Amazon CloudFront Reviews

I integrate CloudFront with my AWS S3 buckets to host my frontend app, specifically my React app, on S3 and provide access via CloudFront.

The solution makes our platform fully accessible and available globally, helping us to ensure that our customers can rely on it being up and running.

The integration with the Access service and the ability to upgrade or use our own certificate are features I find very valuable. CloudFront also provides tools like CloudFormation, which enable us to write templates and provision resources on demand.

I would like to see an increase in distribution regions in Africa. There are currently only a few regions available.

I have been working with Amazon CloudFront for the past three years.

CloudFront is highly stable. I have not had any stability issues with the product.

Amazon CloudFront is quite scalable and able to adapt to our needs.

I rate the customer service a six. I have experienced communication issues, although not specifically with CloudFront.

Neutral

Before CloudFront, my projects were deployed on EC2. Prior to my position, the company used DigitalOcean but migrated to AWS for centrality of data.

The initial setup can be challenging without knowledge of CDNs, but with the right understanding, it’s quite straightforward.

I managed the deployment myself. I have automated the process using CloudFormation templates, allowing anyone to duplicate the setup using the provided codebase.

The primary ROI comes from CloudFront's stability and reliability. It effectively solves our problem of globally and securely hosting our applications.

I rate the pricing a six. Pricing is determined by usage, so there's less cost when there is less traffic.

Amazon CloudFront is a good product for hosting applications globally and securely. It offers features like geolocation restrictions and whitelisting for added security.

This product is used for website content distribution.

We implemented CloudFront for two of our clients, including one called NIS (National Administrative Technologies). They provide a platform for students to access classrooms, lectures, and examinations. The students required fast processing and content delivery, so we used CloudFront for that.

So, CloudFront significantly improved content delivery performance.

Primarily, it reduces latency. We only use CloudFront in certain projects, including some government initiatives.

The distribution aspect of CloudFront and its ability to reduce latency are most beneficial. It really helps reduce the time it takes for content to reach the client.

Compared to Google, where we work with some big clients like JSL (one of India's top ten companies), AWS offers smoother integration. Their services are mature and well-documented. This makes the process easier for us.

There is room for improvement in customer service and support. 

We have a PDM [Program Delivery Manager], but we struggle to get help with things like competencies and documentation. 

For example, we need business plan document formats, and they say we can't get that support until we're an Advanced-Tier partner. 

Partners below Advanced-Tier aren't getting the resources they need. There should be something in place for partners who are still growing.

I've been working with it for about two years now. My company has been working with AWS for five to six years.

I would rate the stability an eight out of ten. 

It is a scalable product. I would rate the scalability a nine out of ten. 

Sometimes, I find that the customer service and support are not easily approachable. Even as a close-to-Advanced Tier partner, we sometimes struggle to get the support we need regarding documentation. Overall, I'm not happy with their technical and sales support.

Neutral

The initial setup is not complex at all. I didn't have any difficulty or major issues configuring it.

Moreover, integration with other third-party solutions is very easy. Compared to Google, where we work with some big clients like JSL (one of India's top ten companies), AWS offers smoother integration. Their services are mature and well-documented. This makes the process easier for us.

Compared to competitors like Azure and Google, we find AWS pricing to be advantageous.

AWS excels in its detailed documentation and security features. That makes it a better choice for us.

I would definitely recommend using this solution. We recommend CloudFront, which provides a clear benefit, not universally for every project.

Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. 

Our primary use case for Amazon CloudFront is to cache content near users for faster delivery. For instance, when we need to deliver real-time reports to customers, we cache them in locations close to the users. It allows them to access the reports in a fraction of a second.

The product's most valuable feature is its ability to deliver content to users nearby. We have limited AWS regions, so accessing content directly from these regions can incur delays. However, with CloudFront, we can cache content closer to users, ensuring real-time access.

They could be expanding the number of locations available. It will help users easily access content.

We have been using Amazon CloudFront for six months.

While I have not encountered any major issues, sometimes it isn't easy to implement. However, considering these platforms are already extensively tested, any bugs encountered are usually addressed promptly. Overall, it works well. I rate the platform's stability an eight.

I rate the platform's scalability a nine out of ten.

One of my team members typically handles interactions with AWS support, and they have been able to provide satisfactory answers to our queries.

Positive

I have used Microsoft before.

The initial setup may seem difficult for first-time users, as is often with any cloud platform. However, with some work experience, navigating the screens and understanding the processes becomes easier. It takes only a few minutes or seconds to complete.

