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NAT Gateway vs. NAT Instance

  • NAT Gateways are more suitable for higher bandwidth requirements than NAT Instance (scales up to 45Gbps). Whereas, NAT Instances depend on bandwidth of instance types

  • Zone independent architecture - Create NAT Gateways in each AZ. This ensures high availability. Whereas in NAT Instances, we have to manage failover between instances using scripts

  • Can we replace NAT Gateways/NAT Instances with a VPN connection?

    No. VPNs are used to connect to route traffic in a private network (skipping Internet). NAT Gateways/NAT Instances are used to route traffic from EC2 instances in the private subnet to Internet.
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