--- description: Review of Amazon CloudFront Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Amazon CloudFront | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Cloud Storage Software](/directory/4231/cloud-storage/software) > [Amazon CloudFront](/software/391129/amazon-cloudfront) # Amazon CloudFront Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/391129/amazon-cloudfront Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/391129/amazon-cloudfront?page=2) > Amazon CloudFront helps businesses delivery their content over a secure and distributed network. In addition to increasing the speed and quality of delivered items, it also increases security of the application, allowing for protection against network attacks. Amazon CloudFront is completely compliant with all government regulations and reports can be easily generated to monitor metrics. > > Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 11 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 11 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 3.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 3.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Amazon Web Services - **Location**: Seattle, US - **Founded**: 2006 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$0.09 - **Pricing Details**: Amazon CloudFront is available for free and on on-demand pricing starting at $0.085/month (First 10TB). - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Authentication - Compliance Management - Content Compression - Content Personalization - DDoS Protection Software - Data Management - Encryption - File Sharing - Global Network - Large File Delivery - Performance Metrics - Real-Time Data - Remote Access/Control - Reporting/Analytics - Secure Data Storage - Secure Login - Video Delivery - Video Encoding ## Integrations (3 total) - AWS Shield - AWS WAF - Amazon S3 ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - Knowledge Base ## Category - [Cloud Storage Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4231/cloud-storage/software) ## Related Categories - [Cloud Storage Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4231/cloud-storage/software) - [Content Delivery Network Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4460/content-delivery-network/software) ## Alternatives 1. [Google Cloud](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/172144/google-cloud-platform) — 4.7/5 (2262 reviews) 2. [echo3D](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/403638/echoar) — 4.5/5 (169 reviews) 3. [Myra Security](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/397403/myra-web-application-security) — 4.5/5 (2 reviews) 4. [Gumlet](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/353372/gumlet) — 4.9/5 (202 reviews) 5. [Cloudflare](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/129886/cloudflare) — 4.7/5 (515 reviews) ## Reviews ### "An almost complete CDN at a really chea price" — 4.0/5 > **Gianluigi** | *16 July 2022* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: You pay only bandwith costs, so it's really unexpensive for us. Statistics are really usefull and quite complete. Integration with Lambda is a really powerfull tool to execute complicated logic before sending a response. > > **Cons**: Setting up can be a quite difficult and the documentation is not really clear sometime. > > We need a CDN to deliver large and static files and execute some logic before send the response. The logic is contained inside a Lambda function which calculate the resource to send back to the requester using a mapping file. ----- ### "CDN for static websites and media" — 5.0/5 > **Omer** | *20 November 2022* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Easy to use, fast, reliable, cheap. CloudFront is a great CDN for static websites and media. It's easy to use and configure. It's fast and reliable. It's also cheap. I have used it for a few years and I only had minor issues with it. It makes serving static (cache-able) content very easy. It's also very easy to integrate with other AWS services such as S3, Route53, and Lambda Edge to customize the behavior of the CDN. Security best practices are builtin and usage with AWS IAC tool (CloudFormation) was a delight. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to serve static content from AWS. > > **Cons**: CloudFront itself is a global service, however, Lambda Edge which integrates with CloudFront can only be deployed on a specific AWS region (North Virginia). This means you will be forced to deploy parts of your infrastructure in that region. This is not always (allowed) by certain companies policies. > > Most of my usage of CloudFront was coupled with AWS CloudFormation. This meant I was able to quickly use sample stacks to deploy and test my infrastructure. I was also able to use the same stack to deploy to multiple environments (dev, staging, production). ----- ### "The AWS solution for CDN and with other uses as well" — 3.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *14 April 2022* | Higher Education | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: With CloudFront we were able to correct incorrect response headers from sources such as s3 buckets, api gateways, and lambdas that were returning valid results but invalid response headers. This helped us fix some SEO issues. Additionally since it is a CDN it helps deliver our content faster and more reliably. > > **Cons**: This software can make debugging more difficult. In general I do not like how AWS handles logging. I also dislike that other AWS services initially returned errors that necessitated the use of a CloudFront to correct incorrect headers. > > It's okay. It often looks like the grass is greener for companies and products who focus specifically on CDN services, but in general it's nice to work within one ecosystem. ----- ### "Reliable and Scalable CDN for Modern QA Teams" — 4.0/5 > **Clara** | *22 October 2025* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: I like that is a fast global content delivery platform, with great uptime, and seamless integration with AWS services for optimized performance. > > **Cons**: For my team, the Initial setup felt complex, and pricing details could be clearer for teams new to AWS cost structures. > > It is a reliable CDN with excellent speed, strong security, and scalability that supports QA and production workloads. ----- ### "Amazon Cloudfront is an instantly scalable content delivery network" — 5.0/5 > **Jb** | *13 July 2022* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: Instantly helps achieve scalability to deliver millions of videos, images and other static content without setting up your own content network or buying into expensive solutions. Cloudfront's edge delivery capabilities makes the entire content experience super fast for all clients. Encryption and storage management comes out of the box with right infrastructure and cloud setup. > > **Cons**: Cloudfront can use better, simpler documentation. It's also missing more out of the box solutions, for ex. how to setup and a on-demand-video delivery setup or templates for its cloud deployment. There are templates available in AWS China but no within US, it's missing english documentation. With SDK, there can be more default integrations with established CMS systems like JamStack to simplify development experience. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/391129/amazon-cloudfront?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/391129/amazon-cloudfront) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data