# Peering

.<https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/how-to/choose-product#typical-use-cases>

|                       | Dedicated Interconnect                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Partner Interconnect                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Features**          | <ul><li>A direct connection to Google.</li><li>Traffic flows directly between networks, not through the public internet.</li><li>10-Gbps or 100-Gbps circuits with flexible VLAN attachment capacities from 50 Mbps to 50 Gbps.</li></ul> | <ul><li>More points of connectivity through one of our supported service providers.</li><li>Traffic flows between networks through a service provider, not through the public internet.</li><li>Flexible capacities from 50 Mbps to 50 Gbps.</li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| **Service providers** |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | <ul><li>Connect to supported service providers, who provide more points of connectivity compared to the colocation facilities available for Dedicated Interconnect.</li><li>Work with a supported service provider. If your service provider isn't supported, or if you don't want to pass traffic through a service provider, consider Cloud VPN or Dedicated Interconnect.</li><li>Compared to Dedicated Interconnect, you don't need to install and maintain routing equipment in a colocation facility.</li></ul> |

.<https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/carrier-peering>

To access Google Workspace applications from an on-premises network, an organization might need a perimeter network to reach Google's network. The perimeter network enables organizations to expose an isolated subnetwork to the public internet instead of their entire network.

.<https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/direct-peering>

Peering options - .<https://peering.google.com/#/options/peering>

Static, dynamic, peering routes - <https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/routes#routeselection>

VPC peering - <https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/vpc-peering>

![Peered network with access to on-premises network](/files/-MVtP58KC9uBc6inUlE4)


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