Amazon CloudFront

Amazon, Seattle, Washington, United States

Amazon CloudFront is a highly scalable content delivery network service operated by Amazon Web Services.

It uses over 700 points of presence and 13 regional edge caches, integrates with services like S3, EC2, and Lambda@Edge, offers built-in DDoS protection via AWS Shield, and provides detailed real-time metrics through CloudWatch.

According to our data, Amazon CloudFront is the second most popular content delivery network on the web.
It has 16.3% of the CDN market share and is detected on 5.1% of all websites.

Statistics based on 3.5M+ analyzed websites. About this data

💸 Pricing

Amazon CloudFront is available in both free and paid versions.

Free tier ✔️1 TB of data transfer out per month
Data transfer out (per month)
Next 9TB$0.085+/GB
Next 40TB$0.080+/GB
Next 100TB$0.060+/GB
Next 350TB$0.040+/GB

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 Amazon CloudFront Awards

⚡ Sites Using Amazon CloudFront

We have data on 179,095 websites that use the Amazon CloudFront CDN. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Amazon CloudFront is x.com.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 x.com #12 English
2 yahoo.com #16 United States American English
3 flickr.com #32 English
4 soundcloud.com #40 Germany English
5 linktr.ee #44 Australia English
6 discord.com #46 United States English
7 cnn.com #67 United States English
8 eventbrite.com #77 English
9 tumblr.com #78 United States American English
10 quora.com #81 American English
11 reuters.com #84 Switzerland English
12 openai.com #95 United States American English
13 washingtonpost.com #104 English
14 dailymotion.com #115 France American English
15 calendly.com #116 English
16 uber.com #117 United States English
17 npr.org #125 English
18 classlink.com #127 United States English
19 shutterstock.com #132 United States English
20 goodreads.com #134 United States English

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Amazon CloudFront:

Most of the sites using Amazon CloudFront are from the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

  • United States 26.3%
  • Japan 7.8%
  • United Kingdom 7.7%
  • Brazil 6.5%
  • Germany 4.9%
  • Australia 4.5%
  • France 3.5%
  • Canada 3.1%
  • India 2.8%
  • Other 32.9%

Most Amazon CloudFront users speak English, Japanese, or Portuguese.

  • English 68.6%
  • Japanese 5.4%
  • Portuguese 4.8%
  • Spanish 3.7%
  • German 3.3%
  • French 2.5%
  • Dutch 1.5%
  • Italian 1.4%
  • Czech 0.9%
  • Other 7.9%

The Amazon CloudFront CDN is especially popular on .com top-level domains.

  • .com 52.5%
  • .org 4.4%
  • .co.uk 2.5%
  • .com.au 2.2%
  • .de 2%
  • .jp 2%
  • .net 1.9%
  • .ca 1.2%
  • .nl 1.1%
  • Other 30.2%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Amazon CloudFront include business, online shopping, and marketing and merchandising.

  • Business 17.5%
  • Online Shopping 14.2%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 9.9%
  • Internet Services 4.5%
  • Education/Reference 4.4%
  • Sports 4.3%
  • Entertainment 4%
  • Travel 3.4%
  • General News 3.4%
  • Other 34.4%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Amazon CloudFront alternatives.

RankName
1
Cloudflare
San Francisco, California, United States

A global content delivery network designed for enterprise-grade speed and built-in DDoS protection.

Free$25+/month
3
Fastly
San Francisco, California, United States

A global content delivery network provider that delivers cached and dynamic web content via edge servers deployed around the world.

Free$$$
4
Akamai
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

A global content delivery network provider that serves web content, streaming media, and applications through edge infrastructure in more than 130 countries.

$$$
5
Google Cloud CDN
Mountain View, California, United States

A content delivery network service within Google Cloud that accelerates websites and web applications through Google's globally distributed edge infrastructure.

$$$
6
Azure CDN
Redmond, Washington, United States

A global solution for delivering high-bandwidth content by caching it at strategically placed physical nodes across the world.

Free$$$

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

What is the company behind Amazon CloudFront?

Amazon CloudFront is owned by Amazon.com, Inc., headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Does Amazon CloudFront offer a free plan?

Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.

Which country uses Amazon CloudFront the most?

The majority of Amazon CloudFront users are from the United States.

Who uses Amazon CloudFront?

According to our data, Amazon CloudFront is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as x.com, yahoo.com, and flickr.com.

Is Amazon CloudFront used on government websites?

Overall, we found Amazon CloudFront on 330 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use Amazon CloudFront?

Yes, quite a few! Overall, we know of 376 academic websites in the United States that use Amazon CloudFront.

How does Amazon CloudFront compare to its competitors?

Amazon CloudFront is one of the most popular content delivery networks, second only to Cloudflare.

What are the alternatives to Amazon CloudFront?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Amazon CloudFront may include Cloudflare, Fastly, and Akamai.

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