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Comparison

Amazon CloudFront vs Cloudflare CDN

No clear leader: Cloudflare CDN (45.7) and Amazon CloudFront (40.8) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Amazon CloudFront full profile →Cloudflare CDN full profile →
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Amazon CloudFront41
Cloudflare CDN46
Score
vioscaleAI score
Amazon CloudFront41 / 100low · 32%
Cloudflare CDN46 / 100medium · 62%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon CloudFront✓
Cloudflare CDN✓
Model
Amazon CloudFrontfreemium
Cloudflare CDNfreemium
Price level
Amazon CloudFrontlow
Cloudflare CDNmid
Starting price
Amazon CloudFront–
Cloudflare CDN$20
Transparent
Amazon CloudFront–
Cloudflare CDN✓
Integrations
Count
Amazon CloudFront2
Cloudflare CDN2
Security
Certifications
Amazon CloudFrontPCI-DSS, HIPAA/HITECH, FedRAMP
Cloudflare CDNPCI DSS 4.0
Fedramp
Amazon CloudFront✓
Cloudflare CDN–
Gdpr
Amazon CloudFront✓
Cloudflare CDN✓
Hipaa
Amazon CloudFront✓
Cloudflare CDN–
Pci
Amazon CloudFront✓
Cloudflare CDN✓
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
Amazon CloudFront–
Cloudflare CDN100
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Amazon CloudFront5 items
Cloudflare CDN6 items

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon CloudFront

A content delivery network that uses over 750 globally dispersed edge locations to deliver web, video, and application content with reduced latency. Includes built-in security features such as encryption, access controls, and DDoS protection.

Independently observed

Cloudflare CDN

A content delivery network that caches website and application content across hundreds of data centers worldwide, serving it from edge locations near users to improve performance and decrease bandwidth expenses.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon CloudFront

Usage-basedFree tier

Usage-based pricing with zero data transfer fees from AWS origins

as of verify ↗

Cloudflare CDN

from $20/yrHybridFree tier

Free tier available. Paid plans from $20/mo (Pro) to $200/mo (Business), plus custom pricing for enterprise. Usage-based pricing for Workers, storage, and other services.

  • FreeFree
    • Fast, Easy-to-use DNS
    • Unmetered DDoS Protection
    • Universal SSL Certificate
    • Free Managed Ruleset
    • 100% Uptime SLA
    • +2 more
  • Pro$20/mo billed annually or $25/mo billed monthly
    • Fast, Easy-to-use DNS
    • Unmetered DDoS Protection
    • Universal SSL Certificate
    • Free Managed Ruleset
    • Web Application Firewall (WAF)
    • +9 more
  • Business$200/mo billed annually or $250/mo billed monthly
    • All Pro features
    • PCI DSS 4.0 Compliance
    • Phone, chat, ticket support; professional services available (add-on)
    • Up to 6 months log retention; Logpush to SIEM/cloud storage
  • ContractContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Amazon CloudFront✓
Cloudflare CDN✓
CLI
Amazon CloudFront✓
Cloudflare CDN✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon CloudFront✓
Cloudflare CDN✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon CloudFront

2 total
  • AWS Media Service
  • AWS Elemental
Independently observed

Cloudflare CDN

2 total
  • Docker Hub
  • Shopify
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Amazon CloudFront or Cloudflare CDN: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.