# Azure Front Door

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/cdn/azure-front-door/

Microsoft's combined CDN, global entry point and app delivery layer, billed on base fee plus metered data transfer.

## Who it suits

Teams on Azure that want CDN, global load balancing and WAF as one combined entry point rather than separate products.

Consider something else if Budget-sensitive at small scale — no free tier and a $35/month base fee before any traffic is a higher floor than most pay-as-you-go CDNs in this category.

## What the documentation says

### Pricing

- Free tier: No ([source](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/frontdoor/), read 2026-09-11)
- Entry paid plan: Standard tier: $35/month base fee. Premium tier: $330/month base fee. ([source](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/frontdoor/), read 2026-09-11)
- Pricing model: Multi-dimensional: an hourly base fee, outbound data transfer to clients, outbound transfer to origins, and per-request fees. ([source](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/frontdoor/), read 2026-09-11)
- Egress over allowance: North America (Zone 1): $0.083/GB for the first 10 TB/month, with tiered reductions at higher volumes. ([source](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/frontdoor/), read 2026-09-11)

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