Cloud Enterprise Network
Fast, secure multi-cloud networking
Connect regions and cloud providers over a high-speed private network. Ideal for multi-region deployments, unified multi-cloud management, and overseas backbones.
Core capabilities
Cross-region & cross-cloud peering
Automatic route convergence
Elastic bandwidth on demand
Overseas link acceleration
When you actually need a cloud enterprise network
Three signals: instances in multiple regions need to talk over private IPs, separate accounts must be connected, or your IDC has to join the same network as your cloud resources. Any one of these makes the public-internet-plus-allowlist approach expensive and unsafe.
The point of private interconnect is not speed — it is not exposing public ports. Databases and internal APIs should never be publicly reachable; a private network is what makes a real security boundary possible.
How it differs from public paths and self-built VPNs
Going over the public internet is simplest, but traffic bills at public egress rates, latency is uncontrolled, and you maintain the allowlists yourself. Compromise one machine and the whole internal network is exposed.
A self-built VPN is cheap and fine for temporary or light use, but as tunnels multiply, configuration and troubleshooting complexity climbs fast, and bandwidth and stability lag dedicated products. A managed enterprise network sits in between: hosted routing and forwarding, minimal configuration, bandwidth adjustable on demand.
The bill is connection fees plus bandwidth
Connection fees scale with the number of attached network instances and are usually small; cross-region bandwidth dominates, billed by provisioned bandwidth or actual traffic. The saving move is keeping chatty service-to-service calls inside one region and sending only genuinely necessary data across regions.
Pairs well with
Cross-border E-commerce
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View detailsFrequently asked questions
Do I need this for just three or five servers?
Usually not. If all your servers live in the same region and VPC, they already reach each other privately. You need this only when crossing regions or accounts, or connecting an IDC. A self-built VPN is the cheaper substitute then — migrate once scale or stability demands it.
Is cross-region latency guaranteed?
Providers typically publish reference latencies over their backbone rather than absolute guarantees. Real latency depends on physical distance and link quality between the two regions, and cross-border links are further subject to international peering conditions. If latency is business-critical, choose a dedicated-connection product with an explicit SLA and measure before committing.
How much bandwidth should I buy?
Look at your actual cross-region peak and buy with headroom. Bandwidth packages can usually be adjusted at any time, so there is no need to buy the full amount up front — start around 1.2x current demand and revisit after watching it for a while.
Related reading
AWS Shield Advanced: what is free, what is billed
Shield Advanced covering your WAF costs is true, with four boundaries: only protected resources, only standard features, and subject to a request ceiling. Bot Control, CAPTCHA and web ACLs above 1,500 WCUs are still billed separately.
Cloud CostAWS private pricing (EDP): threshold, risk, shortcut
Private pricing is the highest-threshold layer of the AWS discount system: a cross-service discount rather than a single-service commitment. Two traps come first - a shortfall payment if you miss the commitment, and mandatory enterprise support. And AWS states plainly that buying through a partner qualifies too.
Cloud CostMulti-cloud cost visibility: unify categories first
Each provider runs its own billing system, so there is no ready-made unified view. Most people reach for a tool first, which reverses the order: unify the cost categories and the tagging scheme first. Four accounting mismatches will make the numbers disagree.