Amazon VPC is described as 'Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) gives you full control over your virtual networking environment, including resource placement, connectivity, and security. Get started by setting up your VPC in the AWS service console' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Amazon VPC for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, SaaS, Linux, Windows and Self-Hosted apps. The best Amazon VPC alternative is DigitalOcean. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try OpenStack or PlanetHoster. Other great apps like Amazon VPC are Heroku, Linode, Microsoft Azure and Vultr.