Amazon CloudFront vs Cloudflare CDN
Amazon CloudFront
aws.amazon.com
Cloudflare CDN
cloudflare.comSide by side
| Figure | Amazon CloudFront | Cloudflare CDN |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $15/mo | $20/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 4 |
| Spec score · CDN Software | 8.4 (#5) | 8.8 (#2) |
| Spec score · CDN services | 8.4 (#8) | 9.2 (#1) |
| Compliance | AWS states that CloudFront infrastructure and processes are designed to comply with PCI-DSS Level 1, HIPAA, ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 27001, 27017, and 27018, SOC 1, 2, and 3, and FedRAMP Moderate. | Cloudflare states that it is certified to ISO 27001, ISO 27018, and ISO 27701. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Use cases | AWS describes CloudFront use cases including websites, dynamic content and APIs, live and on-demand video, and distributing software, game patches, and IoT updates. | The CDN supports static asset acceleration, anonymous API GET response caching, bandwidth cost reduction, and dynamic content optimization. |
| 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. | Cloudflare CDN caches static and dynamic content in data centers in over 335 cities and serves it from the edge to accelerate delivery and absorb traffic from origin servers. |
Plans
Amazon CloudFront
- FreeFree
- Pro$15 a month
- Business$200 a month
- Premium$1,000 a month
- Custom pricingPriced on request
Cloudflare CDN
- FreeFree
- Pro$20 a month
- Business$200 a month
- ContractPriced 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.
Cloudflare CDN
Cloudflare CDN has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.