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Amazon Virtual Private Cloud vs Spot by Flexera comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 19, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
5.7
Effective use of Amazon VPC, especially with appropriate EC2 instances, yields significant financial returns, particularly beneficial for startups.
Sentiment score
7.9
Spot by Flexera cut compute costs by 75%, saved over 500,000 euros annually, and improved flexibility and operations.
A lot of money was saved after starting to use Spot by Flexera. I would say around 500,000 euros per year.
License manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
I cannot share the exact number, but I can share the figure that my EC2 and EKS compute cost reduced by around 65 to 75% with Spot.
Dev Ops Engineer at a construction company with 11-50 employees
Our technology predicts demand, selects the cheapest instance mix, sizes the workloads appropriately, and scales it automatically based on policy, resulting in significant savings by reducing manual work and enhancing our flexibility, which has helped accelerate our deployments.
Global Hyperscaler Alliances Director at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
Amazon VPC support receives mixed reviews, praised for expertise but facing issues with communication delays and need for self-navigation.
Sentiment score
8.4
Spot by Flexera provides responsive and effective customer service, receiving high ratings for their excellent technical support.
The technical support from Amazon has been excellent.
Cloud and Network Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
When we use business support, the availability of the engineers is very good.
CloudOps Expert at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
I would rate the customer support a nine out of ten.
Global Hyperscaler Alliances Director at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
We did not have to use it many times, but the few times that we did use it, it was very fast and very useful.
License manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Amazon VPC offers excellent scalability with tools like Auto Scaling, efficiently managing demand for companies of all sizes.
Sentiment score
7.6
Spot by Flexera is scalable, adaptable, and open-source, effectively managing AWS expansions and connecting diverse data sources.
The scalability and ability to expand within Amazon Virtual Private Cloud performs very well.
Cloud and Network Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It is also a very easy tool to connect to different data sources and different servers since it is open source.
License manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Spot's scalability is quite good, and it can be expanded to multiple environments.
Dev Ops Engineer at a construction company with 11-50 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
Amazon VPC is praised for security and uptime, with minimal downtime and quick resolution of configuration issues ensuring reliability.
Sentiment score
6.3
Spot by Flexera is stable but faces data update delays, requiring manual IT asset corrections and user-reported server discrepancies.
In Spot by Flexera, we could see both computers, the old and the new one, but the system was not recognizing that the old one was no longer being used.
License manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Amazon VPC users face challenges with compatibility, usability, pricing, and integration, desiring improved documentation, security, and customization.
Spot by Flexera could improve through storage cost optimization, better integrations, enhanced UI guidance, timely updates, and Kubernetes insights.
It would be great if we could use the AWS Direct Connect in Mongolia.
Unitel Group at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Based on my experience, there are aspects of Amazon Virtual Private Cloud that could be improved to enhance the solution.
Cloud and Network Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Spot could be improved by adding features that help identify data to optimize storage costs by detecting datasets within our environment based on criteria such as age and usage.
AVP DevOps and Product Support at a recruiting/HR firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
We had a couple of IT assets that were not being used, and we had this information in our internal servers, but Spot by Flexera was not able to update on time.
License manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
More guided onboarding would help teams adopt advanced features faster.
Dev Ops Engineer at a construction company with 11-50 employees
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users find Amazon VPC pricing complex and costly, but competitive when extensively using AWS products with minimal configuration setup.
Users praise Spot by Flexera's pricing for its competitiveness and convenience, rating it highly against market alternatives.
I was aware of different pricing, setup costs, and licensing across the company.
License manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
The pricing is reasonable and convenient, and the value it offers is completely in line with what I am spending.
Dev Ops Engineer at a construction company with 11-50 employees
 

