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PROS

AWS Direct Connect is highly secure and provides a much faster connection compared to normal network infrastructure.
It is a highly scalable and stable solution with low latency for users.
The platform offers robust network performance, ensuring high availability and failover capabilities.
Direct Connect allows direct connection between on-premise and AWS infrastructure, offering improved connection quality.
It provides a secure and encrypted connection over the internet, contributing to peace of mind.

CONS

Its terminologies are challenging to interpret.
It is complicated to do additional BGP configuration.
The platform's stability needs improvement.
It would be beneficial if AWS Direct Connect supported cross-cloud connections, aiding disaster recovery across different platforms.
More locations could improve the convenience of using AWS Direct Connect.
 

AWS Direct Connect Pros review quotes

Anan Ff - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Engineer at Norwin Technologies
May 2, 2023
AWS Direct Connect is highly secure and much faster compared to normal network infrastructure.
John Walvine Rata - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Group Head at Vantage Financial
May 25, 2023
It is a highly scalable solution.
reviewer2231871 - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Jul 19, 2023
It is a stable solution.
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RANJAN KUMAR - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at ZoomOps Technology
Feb 23, 2024
AWS Direct Connect provides a secure and encrypted connection over the internet.
Cuneyt-Gurses - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Cloud Solution Group at DTech Cloud Corporation
Jul 16, 2024
The platform's most valuable feature for us is its robust network performance.
reviewer2586285 - PeerSpot reviewer
Multicloud Network Architect (Azure, AWS, GCP) at a pharma/biotech company with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 18, 2024
Direct Connect provides an improved connection quality and a diversified link, which contributes to high availability and failover capabilities.
Priyam Vaidya - PeerSpot reviewer
AWS Administrator at Vohra Wound Physicians
Nov 22, 2024
The most valuable feature of Direct Connect is its low latency to the users.
Flavio Gomes Figueira Camacho Junior - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at Telecall
Dec 16, 2024
AWS Direct Connect allows me to connect our on-premise infrastructure directly with AWS infrastructure.
HS
Business Analyst & Agile Strategist at Charles Schwab
Apr 8, 2025
Overall, I rate the solution ten out of ten.
 

AWS Direct Connect Cons review quotes

Anan Ff - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Engineer at Norwin Technologies
May 2, 2023
It can be difficult to configure compared to cloud-based GUIs.
John Walvine Rata - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Group Head at Vantage Financial
May 25, 2023
Its terminologies are challenging to interpret.
reviewer2231871 - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Jul 19, 2023
It is complicated to do additional BGP configuration for the product.
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RANJAN KUMAR - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at ZoomOps Technology
Feb 23, 2024
It would be good if we could connect AWS Direct Connect from different networks.
Cuneyt-Gurses - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Cloud Solution Group at DTech Cloud Corporation
Jul 16, 2024
The platform's stability needs improvement.
reviewer2586285 - PeerSpot reviewer
Multicloud Network Architect (Azure, AWS, GCP) at a pharma/biotech company with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 18, 2024
I would like to see better traffic visibility and higher throughput security, especially for organizations that require more than what the current limit allows.
Priyam Vaidya - PeerSpot reviewer
AWS Administrator at Vohra Wound Physicians
Nov 22, 2024
There is no room for improvement in Direct Connect right now.
Flavio Gomes Figueira Camacho Junior - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at Telecall
Dec 16, 2024
AWS Direct Connect is straightforward and performs well for me.
HS
Business Analyst & Agile Strategist at Charles Schwab
Apr 8, 2025
AWS Direct Connect should support cross-cloud connections, such as migrations between Azure and AWS, for disaster recovery purposes on different cloud platforms.