Amazon VPC
Amazon VPC gives you a private, isolated network in the cloud where you define your own IP ranges, subnets, and routing rules. It handles the core plumbing for your AWS resources, letting you control traffic flow between instances, databases, and external connections without exposing them to the public internet by default.
This setup suits teams needing strict network segmentation and custom security controls within AWS. The main friction is that there is no free tier for VPCs themselves, and pricing is opaque, requiring you to contact AWS directly for costs. You pay for the underlying data transfer and associated resources, not the VPC structure itself.
- Free tier No
- Pricing Contact sales
- Regions 15 · 6 continents
- SLA uptime 99.99%
- Compliance 13 certifications
- Provider health A
Decision score
Computed from catalog breadth, pricing, provider reliability (uptime & SLA), community signal, and ecosystem (compliance & regions). Weighted equally.
Trust & reach via AWS
- C5
- CSA STAR
- FedRAMP
- GDPR
- HIPAA
- ISO 27001
- ISO 27017
- ISO 27018
- ISO 9001
- PCI DSS
- SOC 1 Type II
- SOC 2 Type II
- compute99.99%
- database99.99%
- networking99.99%
- storage99.99%
15 regions across 6 continents
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
Alternatives on other providers
Equivalent services on other clouds:
- Google Cloud Platform Virtual Private Cloud no price Compare
- Microsoft Azure Virtual Network no price Compare
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Networking $0.0085 per GB Compare