Amazon CloudFront vs Tencent 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.

Tencent Cloud CDN is a paid, web-based content delivery network from Tencent Cloud, headquartered in Shenzhen, China. It lists 3,200 edge locations, image optimization, origin shield, and local caching. Deployment is hybrid, with NFS listed as a supported protocol. Tencent Cloud COS is a storage target, and the service can use Tencent Cloud and other cloud platforms. API access and 18-language support are listed. Additional capabilities include workload scanning, infrastructure-as-code scanning, identity analysis, attack path analysis, a metadata catalog, governance controls, and open table formats. Its query interface is listed as both. Face recognition is available, while object detection and document translation are not. There is no free plan. Packages start at 21 CNY a month for 100 GB, with 500 GB at 105.00 CNY and 1 TB at 210.00 CNY, each billed monthly with one-month validity.