The security features provided by CloudFront have benefited our operations as we did not need to implement any additional security measures. The built-in security features were sufficient for our business requirements. I highly recommend a product if someone requires a solution for real-time access to data and content.

I rate it a nine out of ten.

Amazon CloudFront is a service that allows us to host our website or video on a domain. If we want to access a specific page on our website directly, we can create a CloudFront connection to the hosting server for our website. If we want to launch our website and then link it to documentation or other elements quickly, we can do so directly through CloudFront. Afterward, we can link our domain to the CloudFront distribution.

Amazon CloudFront is a service that dramatically accelerates the delivery of our static and dynamic web content.

The most valuable feature of the solution is the speed of delivery. For example, if we have HTML, CSS, PHP, images, and media files, CloudFront can deliver them quickly and reliably through its worldwide network of edge locations. This reduces latency, allowing webpages to open faster, while also providing high performance.

If the content is not stored in the Amazon CloudFront location, it will be retrieved from an origin, such as Amazon S3, a MediaPackage Channel, or an HTTP file server. For example, if the content is stored on a web server, that server can be identified as the source for the requested content. Suppose that we are hosting an image on a traditional web server, such as a PNG file. We might place the image on a website with the image name adhikary.png. This way, our users can easily navigate to the URL and see the image. When we use Amazon CloudFront, however, they may not be aware that the request is routed from one network to another. This is because the complex connections of interconnected networks that comprise the internet are hidden until the image is found.

Amazon CloudFront can improve by accurately determining the latency of a non-defined URL that the solution encounters. For example, if we have a direct connection, the solution will link to the data in a fraction of a second but if we don't have a direct connection and are using a domain name instead, it will take longer to connect. To improve this, we should consider getting a direct connection.

I have been using the solution for several months.

The stability of the product is very high, and it will not be affected by the connection of the endpoint to CSS, HTML, or CloudFront. Amazon CloudFront is an independent product and its stability is also very good.

I give the stability an eight out of ten.

I give the scalability an eight out of ten.

The technical support provides extensive support for their managed services. In most cases, we don't need much support, but if any issues arise, AWS provides quick and reliable assistance.

Positive

The initial setup is straightforward. I give the deployment an eight out of ten.

I believe the solution is more expensive. Amazon's pricing varies depending on the data transfer. The cost depends on how much data is transmitted from that particular CloudFront. The cost is lower if we are located in America and hosted in America.

I give the solution an eight out of ten.

Navigating Amazon CloudFront is easy and provides many options. Image access management, CloudFront delivery, and the location and IP address range of the CloudFront server is all easily accessible. I find Amazon CloudFront to be particularly productive, making it a great choice for my needs. If an organization is using Amazon's cloud service it is best to use Amazon CloudFront and stay away from other solutions.

The product offers content delivery network services. For instance, you might have a couple of applications hosted in the AWS cloud that need to be accessible through various regions, to ensure low latency rates in every location, a CDE is utilized with Amazon CloudFront to achieve it. 

When you have a CloudFront solution, it may also require additional security components, which we support at our company with related web application firewalls and routing. I have experience in deploying multiple solutions on AWS as a consultant. In our company, we use eight to ten AWS solutions on a daily basis. Our company is a service provider for AWS. 

Edge configuration and availability are vital features for easy content drop-off requests. 

The policies and prices keep on changing frequently with AWS solutions, including Amazon CloudFront. One of the biggest challenges with Amazon CloudFront is their pricing policy, which if mishandled can land a user with huge bills. 

I have previously used Amazon CloudFront for five years, there was a gap in between when I was working on OpenStack, but I am back again with Amazon CloudFront for one and a half years. 

At our company, we have never witnessed downtime with Amazon CloudFront for the failover zones and regions for global servers. I would rate the stability an eight out of ten. 

I would rate the scalability a nine out of ten. Amazon CloudFront can meet all our company's scaling requirements. 

Our company received outstanding support from AWS for Amazon CloudFront. The quality of support depends on the license agreements. I would rate the tech support an eight out of ten. 

Positive

Before Amazon CloudFront, I used OpenStack with varying configurations for multiple locations. I switched to Amazon CloudFront as my new company prefers it. 

The Amazon CloudFront integrations that are available for our company's content delivery needs are well-driven through the applications. I personally have greater experience with AWS Command Line Interface than the front-end, I believe client commands can also be executed with Amazon CloudFront without any challenges. 

