🆚 Azure CDN vs. Azure Front Door

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Azure CDN is twice as popular as Azure Front Door.
🌎 Azure CDN is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
🌎 Azure Front Door is more popular in Brazil, Taiwan, and Argentina.

Azure CDN

Azure Front Door

Type

Content delivery network

About

Azure Content Delivery Network is a global solution for delivering high-bandwidth content by caching it at strategically placed physical nodes across the world.

Azure CDN Standard (classic) will be retired on September 30, 2027, and Microsoft advises migrating to Azure Front Door.

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 ✔️First 30 days

Outbound data transfers (first 10TB)$0.081/GB

10–50 TB$0.075/GB

50–150 TB$0.056/GB

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.

Azure CDN technology is 1.9 times more popular than Azure Front Door.

Total websites

Market share

CDN

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Azure CDN is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, while Azure Front Door is more popular in Brazil, Taiwan, and Argentina.

United States

United Kingdom

Australia

Netherlands

Canada

Germany

France

Sweden

Denmark

Italy

Awards

⭐ 4th most popular in Denmark in the CDN category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Norway in the CDN category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Turkey in the CDN category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Ireland in the CDN category.
⭐ 5th most popular in the Netherlands in the CDN 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 CDN is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and marketing and merchandising, while Azure Front Door is more commonly used on software and hardware, and general news sites.

Business

Online Shopping

Marketing/Merchandising

Health

Finance/Banking

Education/Reference

Fashion/Beauty

Travel

Software/Hardware

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO