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Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) vs. IBM Cloud Internet Services

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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

    IBM Cloud Internet Services

    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    IBM Cloud Internet Services is a set of edge network services for securing internet-facing applications from DDoS attacks, data theft, and bot attacks, as well as optimizing their web apps or ensuring global responsiveness and the ongoing availability of their internet-facing applications.

    $275

    per month, per domain

    Pricing
    Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)IBM Cloud Internet Services
    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
    IBM Cloud Internet Services - Standard
    $275.00
    per month, per domain
    IBM Cloud Internet Services - Enterprise
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)IBM Cloud Internet Services
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    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.—
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    Features
    Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)IBM Cloud Internet Services
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and IBM Cloud Internet Services
    Feature
    Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    1% below category average
    IBM Cloud Internet Services
    -
    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
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)IBM Cloud Internet Services
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.5
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)IBM Cloud Internet Services
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    If you are going to deploy within AWS, you need to know how to leverage VPCs. VPCs have several items you must configure for them to be usable and to even link one VPC to another. If you are only going to deploy a few resources or use some of the default configurations, you still need to have working knowledge of how a VPC functions. If you are used to working with VLANs and the ideology behind those, that is the best direct reference to how a VPC can be described, but with additional layers on top of that with route tables, internet gateways, etc.
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    IBM
    In terms of business challenges, it simplifies the job of my engineers and significantly increases the productivity of my teams when they collaborate with IBM teams all over the world. Now that we have completed a proof-of-concept using the services supplied by IBM, we expect it to assist us in managing them more efficiently; thus far, management has been straightforward.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Pricing model & On demand service commitment.
    • Well, architectural infrastructure development processing before spending the money.
    • AWS VPC are providing hassle-free using with all others services from AWS very easily.
    • AWS business support is very helpful & [gives] the right direction according to client’s situations.
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    IBM
    • Integration with IBM Cloud applications
    • Easy to manage web application firewall
    • Ease of protecting CloudFoundry applications
    • Good console UI
    • Protection for rare managed service offerings such as CouchDB through IBM Cloudant
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • The biggest issue with VPC networks is knowing how you can leverage VPC endpoints to ensure your resources within the VPC are not reaching out over the Internet to get to AWS services such as S3 and others.
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    IBM
    • Request proxying is done by way of DNS name resolution, which is inflexible.
    • Proxy services do not work on wildcard DNS entries.
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    I have seen faster and more user friendly interfaces like Azure
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
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    IBM
    I have used Salesforce to explore it as an app but I have found them both able to solve my needs and requirements when it comes to security. While I choose IBM Cloud Internet Services for more accessibility, a better price was available with Saleforce. Although that is just my observation.
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • AWS VPCs are actively used for following various compliance and regulatory needs such as network separation for PCI DSS. The ability to keep resources and access to those resources controlled through the initial steps of creating VPCs has helped tremendously.
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    IBM
    • It had a positive impact with a big improvement on the performance of web applications.
    • Services are quite fast to implement and easy to maintain from an IT perspective.
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