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A content delivery platform caches your assets and responses at edge locations close to users, cutting latency and load on your origin. Modern platforms also bundle DDoS protection, WAF, image optimisation and edge compute, so the line between CDN and application platform has blurred.
This page compares seven options developers actually pick: standalone CDNs (Cloudflare, Fastly, Bunny, Gcore) and the CDNs inside the big clouds (CloudFront, Google Cloud CDN, Azure Front Door). Prices come from each vendor's own pages on 2026-11-07 and change often, so confirm before committing.
Tools, licences and pricing checked against vendor and repository pages on November 7, 2026.
| Tool | Best for | Pricing | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Sites wanting CDN plus DNS and security on one network | Free; Pro $20 per month billed annually ($25 monthly); Business $200 per month annually ($250 monthly). | Proprietary |
| Amazon CloudFront | AWS-based applications | Free $0 (1M requests, 100GB); Pro $15; Business $200; Premium $1,000 per month. Pay-as-you-go also available. | Proprietary |
| Fastly | Programmable edge for performance-sensitive apps | Free tier; Growth pay-as-you-go ($0.12/GB in North America and Europe for the first 10 TB); Deliver packages from $1,500 per month. | Proprietary |
| Bunny CDN | Low-cost, pay-per-GB delivery | From $0.01 per GB (Europe and North America); $1 monthly minimum; 14-day free trial. | Proprietary |
| Google Cloud CDN | Google Cloud workloads | Cache egress from $0.08/GiB (under 10 TiB); lookups $0.0075 per 10,000 requests; $300 credit for new customers. | Proprietary |
| Azure Front Door | Azure workloads needing CDN plus global load balancing | Pay for what you use; see vendor pricing. | Proprietary |
| Gcore CDN | Cost-conscious media and web delivery | Free 1 TB per month; then from EUR 0.01 per GB, with volume discounts. | Proprietary |
Best for: Sites wanting CDN plus DNS and security on one network · Free; Pro $20 per month billed annually ($25 monthly); Business $200 per month annually ($250 monthly).
Cloudflare includes CDN on every plan, with optional add-ons such as Argo Smart Routing, Automatic Platform Optimization and Cache Reserve.
Best for: AWS-based applications · Free $0 (1M requests, 100GB); Pro $15; Business $200; Premium $1,000 per month. Pay-as-you-go also available.
CloudFront offers flat-rate plans per distribution with no overage charges, as well as pay-as-you-go. Plans bundle CDN, DNS, DDoS protection and WAF rules.
Best for: Programmable edge for performance-sensitive apps · Free tier; Growth pay-as-you-go ($0.12/GB in North America and Europe for the first 10 TB); Deliver packages from $1,500 per month.
Fastly offers delivery, compute and security with a free tier, pay-as-you-go Growth tier and Enterprise tier. Free allowances include 100 GB bandwidth and 1M requests for full-site delivery.
Best for: Low-cost, pay-per-GB delivery · From $0.01 per GB (Europe and North America); $1 monthly minimum; 14-day free trial.
Bunny CDN charges per GB on its Standard network, starting at $0.01 per GB in Europe and North America, with a $1 monthly minimum.
Best for: Google Cloud workloads · Cache egress from $0.08/GiB (under 10 TiB); lookups $0.0075 per 10,000 requests; $300 credit for new customers.
Cloud CDN caches content on Google's edge network for backends on Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, GKE or other HTTP origins, with Cloud Armor integration.
Best for: Azure workloads needing CDN plus global load balancing · Pay for what you use; see vendor pricing.
Azure Front Door is Microsoft's CDN and global HTTP load balancer with a rules engine, WAF, bot protection and DDoS protection.
Best for: Cost-conscious media and web delivery · Free 1 TB per month; then from EUR 0.01 per GB, with volume discounts.
Gcore CDN runs from 210+ locations with HTTP/3, image optimisation, DDoS protection and edge compute. It includes 1 TB free every month.
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| If you need… | Start with |
|---|---|
| CDN with DNS and security, flat monthly plan | Cloudflare |
| You already run on AWS | Amazon CloudFront |
| Programmable edge logic | Fastly |
| Cheapest pay-per-GB delivery | Bunny CDN or Gcore CDN |
| Google Cloud or Azure workloads | Google Cloud CDN or Azure Front Door |
Quick answers to common questions
A network of edge servers that cache and serve your content near users, usually with added security and edge compute.
Cloudflare Free, CloudFront Free, Fastly's free tier and Gcore's 1 TB monthly allowance are free; Bunny has a 14-day trial.
Flat plans like CloudFront and Cloudflare make bills predictable. Per-GB pricing like Bunny suits uneven or low traffic.
It can help with TLS termination, DDoS protection and caching of cacheable responses, but dynamic APIs gain less than static assets.
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