Amazon CloudFront is a global content delivery network (CDN) service that accelerates delivery of your websites, APIs, video content or other web assets. It integrates with other Amazon Web Services products to give developers and businesses an easy way to accelerate content to end users with no minimum usage commitments. Amazon CloudFront can be used to deliver your entire website, including dynamic, static, streaming, and interactive content using a global network of edge locations. Requests for your content are automatically routed to the nearest edge location, so content is delivered with the best possible performance. Amazon CloudFront is optimized to work with other Amazon Web Services, like Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, and Amazon Route 53. Amazon CloudFront also works seamlessly with any non-AWS origin server, which stores the original, definitive versions of your files. Like other Amazon Web Services products, there are no long-term contracts or minimum monthly usage commitments for using Amazon CloudFront – you pay only for as much or as little content as you actually deliver through the content delivery service.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| Amazon CloudFront | 7.8% |
| Cloudflare | 22.2% |
| Akamai | 17.3% |
| Other | 52.7% |
| Title | Rating | Mindshare | Recommending | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | 4.3 | 22.2% | 96% | 76 interviewsAdd to research |
| Azure Front Door | 4.4 | 16.5% | 100% | 16 interviewsAdd to research |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 17 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 4 |
| Large Enterprise | 9 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 98 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 35 |
| Large Enterprise | 251 |
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| Author info | Rating | Review Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud Support Engineer at Operisoft Technologies | 4.5 | I use Amazon CloudFront as a CDN solution for global content delivery to reduce latency effectively. While it enhances web performance and efficiency, the user interface could be more user-friendly, and the pricing is relatively high. |
| Infrastructure Architecture at Capgemini | 4.5 | No summary available |
| senior IT professional at ThinkSmart for Development and Training | 4.0 | I utilize Amazon CloudFront for hosting and deploying web applications with improved performance through reduced latency and cost. Its automatic scaling, global reach, and integration with AWS security are valuable, though integration with other providers could be easier. |
| Full Stack Developer at Selteq | 4.0 | I utilized Amazon CloudFront for distributing content in a serverless architecture with Lambda. The UI and functionality are superior to Azure and GCP, though initial configuration can be challenging for beginners. We considered Azure and GCP as alternatives. |
| IT Outsourcing & AWS Cloud Technologies Specialist at BilgeAdam Teknoloji | 4.5 | I use Amazon CloudFront for content delivery, valuing its scalability and security features, though its cluttered interface and latency issues need improvement. It offers cost savings by eliminating hardware needs, enhancing ROI compared to smaller-scale solutions like Oracle. |
| Sr. Consultant Sales - AWS at a tech services company with 51-200 employees | 4.0 | I use Amazon CloudFront as a CDN for e-commerce and EdTech clients needing fast content delivery. Its strengths include reduced latency, encryption, and DDoS protection. Improvements in auto-scaling and detailed reports are needed. It improves e-commerce ROI by 10-15%. |
| Chief Innovation Officer at Fluid.Live | 4.5 | We use Amazon CloudFront primarily for security and as a CDN for our websites. It integrates with AWS's WAF, allows country blocking, and efficiently frontends S3 and EC2 instances. Its ease of integration and use is advantageous. |
| Product Manager at Infozion | 4.0 | We experience smooth sailing with AWS CloudFront, but it becomes complicated with mixed stacks like GCP or Azure due to DNS setup challenges. Despite requiring more management, CloudFront offers ROI and optimal cost management, especially benefiting non-profits. |
