🆚 Azure Application Gateway vs. Azure Front Door

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Azure Front Door is slightly more popular than Azure Application Gateway.
🌎 Azure Front Door is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.
🌍 Azure Application Gateway is more popular in Germany, Japan, and France.

Azure Application Gateway

Azure Front Door

Type

Load balancer

Content delivery network

About

Azure Application Gateway is a managed web traffic load balancer and full reverse proxy that enables scalable, highly available, and secure web application delivery on Azure.

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

Headquarters

Redmond, Washington, United States

Website

azure.microsoft.com

Pricing

Free version ❌

Application Gateway BasicFixed cost$0.0255/hour
Capacity unit$0.0091/hour

Application Gateway StandardFixed cost$0.246/hour
Capacity unit$0.008/hour

Free version ❌

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

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Azure Front Door CDN is 1.3 times more popular than Azure Application Gateway.

Total websites

Market share

Load Balancers

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Azure Front Door is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, while Azure Application Gateway is more popular in Germany, Japan, and France.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

Netherlands

Australia

Canada

Japan

France

Spain

Denmark

Awards

🥈 Second most popular in the Philippines in the Load Balancers category.
⭐ 6th most popular in Japan in the Load Balancers category.
⭐ 6th most popular in Spain in the Load Balancers category.
⭐ 6th most popular in Ireland in the Load Balancers category.
⭐ 6th most popular in Singapore in the Load Balancers category.

🥉 Third most popular in Denmark in the Load Balancers category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Malta in the Load Balancers category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Malta in the CDN category.
⭐ 5th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Load Balancers category.
⭐ 6th most popular in the Netherlands in the Load Balancers category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Azure Front Door is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping, while Azure Application Gateway is more commonly used on education and reference sites.

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Online Shopping

Education/Reference

Health

Finance/Banking

Travel

Software/Hardware

Government/Military

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO