Azure Virtual Network vs. Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Virtual Network
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft's Azure Virtual Network allows the user to gain granular control over network traffic, build a hybrid infrastructure, and create secure, isolated network topographies to run virtual machines and applications.N/A
Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Score 9.0 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
based on services that process ingress traffic: Load Balancers, Cloud NAT, Protocol forwarding.
Pricing
Azure Virtual NetworkGoogle Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Editions & Modules
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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
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure Virtual NetworkGoogle Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Azure Virtual NetworkGoogle Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
User Ratings
Azure Virtual NetworkGoogle Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(0 ratings)
8.4
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure Virtual NetworkGoogle Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Likelihood to Recommend
For SAAS it's not required but for most of IAAS and PAAS components Virtual network are required the deployment of storage account doesn't require virtual network .
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Well-suited scenarios: 1. Large Organisations with more than at least a thousand employees. 2. Teams spanning across multiple countries or regions. 3. Research institutes require privacy and confidentiality. 4. Educational institutes to separate departments from various attacks. Less appropriate scenarios: 1. Startups have less than 100 employees. 2. Users are accessing resources from the same place.
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Pros
  • Allows connectivity within Vnet
  • Secure Communication can be established
  • Security Rules can be enforced
  • Routing Can be Established
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  • Serverless connector helps Cloud Run services to communicate privately.
  • Serverless connector supports auto scaling.
  • Being serverless, the cost is based on usage for serverless connector.
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Cons
  • Integration of Express Routes needs to be simplified
  • Endpoints Security has to be available in Vnet itself
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  • Google Cloud VPC support for Oracle Databases is still the lagging point. Improvement in that front is need of the hour
  • Google Cloud VPC still needs to work on Technical customer services.
  • Google still not among the first to launch new services which makes the customers to choose other Cloud solution providers.
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Usability
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VPC is a difficult concept to grasp and recommendations for configuring it would be helpful in educating the users to make the right choice while using the product in configuring networking for their cloud deployments. Also, the user interface can be intuitively designed so as to suggest templates to perform common configurations with regard to VPC.
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Alternatives Considered
During Initial Phase itself on cloud Journey Azure Services was opted for there was no comparison done
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On Cloud storage, Google Cloud VPC has an edge over the rest of the service providers. Also, Google Cloud VPC is the ideal choice for AI/ML and data analytics because of Google's reputation in these fields. Google Cloud VPC, on the other hand, provides a secure private network, despite the fact that there is no trace of the public network on it. Google Cloud VPC services are also less expensive than those offered by other cloud service providers.
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Return on Investment
  • Deployment of Gateway needs to be faster as it takes a lot of time which is negative
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  • It did solve a lot of issues regarding accessibility from different geographical zones.
  • Since the cost is lower, we did save a lot in comparison with the on-site deployments.
  • Although we had to train a few people, we were easily to able to get work done quickly after that.
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ScreenShots

Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Screenshots

Screenshot of Google flow logs