# Amazon CloudFront vs Fastly

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Fastly

| Attribute | Amazon CloudFront | Fastly |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 40.4 (33% (low)) | 66.5 (51% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A programmable cloud platform that enables developers to create fast, secure, and scalable applications by running code at the edge network level. It provides content delivery, security services, and compute capabilities with usage-based pricing and volume discounts. |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | - | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","summary":"Usage-based pricing with zero data transfer fees from AWS origins","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_sgm","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:22:01.473Z"}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free Tier","summary":"Free tier with usage allocations across all services","features":["Content delivery","DDoS protection","TLS management","Image optimization","Compute","Real-time communication","Access to community forum","Documentation","Email support"],"description":"Entry-level tier with generous free allocations across all services for testing and small-scale usage","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"requests":"1 million/month","bandwidth":"100 GB/month","tls_domains":"5","fanout_minutes":"100 million/month","image_requests":"100,000/month","compute_requests":"10 million/month","websocket_minutes":"100 million/month","ddos_protection_requests":"500,000/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pay-as-You-Go","summary":"Usage-based with volume discounts; bandwidth from $0.08–$0.28/GB depending on region and volume","features":["All free tier features","Volume-discounted pricing tiers","Standard support"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.28,"currency":"USD","description":"Bandwidth (North America, entry tier)"},{"per":{"qty":10000,"unit":"requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD","description":"Requests (entry tier)"},{"per":{"qty":10000,"unit":"image requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.5,"currency":"USD","description":"Image Optimizer (entry tier)"},{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"compute requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.5,"currency":"USD","description":"Compute Requests (entry tier)"}],"description":"Usage-based pricing with volume discounts as consumption increases across different services","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing via sales contact","features":["Custom pricing","Dedicated technical support","24/7 emergency response","Phone support","Private Slack channel","PCI/HIPAA configuration","Enhanced compliance support (GDPR)","Technical Account Manager (TAM)","Security Technical Account Manager (STAM)"],"description":"Custom-tailored solution for high-volume, mission-critical deployments with dedicated support","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier with generous allocations, then pay-as-you-go usage with volume discounts. Enterprise custom pricing available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.fastly.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:17:58.106Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.01,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.pci | yes | yes |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:44:36.740Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*