Amazon Virtual Private Cloud Reviews

Our company uses the solution to define subnet EC2 instances and security groups. We also set up networks of instances and connect with some services. 

It is very simple to define a network, connect subnets, and set up routing. It might be a bit tricky in the beginning, but once you learn how to do things it is very practical. 

It is a bit difficult to find things because you don't have a single pane of glass or dashboard for every resource. You have to jump from one region to another. If you have an organizations, then you have to jump from one account to another. It is a bit difficult to move and have an overall view of resources within a complex organization. 

A dashboard should list every resource or type without being limited to one region at a time. Every region or account should show for an organizational unit to provide a better view of what is running.  Jumping around and logging in or out to view resources wastes time because it requires multiple browser tabs in incognito mode. 

I have been using the solution for two years. 

I have never experienced issues with stability like I have with other products. Stability is rated a nine out of ten. 

The scalability is rated an eight out of ten. 

I have not interacted with support about the solution specifically. I have interacted with them about the control tower and landing zone. Support is very good so is rated an eight out of ten. 

Positive

The setup is simple. Once you learn the concept, you can move forward in a very straightforward way. Setup is rated a seven out of ten. 

We implement the solution in-house. Depending on the complexity, implementations take anywhere from 30 minutes to a few hours. 

The solution is good but might be a bit complicated when you have many VPCs because you have to move back and forth between accounts. 

I rate the solution an eight out of ten. 

Amazon VPC's provides a cloud environment that can be private for any company. This means you can have services and servers running in a private environment, isolated from any services on prem. This gives you the capabilities of interconnecting specific services and ports to your internal network.

You are able to keep data in a secure environment where no one can access it without being responsible for the power consumption, cooling of hosts or a disaster recovery scenario. You can avoid any destructive situations. We are using a hybrid infrastructure in our own server room, in combination with cloud instances that we replicate in our zone in a secure way. We use encrypted panels from our premises to Amazon, transferring data and storing it safely.

The best feature is that you can run your servers directly on Amazon's premises, and have access to the internet without Amazon utilizing your own internet connection in your office. You can filter all the traffic and select only the relevant services and network traffic capacitor.

This solution is not fully compatible with every vendor that we use regarding firewalls and networking equipment. They provide you with the option and details on how to configure this on your premises but it would be good to have an easier way to do this. 

I have been using this solution for four years. 

This is a very stable solution with very little down time.

This is a scalable solution. 

Amazon is really hard to contact. Technically, I have not needed their support. On one occasion, we missed emails that referred to a failed payment due to a card cancellation. A couple of months later, our account was suspended and our servers were shut down as a result. It took us four to five hours to figure out how to fulfill the payment and proceed with the account enabling. The support at that time wasn't good. There wasn't a phone number that you could call directly and resolve the issue. We had to open a ticket and wait.

Neutral

The initial setup can be complex depending on your needs but overall I would say that it is straightforward. From my experience, based on my needs, I can have a server running and VPN connected to our system in about an hour.

This solution is quite expensive.

At the time that we decided to use Amazon, the main competitor was Microsoft Azure. We decided to go with Amazon due to the lack of knowledge on how to do the same things using Azure.

Minor issues that can have a major impact on a company's progress and work, can be prevented by using this solution. 

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.