I would rate the initial setup a seven out of ten. The solution is not used daily in our organization. Amazon CloudFront is used in our organization as per the use case by utilizing the excellent documentation available for the tool. The content configuration is implemented using the documentation.

Our company has published numerous solutions using Amazon CloudFront, but few experiments were conducted until we came across outstanding research. I think it's smart enough to find the right solution at the right point to get it quickly deployed. A wide range of configurations are possible with Amazon CloudFront. The solution is majorly deployed for public content delivery. 

The pricing structure is complicated. 

The use case of Amazon CloudFront in content delivery processes depends upon the application front of our organization. All the applications have their own configuration and customer locations, where the company's team can input a couple of static or dynamic websites that require attention. Our organization's team depends on CDL to ensure that the cache is available to the customers. 

Amazon CloudFront has improved the global content delivery speed in our organization due to accelerated access. The solution can be locally hosted and managed. It's an excellent solution in terms of cost, technology, availability and reliability. Amazon CloudFront has extremely minimal downtime rates.

There are rarely any competitor management solutions that would have the same level of efficiency and advantages as Amazon CloudFront in our organization. The product isn't used in our company for heavy use cases such as live streaming, we use it for basic requirements from the customers. 

One of the solution's best features is logging and monitoring, which provides all the alerts on time. The aforementioned features ensure that the available services are not only up and running but resilient as well. The product deals with one-time configurations.

Except for a few difficulties in the initial days after solution deployment, we haven't faced any challenges with Amazon CloudFront in our company. As the core function of the tool, deliverables are fixed, and the cache manages them accordingly. I would recommend Amazon CloudFront to other professionals, depending on their budget. Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. 

We use Amazon CloudFront as a monitoring tool. It helps us receive notifications and alerts for any issues or experiences within AWS. Amazon CloudFront and CloudWatch allow us to monitor production servers and detect issues. Additionally, the tool's global access capabilities ensure users worldwide can access content without failure. 

The tool is highly available and reliable. It helps to access server applications easily. Integrating Amazon CloudFront with other AWS services was very easy, I would rate it eight out of ten.

Amazon CloudFront is harder to understand compared to Azure. 

I rate the tool's stability a nine out of ten. It ensures the site is available globally without latency for 24 hours.

The technical support team from AWS is excellent. They provide very good support and are responsive to any issues we encounter on their cloud platform. If we face any problems, we can easily raise a ticket with the AWS team, and they assign an engineer to help resolve the issue. Overall, there are no issues with their support. Configuration issues can arise within our local technical team, which manages our cloud platform services for customers. In such cases, the AWS platform provides a reliable solution, ensuring a hundred percent resolution.

Positive

I used to work with AWS and Azure, and we provided cost comparisons for customers to help them choose the right services. Azure tends to be more user-friendly and easier to understand, while AWS may take more time.

I rate the overall solution a nine out of ten. 

We use Amazon CloudFront to host web services. It helps us protect websites and provides an easy deployment for AWS WAF.

The product’s most valuable feature is the availability of the websites.

The product could support any network load balancer. At present, we can use only Amazon’s load balancer application. It will help us manage hosting multiple web services or websites easily.

We have been using Amazon CloudFront for two to three years. At present, we use the latest version.

We have 30 to 40 admins executing using Amazon CloudFront in our organization. We plan to increase the usage as we migrate from a third-party WAF to AWS WAF.

The technical support services are good.

Positive

We migrated from EC2 as an individual website towards Amazon CloudFront. The migration was straightforward as it is available in AWS itself. It took around two weeks for 150 websites. We had a team of 50-60 executives to work on the deployment.

Amazon CloudFront costs less than third-party services. Going for third-party vendors may cost more, require some skills, and take time to integrate.

I rate Amazon CloudFront a seven out of ten.

I use the solution for CDN.

We use the platform to deliver files and media across the world.

The speed and usability of the solution are valuable. It's part of AWS. It’s pretty useful.

The tool must provide regional control. It must provide features to allow only one region to reach the content via CDN.

I have been using the solution for six years. I am using the latest version of the solution.

I rate the tool’s stability a ten out of ten.

I rate the solution’s scalability a ten out of ten.

The tool is very easy to set up.

I have seen a 100% return on investment in the product.

The product could improve its price. People using the product must pay attention to what they are setting up. The cost can greatly increase if they do not take care of it.

Overall, I rate the product a ten out of ten.