Amazon CloudFront vs QUIC.cloud CDN

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.

QUIC.cloud CDN delivers WordPress site content through a CDN network and can cache dynamic WordPress content at the CDN level. Its network lists 78 points of presence across eight regions, while the Free Plan has six nodes in the USA and EU, unlimited bandwidth at selected points, and limited security. The Standard Plan includes 78 global nodes and up to 20GB free bandwidth per domain each month, then charges by region. Standard bandwidth rates are $0.02 per GB in North America and Europe except Russia, $0.04 in Russia, and $0.08 in Latin America, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa. LiteSpeed Cache integration supports dynamic and private caching, ESI, targeted purges based on WordPress events, WooCommerce, and bbPress; the service says caching works with non-LiteSpeed backend servers too. It supports HTTP/3 from the browser to the backend. Standard Plan security includes brute-force protection, CDN-level CAPTCHA, Layer-7 DDoS protection, custom-targeted protections, and Web Application Firewall rules. Allowlist and blocklist rules can filter by IP address, user agent, or geolocation. An optional built-in DNS service is described as free and capable of automated configuration.