Azure Front Door

Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, United States

Azure Front Door is is a cloud content delivery network service that offers Layer 7 load-balancing capabilities.

According to our data, Azure Front Door is the 10th most popular content delivery network on the web.
It has 0.9% of the CDN market share and is present on 0.3% of all websites.

πŸ’Έ Pricing

Azure Front Door is a commercial product priced starting at $35 per month.

Standard $35/month
Premium $330/month
Outbound data transfers (first 10TB) $0.083/GB
10–50 TB $0.066/GB
50–150 TB $0.057/GB

πŸ“Š Rankings and Market Share

πŸ† Azure Front Door Awards

⚑ Sites Using Azure Front Door

We have data on 12,098 websites that use the Azure Front Door CDN. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Azure Front Door is microsoft.com.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 microsoft.com #3 United States American English
2 who.int #88 English
3 cloud.microsoft #91 United States American English
4 cdc.gov #110 United States American English
5 costco.com #333 American English
6 nhs.uk #387 United Kingdom English
7 ca.gov #464 United States American English
8 marksandspencer.com #470 United Kingdom British English
9 support.microsoft.com United States American English
10 wordwall.net #716 United States English
11 poste.it #1,084 Italy Italian
12 minecraft.net #1,128 United States American English
13 softbank.jp #1,177 Japan Japanese
14 fifa.com #1,209 English
15 pch.com #1,278 United States English
16 kaiserpermanente.org #1,282 United States American English
17 onenote.com #1,316 American English
18 starbucks.com #1,337 American English
19 handelsblatt.com #1,394 Germany German
20 uefa.com #1,396 Switzerland English

πŸ“ˆ Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Azure Front Door:

Most of the sites using Azure Front Door are from the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • United States 38.4%
  • United Kingdom 8.2%
  • Australia 4.6%
  • Netherlands 4.3%
  • Canada 4.1%
  • Germany 3.9%
  • Japan 2.5%
  • France 2.1%
  • Denmark 1.9%
  • Other 30%

Most Azure Front Door users speak English, Spanish, or Dutch.

  • English 70.8%
  • Spanish 4.2%
  • Dutch 3.7%
  • German 3.6%
  • French 2.8%
  • Japanese 2.1%
  • Portuguese 1.9%
  • Danish 1.4%
  • Italian 1.3%
  • Other 8.2%

The Azure Front Door CDN is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 46.3%
  • .org 5.8%
  • .co.uk 3.8%
  • .ca 3.1%
  • .com.au 3%
  • .nl 2.8%
  • .de 2.2%
  • .dk 1.4%
  • .net 1.4%
  • Other 30.2%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Azure Front Door include business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping.

  • Business 24.8%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 9.5%
  • Online Shopping 7.9%
  • Health 6%
  • Finance/Banking 5.4%
  • Education/Reference 4.7%
  • Travel 4.4%
  • Software/Hardware 3.4%
  • Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 2.8%
  • Other 31.1%

πŸ•΅οΈ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Azure Front Door alternatives.

RankName
1
Cloudflare
San Francisco, California, United States

A global content delivery network designed for enterprise-grade speed and DDoS protection, backed by more than 405 Tbps of network capacity.

Free$25+/month
2
Amazon CloudFront
Seattle, Washington, United States

A highly scalable content delivery network service operated by Amazon Web Services.

Free tier$$$
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.

$$$
7
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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πŸ’¬ Frequently Asked Questions

What is the company behind Azure Front Door?

Azure Front Door is owned by Microsoft Corporation, headquartered in Redmond, Washington, United States.

Does Azure Front Door offer a free plan?

No, Azure Front Door is a paid solution.

How much does it cost?

Azure Front Door is priced from $35 per month for the Standard plan.

Which country uses Azure Front Door the most?

The majority of Azure Front Door users are from the United States.

Who uses Azure Front Door?

According to our data, Azure Front Door is used on thousands of sites, including microsoft.com, who.int, and cloud.microsoft.

Is Azure Front Door used on government websites?

Yes, for example, it is used by cdc.gov and ca.gov. Overall, we found Azure Front Door on 85 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use Azure Front Door?

Yes. In total, we know of 57 academic websites in the United States that use Azure Front Door.

How does Azure Front Door stack up against the competition?

Azure Front Door is a moderately popular CDN, ranking ahead of 29 other content delivery networks we track.

What are the alternatives to Azure Front Door?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Azure Front Door may include Azure CDN, Cloudflare, and Amazon CloudFront.

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