."
"The solution offers good access policies."
"I recommend introducing Amazon VPC to others as it provides an excellent entry-level understanding of cloud computing and its relevance in today's world."
"Compared to that of on-premises solutions, the performance of Amazon Virtual Private Cloud is much better."
"Subnetting is beneficial for organization and security. Within our setup, we have multiple VPCs with many different subnets defined by IP range."
"It is a very stable product...Amazon Virtual Private Cloud gives you security."
"The solution's subnetting feature is good and has impacted our network design."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It is very simple to define a network, connect subnets, and set up routing"
"The solution is secure."
"An area for improvement in Amazon EC2 is the cost because it's a bit higher than competitor pricing."
"One of the challenges is the AMI upgrades."
"The solution is pretty expensive."
"It is a little too expensive."
"I would like to see as much automation for data validation as possible in the future."
"The ease of migrating applications could be improved."
"This solution could be improved with better pricing. If you continue using this solution over a long period of time, your costs may accumulate."
"Current inability to change the resource service levels."
"I recently worked on Transit Gateway, which connects multiple VPCs in one account and enables communication between them. However, I found the documentation unclear, possibly because few people encounter this situation. I figured it out and implemented it, but it required some research. Most people prefer using infrastructure as code rather than the UI for AWS tasks. However, the documentation may not always be up to date."
"The performance insights and VPC flow logs should be in the form of GUI or dashboards. The solution needs to work on integration with the transit gateway and multiple accounts."
"If something needs to be highlighted, peering must be maintained."
"The solution needs to add step-by-step tutorials for its services."
"AWS is a bit costlier than other public clouds."
"The tool needs to improve its stability and support which should be faster. The product's pricing is also expensive. When we scale up, we have to pay more."
"It would be beneficial to introduce more managed features and enhance customization options in the product."
"VPC itself is pretty good, but understanding it well is key. One of the challenges for beginners is understanding IP address ranges and subnet concepts."
Amazon EC2 is ranked 4th in Compute Service with 56 reviews while Amazon Virtual Private Cloud is ranked 7th in Compute Service with 30 reviews. Amazon EC2 is rated 8.6, while Amazon Virtual Private Cloud is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Amazon EC2 writes "Easy to scale and valuable features include the security group and key management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Amazon Virtual Private Cloud writes "Easy-to-use product with good access control features". Amazon EC2 is most compared with AWS Fargate, Apache Spark, AWS Lambda, Apache NiFi and AWS Batch, whereas Amazon Virtual Private Cloud is most compared with . See our Amazon EC2 vs. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud report.
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