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Amazon Virtual Private Cloud vs Apache NiFi comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on May 21, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
Ranking in Compute Service
7th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Apache NiFi
Ranking in Compute Service
8th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Compute Service category, the mindshare of Amazon Virtual Private Cloud is 0.6%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Apache NiFi is 8.9%, up from 7.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Carl Seguya - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable traffic management with good cost reduction and a straightforward setup
In terms of the system, I love the functionality of a NAT Gateway. For instance, when I was using it, it was easy to refuse certain traffic from penetrating into my other availability zone. I had to use a NAT Gateway to transition traffic only to the desired portal. Due to using Amazon VPC, it was reliable, efficient in operations, and cost-effective. For scalability, it was beneficial when one instance was down in an availability zone, as we had a standby instance. This ensured that when an availability zone in South Africa went down, another one in the US was available. We used methods like backup, restore, and pilot standby to recover data, and AWS Trusted Advisor guided us on cost optimization. We achieved an average of 70% cost reduction through savings plans for reserved instances and Spot Instances for short-term development servers.
Bharghava Raghavendra Beesa - PeerSpot reviewer
The tool enables effective data transformation and integration
There are some areas for improvement, particularly with record-level tasks that take a bit of time. The quality of JSON data processing could be improved, as JSON workloads require manual conversions without a specific process. Enhancing features related to alerting would be helpful, including mobile alerts for pipeline issues. Integration with mobile devices for error alerts would simplify information delivery.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The documentation is very clear."
"We can set up our own data center."
"One important tool we use is Transit Gateway, which helps connect different parts of our network. We also use Internet Gateways, NAT Gateways, and Route Tables to ensure our applications run smoothly on AWS. While most people use these basics, some specialized tools, like Transit Gateway, are useful for specific needs."
"For network security, Network Access Control Lists (NACLs). They work very well. For example, instead of leaving a resource open to the world with something like 0.0.0.0/0, we can use NACLs to be much more specific with our network traffic rules. It adds an important security layer to our infrastructure."
"The best feature is that you can run your servers directly on Amazon's premises, and have access to the internet without Amazon utilizing your own internet connection in your office."
"In terms of the system, I love the functionality of a NAT Gateway."
"One person with capable knowledge can implement the solution."
"Subnet is an important feature as it helps to save network and route traffic."
"It is highly effective for handling real-time data by working with APIs for immediate and continuous data extraction."
"Apache NiFi is user-friendly. Its most valuable features for handling large volumes of data include its multitude of integrated endpoints and clients and the ability to create cron jobs to run tasks at regular intervals."
"It's an automated flow, where you can build a flow from source to destination, then do the transformation in between."
"The most valuable features of this solution are ease of use and implementation."
"The most valuable feature has been the range of clients and the range of connectors that we could use."
"The user interface is good and makes it easy to design very popular workflows."
"Visually, this is a good product."
"The initial setup is very easy. I would rate my experience with the initial setup a ten out of ten, where one point is difficult, and ten points are easy."
 

Cons

"One concern is the cost, which can be relatively high compared to other cloud providers like Azure and Google Cloud."
"The performance insights and VPC flow logs should be in the form of GUI or dashboards. The solution needs to work on integration with the transit gateway and multiple accounts."
"If something needs to be highlighted, peering must be maintained."
"You should be able to toggle off some cloud services when you don't need them and switch them on when necessary."
"AWS is a bit costlier than other public clouds."
"I would like to see an improvement in the process of peering multiple VPCs."
"The tool is not scalable."
"There is a specific configuration where I was using a Windows Server, and I could not configure RDS Oracle on it."
"We run many jobs, and there are already large tables. When we do not control NiFi on time, all reports fail for the day. So it's pretty slow to control, and it has to be improved."
"I think the UI interface needs to be more user-friendly."
"There should be a better way to integrate a development environment with local tools."
"More features must be added to the product."
"There are some claims that NiFi is cloud-native but we have tested it, and it's not."
"The quality of JSON data processing could be improved, as JSON workloads require manual conversions without a specific process."
"The overall stability of this solution could be improved. In a future release, we would like to have access to more features that could be used in a parallel way. This would provide more freedom with processing."
"The tool should incorporate more tutorials for advanced use cases. It has tutorials for simple use cases."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"VPC itself is free to create and use."
"Amazon VPC is generally affordable. There might be costs if you need to reserve specific IPs. Otherwise, it's cheap."
"Compared to the other products in the market, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud is available at a low price."
"VPC tends to offer competitive pricing compared to other services."
"The product is expensive."
"I would rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten."
"The solution is not very expensive."
"We can use the tool for free."
"It's an open-source solution."
"We use the free version of Apache NiFi."
"The solution is open-source."
"I used the tool's free version."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Retailer
8%
 

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon Virtual Private Cloud?
The cost of Amazon VPC depends on the components you put inside the VPC and the traffic volume. While the direct cost of the VPC is usually not problematic, the associated components and their traf...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Apache NiFi?
Apache NiFi is open-source and free. Its integration with systems like Cloudera can be expensive, but Apache NiFi itself presents the best pricing as a standalone tool.
What needs improvement with Apache NiFi?
The logging system of Apache NiFi needs improvement. It is difficult to debug compared to Airflow ( /products/apache-airflow-reviews ), where task details and issues are clear. With Apache NiFi, I ...
 

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Sample Customers

Hess, Expedia, Kelloggs, Philips, HyperTrack
Macquarie Telecom Group, Dovestech, Slovak Telekom, Looker, Hastings Group
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