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Amazon CloudFront vs IBM Cloud Video comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon CloudFront
Ranking in CDN
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM Cloud Video
Ranking in CDN
30th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Meetings (29th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the CDN category, the mindshare of Amazon CloudFront is 6.4%, down from 8.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Cloud Video is 0.5%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
CDN Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Amazon CloudFront6.4%
IBM Cloud Video0.5%
Other93.1%
CDN
 

Featured Reviews

Nicolas Forgues - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Data & Content at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
Improved web performance has boosted content customization and currently delivers faster user experiences
From my perspective, I see some weaknesses in Amazon CloudFront; I would rate the product something around nine out of ten, but there are disadvantages compared to its competitors. Talking specifically about Amazon CloudFront, I think they could have some additional features in the future, and I believe they may lack certain functionalities.
RL
Co-Founder & Events Producer at Think Event
Great user interface and easy to implement
I like the corporate looking user interface for the audience and very straight forward log-in process too. The user interface of other solutions such as GoToWebinar can be confusing for a less tech-savvy audience. IBM has thoroughly thought through everything and the flexibility to integrate the API to expand the registration gateway allows us to have an extra layer of security. Furthermore, the brand IBM is reputable in the market for its data and network security.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The product’s most valuable feature is the availability of the websites."
"Amazon CloudFront is a stable solution."
"The UI and the functionality in AWS for CloudFront is much better as compared to Azure and GCP."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the speed of delivery."
"The product is very well interconnected with other Amazon services."
"The most valuable feature is the number of servers they can put your content in while being reliable."
"It has built-in DDoS protection, which protects against DDoS attacks."
"The support team is knowledgeable."
"I like the user interface. There aren't too many buttons that the audience will have to fiddle with."
 

Cons

"I have utilized certain characteristics and invested effort in reading the documentation, which proved to be challenging."
"During the setup phase, there were some hiccups in terms of security, the user role, and the permissions."
"Amazon CloudFront is harder to understand compared to Azure."
"With a mixed stack, things become a problem. With GCP and Azure, the DNS setup gets tricky when using CloudFront."
"The lack of seamless integration made the setup process more complex and required additional research to manage all the services properly."
"Sometimes, the server goes down automatically."
"CloudFront could improve in the areas of auto-scaling, reports, and insights. End clients desire more detailed reports to understand usage patterns better."
"Amazon CloudFront can improve by accurately determining the latency of a non-defined URL that the solution encounters."
"They should improve the registration gateway. Currently, you can't do a pre-event registration that's straightforward. You have to do an API to integrate. It would be a lot easier if they had that."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"For CloudFront, I'm quite satisfied with the pricing. Initially, it doesn't require many resources for this specific solution."
"The product could improve its price."
"Compared to competitors like Azure and Google, we find AWS pricing to be advantageous."
"Its price is really on the high side. It should be cheaper in general."
"The solution’s price is reasonable."
"Amazon CloudFront costs less than third-party services."
"Amazon's pricing varies depending on the data transfer."
"The product has a mid-range pricing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise16
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Questions from the Community

How do I choose between AWS Global Accelerator and Amazon CloudFront?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Amazon’s Web Service Global Accelerator or Amazon CloudFront global content delivery network was the better fit for us. We decided to go w...
What do you like most about Amazon CloudFront?
The solution has good security features.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon CloudFront?
I find Amazon's pricing good, rating it eight out of ten and considering it affordable and rightly placed, not expensive.
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Sample Customers

Unilever, Spotify, Pinterest, MLB Advanced Media, Foursquare, PBS, Airbnb, Netflix, WIX, Comcast, Automobili Lamborghini, Rovio, Discovery Communications
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