🆚 Azure CDN vs. Google Cloud CDN

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Google Cloud CDN is twice as popular as Azure CDN.
🌎 Google Cloud CDN is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
🌍 Azure CDN is more popular in the Netherlands, Sweden, and Turkey.

Azure CDN

Google Cloud CDN

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.

Google Cloud CDN accelerates web applications using Google's global edge network.

Headquarters

Redmond, Washington, United States

Mountain View, California, United States

Website

azure.microsoft.com

cloud.google.com/cdn

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

Cache data transfer out< 10 TB/month$0.08+/GB
10–150 TB/month$0.055+/GB
150–500 TB/month$0.03+/GB

Cache fill$0.01+/GB

Lookup requests$0.0075/10K requests

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Google Cloud CDN technology is 1.7 times more popular than Azure CDN.

Total websites

Market share

CDN

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Google Cloud CDN is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, while Azure CDN is more popular in the Netherlands, Sweden, and Turkey.

United States

United Kingdom

Canada

Germany

Australia

Japan

France

Brazil

Netherlands

India

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 Lithuania in the CDN category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Brazil in the CDN category.
⭐ 4th most popular in France in the CDN category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Switzerland in the CDN category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Israel in the CDN category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Google Cloud CDN is more popular among sites focused on education and reference, sports, and entertainment, while Azure CDN is more commonly used on business, online shopping, and marketing and merchandising sites.

Business

Online Shopping

Marketing/Merchandising

Education/Reference

Fashion/Beauty

Health

Travel

Sports

Entertainment

Finance/Banking