Valuable Features

Amazon VPC offers security, scalability, and easy integration with AWS, featuring flexible pricing and customizable policies for efficient management.
Spot by Flexera optimizes cloud costs, manages resources efficiently, and integrates with AWS, improving scalability and decision-making with AI.
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud allows the nodes to talk to each other, enhances our security with its security group feature, and the network access list can isolate attackers, while the subnet service organizes our nodes' network topology and provides access to customers.
Unitel Group at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
The ability to define and work with subnets is particularly helpful in managing the networking environment.
Cloud and Network Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
For security and ACLs, Routing Tables, route tables, subnet, and subnetting, these are very useful functions.
CloudOps Expert at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
The fact that it can mix dozens of instance families dynamically is something which the AWS native autoscalers simply cannot do.
Dev Ops Engineer at a construction company with 11-50 employees
Spot's automated cost optimization works by continuously analyzing the workload and applying policies to minimize cloud spend without sacrificing performance.
Global Hyperscaler Alliances Director at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
This flexibility made it possible for us to connect all of our data and trust that Spot by Flexera had accurate and updated data to perform reports in different offices across the world.
License manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
Ranking in Compute Service
8th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Spot by Flexera
Ranking in Compute Service
9th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (19th), Server Virtualization Software (14th), Cloud Operations Analytics (1st), Cloud Analytics (3rd), Containers as a Service (CaaS) (3rd), Cloud Cost Management (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Compute Service category, the mindshare of Amazon Virtual Private Cloud is 3.4%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Spot by Flexera is 4.5%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Compute Service Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud3.4%
Spot by Flexera4.5%
Other92.1%
Compute Service
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2754069 - PeerSpot reviewer
Unitel Group at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Network flexibility and security have been enhanced
The most beneficial feature of Amazon Virtual Private Cloud for our use case is the site-to-site connection, allowing our data centers to connect to the AWS EC2 nodes, which is currently the most useful feature for us. The Elastic Network Interface is the main component of our networking services within Amazon Virtual Private Cloud, allowing us to connect to our nodes and enabling all node-to-node communication, node-to-customer, and customer-to-node interactions. It is a really helpful feature for us. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud allows the nodes to talk to each other, enhances our security with its security group feature, and the network access list can isolate attackers, while the subnet service organizes our nodes' network topology and provides access to customers. It is a really great feature, and I would highly recommend it.
Bruna Müller - PeerSpot reviewer
License manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Centralized asset data has transformed how we manage licenses and make cost-saving decisions
One problem that we faced using Spot by Flexera is that in certain servers, the data was not being updated correctly, and we had a certain delay. For example, someone was using a computer, and then this user received a new one. In Spot by Flexera, we could see both computers, the old and the new one, but the system was not recognizing that the old one was no longer being used. We had a couple of IT assets that were not being used, and we had this information in our internal servers, but Spot by Flexera was not able to update on time. We had to fix this information manually.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Marketing Services Firm
20%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Performing Arts
9%
Construction Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Healthcare Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise16
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Amazon Virtual Private Cloud?
Looking for a cloud native scheduler services for ec2 and rds instances within aws virtual private network. That would help to put our instances down in the non business hours very effectively rath...
What is your primary use case for Amazon Virtual Private Cloud?
Our main use case for Amazon Virtual Private Cloud is that it is our main network solution. It is mainly used to connect our nodes and also connect our on-premise nodes to the AWS VPC using the sit...
What needs improvement with Spot Ocean?
One problem that we faced using Spot by Flexera is that in certain servers, the data was not being updated correctly, and we had a certain delay. For example, someone was using a computer, and then...
What is your primary use case for Spot Ocean?
For the past two years, I have been developing a project to implement Spot by Flexera as a software asset management tool. It is used to manage all the IT assets and software licenses within all th...
What advice do you have for others considering Spot Ocean?
The interface of Spot by Flexera was very simple to use. Spot by Flexera Academy had lots of important information that made the usage even easier. In general, I do not think there are any addition...
 

Also Known As

Amazon VPC
Spot Ocean, Spot Elastigroup, Spot Eco
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Hess, Expedia, Kelloggs, Philips, HyperTrack
Freshworks, Zalando, Red Spark, News, Trax, ETAS, Demandbase, BeesWa, Duolingo, intel, IBM, N26, Wix, EyeEm, moovit, SAMSUNG, News UK, ticketmaster
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