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Pethuvignesh K - PeerSpot reviewer
AWS Cloud Engineer at Pepul
Real User
Top 10
A cloud solution for building applications with DDoS protection
Pros and Cons
  • "It has built-in DDoS protection, which protects against DDoS attacks."
  • "Support needs to be enhanced."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution to build social media solutions. They distribute the short videos using the cloud.

What is most valuable?

CloudFront is good, comparing all aspects of the platform. It has built-in DDoS protection, which protects against DDoS attacks.

What needs improvement?

Support needs to be enhanced.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon CloudFront for 3 years.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The product is stable.

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

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

10,000-20,000 users are using this solution, but it dropped these days.

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

How are customer service and support?

We have basic customer service support. We usually use chat or call. It goes first to non-technical people, like salespeople or supports agents, who then forward the cases to a technical person.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is easy. You can do it on the dashboard itself. It requires minimal experience.

It takes five to ten minutes to deploy.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We have private pricing on AWS. We get a fifty percent discount.

What other advice do I have?

I recommend the solution. It has good services. It is scalable and cost-effective. We can add a graph on the other security on top of Cloudflare.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Saman Tohidian - PeerSpot reviewer
Retired at TechVertu
Real User
Top 5
A stable and scalable solution, but it is expensive and difficult to set up
Pros and Cons
  • "Amazon CloudFront is a stable solution."
  • "Amazon CloudFront's setup is a bit difficult, and we would love it if they made it easier."

What is our primary use case?

Our developers developed something that needed cloud services and deployed it on the Amazon CloudFront server.

What is most valuable?

Amazon CloudFront is a stable solution.

What needs improvement?

Amazon CloudFront's pricing is a bit high, and we would appreciate it if they reduced it.

Amazon CloudFront's setup is a bit difficult, and we would love it if they made it easier.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon CloudFront for the last six months.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Amazon CloudFront is a scalable solution. Four or five people are using Amazon CloudFront in our company.

How was the initial setup?

Amazon CloudFront's initial setup is difficult, and it takes a lot of time to set it up.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Amazon CloudFront is an expensive solution.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend Amazon CloudFront to other users.

Overall, I rate Amazon CloudFront a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

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Reseller
Top 20
Offers detailed documentation, ability to reduce latency and improves content delivery performance
Pros and Cons
  • "The distribution aspect of CloudFront and its ability to reduce latency are most beneficial."
  • "There is room for improvement in customer service and support."

What is our primary use case?

This product is used for website content distribution.

How has it helped my organization?

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.

What is most valuable?

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.

What needs improvement?

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.

For how long have I used the solution?

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

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the stability an eight out of ten. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

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

How are customer service and support?

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.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

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.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

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.

What other advice do I have?

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. 

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Deebak Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineer at Quadrasystems.net
Real User
Top 5
A highly available and reliable solution for monitoring
Pros and Cons
  • "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."

What is our primary use case?

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. 

What is most valuable?

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.

What needs improvement?

Amazon CloudFront is harder to understand compared to Azure. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

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

How are customer service and support?

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.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

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.

What other advice do I have?

I rate the overall solution a nine out of ten. 

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Adalberto Barbosa Da Costa Lobato - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Solutions Architect at gwcloud.company
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
A stable and easy-to-deploy solution that enables users to deliver files and media across the world
Pros and Cons
  • "The speed and usability of the solution are valuable."
  • "The tool must provide regional control."

What is our primary use case?

I use the solution for CDN.

How has it helped my organization?

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

What is most valuable?

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

What needs improvement?

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

For how long have I used the solution?

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

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

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

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

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

How was the initial setup?

The tool is very easy to set up.

What was our ROI?

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

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

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.

What other advice do I have?

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

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Cloud Software Engineer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 5
A solution that provides security and needs its users to go through an easy setup phase
Pros and Cons
  • "Feature-wise, I like the solution's signed URL because it provides security for me."
  • "During the setup phase, there were some hiccups in terms of security, the user role, and the permissions."

What is our primary use case?

I have been using Amazon CloudFront to create and then set up a signed URL, which is something I need for my project.

What is most valuable?

Feature-wise, I like the solution's signed URL because it provides security for me.

What needs improvement?

I don't know yet what can be improved in the solution. I don't have time to dig into it.

During the setup phase, there were some hiccups in terms of security, the user role, and the permissions. The aforementioned area can be considered for improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon CloudFront for one of my recent projects. I am a customer of the solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

For scalability, considering AWS, I can say for the Docker container, I can launch multiple instances.

How are customer service and support?

I haven't contacted customer support yet. I'd use online pages, YouTube, and all kinds of sources, but I won't prefer calling customer service directly.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward.

What other advice do I have?

I think everything in the solution looks fine to me because I've been back and forth between Azure and Amazon's UIs. So, I think I'm okay.

Since I haven't explored the solution yet, I rate the overall product an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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SriRam1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at Cookr
Real User
Top 20
Is cost effective and is used for image loading
Pros and Cons
  • "The image loading process is easy and cost-effective too."
  • "Improvements are needed as per customer requirements."

What is our primary use case?

I use this solution for image loading. 

What is most valuable?

The image loading process is easy and cost-effective too. 

What needs improvement?

Improvements are needed as per customer requirements.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon CloudFront for four years. 

How was the initial setup?

The cloud automation is created within minutes.

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reviewer1530864 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at a renewables & environment company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Top 5
Provides good technical support services, but it could be integrated with multiple load balancers
Pros and Cons
  • "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."

What is our primary use case?

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

What is most valuable?

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

What needs improvement?

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.

For how long have I used the solution?

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

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

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.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support services are good.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

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.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

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

What other advice do I have?

I rate Amazon CloudFront a seven out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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