🆚 Alibaba Cloud CDN vs. Amazon CloudFront

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Amazon CloudFront is much more popular than Alibaba Cloud CDN.
🌎 Amazon CloudFront is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan.
🌍 Alibaba Cloud CDN is more popular in China and Indonesia.

Alibaba Cloud CDN

Amazon CloudFront

Type

Content delivery network

About

Alibaba Cloud CDN is a globally distributed content delivery network service provided by Alibaba Cloud.

It operates a worldwide network of more than 3,200 points of presence, with over 2,300 located in mainland China, uses intelligent scheduling to route requests to optimal edge nodes, supports advanced routing and protocol optimizations, and provides APIs for automation and integration.

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.

Headquarters

Hangzhou, China

Seattle, Washington, United States

Website

alibabacloud.com #2,130

aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/

Pricing

Downstream traffic, 0–50 TB$0.07/GB

50–100TB$0.06/GB

100TB-1PB$0.03/GB

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

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Amazon CloudFront CDN is 18 times more popular than Alibaba Cloud CDN.

Total websites

Market share

CDN

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Amazon CloudFront is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan, while Alibaba Cloud CDN is more popular in China and Indonesia.

United States

United Kingdom

Japan

Brazil

Germany

Australia

China

France

Canada

India