Amazon CloudFront vs CDNetworks CDN
Amazon CloudFront
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| Figure | Amazon CloudFront | CDNetworks CDN |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $15/mo | $0.04/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 10 |
| Spec score · CDN Software | 8.4 (#5) | 8.2 (#11) |
| Spec score · CDN services | 8.4 (#8) | 7.6 (#24) |
| Plan limits | The pricing page lists a 50TB data-transfer allowance for the Pro, Business, and Premium plans, and says Premium can be configured up to 600TB for a new flat-rate price. | The CDN Pro pricing page lists 10 hostnames, properties, certificates, and edge hostnames for Professional, versus 100 for Enterprise and negotiable enterprise limits. |
| Security | CloudFront integrates with AWS Shield, AWS WAF, and Amazon Route 53 for layered protection against network and application layer attacks, including DDoS. | The CDN Pro pricing page lists basic attack mitigation across its tiers, while its security documentation says Layer 4 DDoS mitigation is enabled by default for edge services. |
| What it does | Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs globally with low latency and high transfer speeds. | CDNetworks Content Acceleration caches static content at CDN edge PoPs to deliver it from locations near end users. |
Plans
Amazon CloudFront
- FreeFree
- Pro$15 a month
- Business$200 a month
- Premium$1,000 a month
- Custom pricingPriced on request
CDNetworks CDN
- CDN Pro Free TrialFree
- CDN Pro China Standard server group$0.04 a month
- CDN Pro Standard server group$0.04 a month
- CDN Pro China Premium server group$0.08 a month
- CDN Pro Premium server group$0.08 a month
- CDN Pro Deluxe server group$0.16 a month
- CDN Pro Ultra server group$0.24 a month
- CDN Pro Near China server group$0.94 a month
- CDN Pro Professional$50 a month
- CDN Pro EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Amazon CloudFront
Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network for delivering data, videos, applications, and APIs around the world. It uses more than 750 globally dispersed Points of Presence, with automated network mapping and intelligent routing. CloudFront works with Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, Elastic Load Balancing, and custom HTTP origins; edge behavior can be customized with CloudFront Functions and AWS Lambda@Edge. Listed uses range from websites and dynamic APIs to live and on-demand video, software distribution, game patches, and IoT updates. Security options include HTTPS/TLS, signed URLs and cookies, token authentication, geographic restrictions, and limiting S3 origin access to CloudFront. It integrates with AWS Shield, AWS WAF, and Amazon Route 53 for layered protection, including against DDoS attacks. CloudWatch metrics and logs to S3 or Kinesis Data Streams provide monitoring options. CloudFront has a free plan at free, with 1 million requests and 100GB data transfer. Paid plans start at $15 a month per distribution; Pro, Business, and Premium each list 50TB of transfer.
CDNetworks CDN
CDNetworks CDN is a paid content delivery service for websites and applications, available through web and API interfaces. Its Content Acceleration stores static content at edge points of presence so users can receive it from nearby locations. CDNetworks states that its network includes more than 3,000 PoPs across over 90 countries and regions. Dynamic Web Acceleration applies tuned TCP links and connection pooling to static and dynamic content, with support listed for HTTP 2.0, IPv6, QUIC, TLS 1.3, and WebSocket. Intelligent path selection and controls for caching, deleting, or invalidating selected edge content support delivery management. Access rules can use IP, country or region, HTTP headers, and timestamps; origins can use failover and status monitoring. A visual console covers domains, usage, certificates, and log downloads, while API references are available. Security includes basic attack mitigation and default Layer 4 DDoS mitigation for edge services. Image optimization, origin shield, video delivery, edge compute, and real-time logs are listed.