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# Amazon CloudFront vs Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Pricing

**Amazon CloudFront**
Free Trial

No pricing available

**Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)**
No pricing available

**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Time to Implement

**Amazon CloudFront**
1 monthFaster

Based on 36 responses

**Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)**
4 months

Based on 21 responses

Return on Investment

**Amazon CloudFront**
9 months6 months sooner

Based on 28 responses

**Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)**
15 months

Based on 18 responses

Perceived Cost

**Amazon CloudFront**
$$$$$

**Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)**
$$$$$

Average Discount

**Amazon CloudFront**
8%

**Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)**
13%5% more

**Pros & Cons**
from reviews

**Amazon CloudFront**
[
Ease of Use (2)
](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-cloudfront/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2429318&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Affordable (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-cloudfront/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2429312&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Complexity (2)
](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-cloudfront/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2388579&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Domain Limitations (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-cloudfront/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2429315&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

**Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)**
[
Cost Reduction (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-virtual-private-cloud-amazon-vpc/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2276202&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Ease of Use (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-virtual-private-cloud-amazon-vpc/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2276177&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Complex Pricing (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-virtual-private-cloud-amazon-vpc/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2276183&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

Integrations

**Amazon CloudFront**
[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_cacdec8b8edeace9b3c89e0c2cded695/amazon-ec2.jpg "Product Avatar Image")

Amazon EC2

](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-ec2/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_cacdec8b8edeace9b3c89e0c2cded695/amazon-elastic-file-system-amazon-efs.jpg "Product Avatar Image")

Amazon Elastic File System...

](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-file-system-amazon-efs/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_b3390b4cc3d92e87d570895f7358c003/aws-lambda.jpg "Product Avatar Image")

AWS Lambda

](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-lambda/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_cacdec8b8edeace9b3c89e0c2cded695/aws-waf.jpg "Product Avatar Image")

AWS WAF

](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-waf/reviews)[
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**Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)**
[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_7930ab16bdc518f235d843d35264e6b3/ama-earth-group.png "Product Avatar Image")

Ama Earth Group

](https://www.g2.com/products/ama-earth-group/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_504423766e296a0eeef13491cb738385/amazon-aws-platform.png "Product Avatar Image")

Amazon AWS Platform

](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-aws-platform/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_cacdec8b8edeace9b3c89e0c2cded695/amazon-ec2.jpg "Product Avatar Image")

Amazon EC2

](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-ec2/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_96b275379465d759df5bffd0099d849a/google-cloud-bigquery.png "Product Avatar Image")

BigQuery

](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-bigquery/reviews)[
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**Ratings**
from reviews

Meets Requirements

**Amazon CloudFront**

9.1

9.1165

**Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)**

9.1

9.1256

Ease of Use

**Amazon CloudFront**

8.1

8.1168

**Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)**

8.5

8.5254

Ease of Setup

**Amazon CloudFront**

8.1

8.1110

**Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)**

8.2

8.2172

Ease of Admin

**Amazon CloudFront**

8.0

8.0103

**Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)**

8.2

8.2151

Quality of Support

**Amazon CloudFront**

8.3

8.3139

**Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)**

8.6

8.6231

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**Amazon CloudFront**

8.8

8.8100

**Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)**

8.9

8.9145

Product Direction (% positive)

**Amazon CloudFront**

8.7

8.7161

**Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)**

9.2

9.2237

**Features**
ratings from reviews

Content Delivery Network (CDN)

8.3

130

Not enough data

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Not enough data

8.7

70

User Insights

**Reviewers' Company Size**

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
46.7%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
33.5%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
19.8%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
46.7%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
33.5%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
19.8%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
19.1%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
35.9%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
45.0%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
19.1%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
35.9%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
45.0%

**Reviewers' Industry**

[![Amazon CloudFront](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1528476476/amazon-cloudfront.svg "Amazon CloudFront")](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-cloudfront/reviews)
Amazon CloudFront

Information Technology and Services
18.1%

Computer Software
15.9%

Internet
7.7%

Marketing and Advertising
5.5%

Entertainment
4.4%

Other
48.4%

[![Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/5383be31b099738701f86724a8b5cf9a/amazon-virtual-private-cloud-amazon-vpc.svg "Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)")](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-virtual-private-cloud-amazon-vpc/reviews)
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)

Information Technology and Services
14.7%

Computer Software
13.4%

Financial Services
8.4%

Marketing and Advertising
3.4%

Insurance
3.4%

Other
56.6%

Alternatives

**Amazon CloudFront Alternatives**

 ![Cloudflare Application Security and Performance](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_b2231a414cb9f3f7c194f65af32b723e/cloudflare-application-security-and-performance.png "Cloudflare Application Security and Performance")

[
Cloudflare Application...
](/products/cloudflare-application-security-and-performance/reviews)

 ![Bunny CDN](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/8deb8687507141d9a93a33883dc9d4da/bunny-cdn.svg "Bunny CDN")

[
Bunny CDN
](/products/bunny-cdn/reviews)

 ![Google Cloud CDN](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_aeae116c52945fdecd7ed16d621cb315/google-cloud-cdn.png "Google Cloud CDN")

[
Google Cloud CDN
](/products/google-cloud-cdn/reviews)

 ![Varnish Software](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/4e92ea3ce46964c438af852a4dd49542/varnish-software.svg "Varnish Software")

[
Varnish Software
](/products/varnish-software/reviews)

**Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) Alternatives**

 ![Google Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/ab2468c5eaf610b44ad7d6d0761afe81/google-virtual-private-cloud-vpc.svg "Google Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)")

[
Google Virtual Private...
](/products/google-virtual-private-cloud-vpc/reviews)

 ![IBM Cloud Virtual Servers](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1553719674/ibm-cloud-virtual-servers.png "IBM Cloud Virtual Servers")

[
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers
](/products/ibm-cloud-virtual-servers/reviews)

 ![Azure Virtual Network](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_f176b4154a751d10150daa67a57b7dc5/azure-virtual-network.jpg "Azure Virtual Network")

[
Azure Virtual Network
](/products/azure-virtual-network/reviews)

 ![Nerdio Manager](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/ab13c3dfa69aa1f0fbec93b734a454bf/nerdio-manager.svg "Nerdio Manager")

[
Nerdio Manager
](/products/nerdio-manager/reviews)

## Amazon CloudFront vs Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) overall.

- Amazon CloudFront and Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) over Amazon CloudFront.