G2 Vendor Directory

Amazon EC2 vs. Google Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAmazon EC2

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Google Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

by Google

Overall rating4.64.5
Review count1,20376
Ease of use8.89.1
Ease of setup8.79.4
Quality of support8.99.0
Meets requirements9.39.1
NPS75.32808470.27027
Small Business39.7%35.5%
Mid-Market34.7%25.0%
Enterprise25.6%39.5%
Total page views1,331147
Total LLM citations4,5621,355

Amazon EC2

AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (AWS - EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers. AWS EC2۪s simple web service interface allows you to obtain and configure capacity with minimal friction. It provides you with complete control of your computing resources and lets you run on Amazon۪s proven computing environment. AWS EC2 reduces the time required to obtain and boot new server instances to minutes, allowing you to quickly scale capacity, both up and down, as your computing requirements change.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Scalability
  • Flexibility
  • Features
  • Cloud Storage
  • Reliability

Google Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Managed networking functionality for your Cloud Platform resources.

Pros

  • Deployment Ease
  • Security
  • Cloud Services
  • Cloud Computing
  • Ease of Use
  • Cloud Storage