Amazon CloudFront: verified facts and rating
Checked 2026-11-03
Score breakdown
81% backed by facts · How we rank
Amazon CloudFront against the market
The dot is the company, the line is the median of all companies in this ranking.
Price per GB, North America and Europe, lowest tier$0.01$0.12$0.085 · median $0.0625
Amazon CloudFront strengths and weaknesses
Pros
- Large network of PoPs
- Has a permanent free plan or free monthly traffic
- DDoS protection
- Web application firewall
Cons
- High price per GB
All facts
| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price per GB, North America and Europe, lowest tier | $0.085 First 1TB Free Next 9TB Next 9TB $0.085 Next 9TB $0.085 Next 9TB $0.110 | aws.amazon.com | 2026-11-03 |
| Free plan or free monthly traffic | Yes Start with the $0/month Free plan and upgrade to access more capabilities and larger usage allowances. | aws.amazon.com | 2026-11-03 |
| Points of presence (provider's count) | 750 750+ globally dispersed Points of Presence (PoPs) | aws.amazon.com | 2026-11-03 |
| HTTP/3 | Yes HTTP/3 Deliver content using QUIC to browsers and clients that support it, | docs.aws.amazon.com | 2026-11-03 |
| IPv6 | Yes IPv6 Deliver content over both modern IPv6 and traditional IPv4 connections from CloudFront to viewers and origins. | docs.aws.amazon.com | 2026-11-03 |
| Image optimisation | Not verified | — | |
| DDoS protection | Yes use AWS Shield Standard to defend against DDoS attacks at no additional charge | aws.amazon.com | 2026-11-03 |
| Web application firewall (WAF) | Yes Web Application Firewall (WAF) Protect against common web threats | aws.amazon.com | 2026-11-03 |
| Free TLS certificates | Yes Free TLS certificate Free TLS certificate for your domain with automatic renewal through AWS Certificate Manager. | docs.aws.amazon.com | 2026-11-03 |
| Edge compute | Yes Serverless edge compute Run lightweight JavaScript at the edge to modify URLs, HTTP headers, and request/response elements in milliseconds using CloudFront Functions | docs.aws.amazon.com | 2026-11-03 |
| Real-time logs | Yes You use CloudFront real-time logs to get information about requests made to a distribution in real time. | aws.amazon.com | 2026-11-03 |
| Instant cache purge | Yes Fast cache invalidations Remove or update cached content across all edge locations within seconds. | docs.aws.amazon.com | 2026-11-03 |
| Uptime SLA | Not verified | — | |
| SOC 2 or ISO 27001 | Not verified | — | |
| Public status page | Not verified | — | |
| Founded | Not verified | — | |
| Company headquarters | Not verified | — | |
| Company | Amazon Web Services, Inc. Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved | aws.amazon.com | 2026-11-03 |
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