Azure Front Door
Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, United StatesAzure Front Door is a content delivery network service from the Microsoft Azure cloud that offers more than 100 edge locations, Layer 7 load-balancing capabilities, and TCP splitting paired with a private global Microsoft backbone network.
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.
It appears on 0.8% of all websites in Denmark, 0.6% in Australia, and 0.6% in Canada.
- π Website
πΈ Pricing
Azure Front Door is a commercial product priced starting at $35 per month.
π Rankings and Market Share
- CDN
- Rank: 10
- Market share: 0.9%
- Load Balancers
- Rank: 9
- Market share: 4.5%
- WAF
- Rank: 4
- Market share: 11.8%
π Azure Front Door Awards
- π₯ Most popular in Denmark in the WAF category.
- π₯ Second most popular in the United Kingdom in the WAF category.
- π₯ Second most popular in Australia in the WAF category.
- π₯ Second most popular in the Netherlands in the WAF category.
- π₯ Second most popular in Norway in the WAF category.
- π₯ Second most popular in Chile in the WAF category.
- π₯ Second most popular in South Africa in the WAF category.
- π₯ Second most popular in Hong Kong in the WAF category.
- π₯ Third most popular in Canada in the WAF category.
- π₯ Third most popular in Germany in the WAF category.
β‘ Sites Using Azure Front Door
We have data on 12,310 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.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | microsoft.com |
#3 | United States | American English |
| 2 | #13 | United States | American English | |
| 3 | #57 | United States | American English | |
| 4 | #184 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 5 | #387 | Italy | Italian | |
| 6 | #410 | United States | American English | |
| 7 | support.microsoft.com |
United States | American English | |
| 8 | #635 | English | ||
| 9 | #722 | United States | American English | |
| 10 | #1,051 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 11 | #1,145 | United States | American English | |
| 12 | #1,225 | United States | American English | |
| 13 | #1,286 | Canada | English | |
| 14 | #1,317 | English | ||
| 15 | #1,479 | United States | American English | |
| 16 | #1,570 | English | ||
| 17 | #1,657 | American English | ||
| 18 | #1,688 | Germany | German | |
| 19 | #1,839 | Switzerland | English | |
| 20 | #2,045 | United States | English |
π Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Azure Front Door:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Business category.
Most of the sites using Azure Front Door are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
- United States 29.6%
- United Kingdom 9.9%
- Australia 5.4%
- Netherlands 4.8%
- Canada 4.6%
- Germany 4.5%
- Japan 2.8%
- France 2.5%
- Denmark 2.2%
- Other 33.7%
Most Azure Front Door users speak English, Spanish, or Dutch.
- English 70.8%
- Spanish 4.2%
- Dutch 3.6%
- German 3.6%
- French 2.8%
- Japanese 2.1%
- Portuguese 1.8%
- Danish 1.4%
- Italian 1.3%
- Other 8.4%
The Azure Front Door CDN is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 46.1%
- .org 5.7%
- .co.uk 3.9%
- .ca 3.1%
- .com.au 3%
- .nl 2.8%
- .de 2.2%
- .dk 1.4%
- .net 1.4%
- Other 30.4%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Azure Front Door include business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping.
- Business 24.7%
- Marketing/Merchandising 9.5%
- Online Shopping 8%
- Health 6.1%
- Finance/Banking 5.4%
- Education/Reference 4.7%
- Travel 4.4%
- Software/Hardware 3.5%
- Government/Military 2.8%
- Other 30.9%
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π¬ 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, cloud.microsoft, and
cdc.gov.
Is Azure Front Door used on government websites?
Yes, for example, it is used by cdc.gov,
ca.gov, and
kentucky.gov. Overall, we found Azure Front Door on 86 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Azure Front Door?
Yes. In total, we know of 58 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, Azure Application Gateway, and 
Cloudflare.
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ποΈ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 4,009,087 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.