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Amazon CloudFront vs Azure Front Door

A comparison of Amazon CloudFront and Azure Front Door built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.

Updated 5 criteria comparedSources last checked

The short answer

Pick Amazon CloudFront if
Teams already on AWS that want CDN bundled with other AWS services under one flat monthly price rather than itemized per-GB billing.
Pick Azure Front Door if
Teams on Azure that want CDN, global load balancing and WAF as one combined entry point rather than separate products.

3 sourced criteria separate them:

Free tier
Amazon CloudFront: Yes
Azure Front Door: No
Entry paid plan
Amazon CloudFront: Pro plan: $15/month.
Azure Front Door: Standard tier: $35/month base fee. Premium tier: $330/month base fee.
Pricing model
Amazon CloudFront: Flat-rate monthly plans bundling CloudFront with multiple AWS services and features, with no overage charges within plan limits.
Azure Front Door: Multi-dimensional: an hourly base fee, outbound data transfer to clients, outbound transfer to origins, and per-request fees.
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01.

At a glance.

CriterionAmazon CloudFrontAzure Front Door
Pricing
Free tier
Yes
No
Entry paid planPro plan: $15/month.Standard tier: $35/month base fee. Premium tier: $330/month base fee.
Pricing modelFlat-rate monthly plans bundling CloudFront with multiple AWS services and features, with no overage charges within plan limits.Multi-dimensional: an hourly base fee, outbound data transfer to clients, outbound transfer to origins, and per-request fees.

Only criteria both providers publish appear here; a tinted cell marks a real difference. Criteria only one of them documents are listed below, and an absence there means we found no source — not that the feature is missing. How we source this.

The small bar above a value is inetGeek's own lean toward that side — computed from the same facts shown, never a number the provider published. See the picker below "The short answer" to weigh only the criteria you care about.

02.

Where they differ.

Free tier

Amazon CloudFront
Yes
Azure Front Door
No
Sources (2) →

Entry paid plan

Amazon CloudFront
Pro plan: $15/month.
Azure Front Door
Standard tier: $35/month base fee. Premium tier: $330/month base fee.
Sources (2) →

Pricing model

Amazon CloudFront
Flat-rate monthly plans bundling CloudFront with multiple AWS services and features, with no overage charges within plan limits.
Azure Front Door
Multi-dimensional: an hourly base fee, outbound data transfer to clients, outbound transfer to origins, and per-request fees.
Sources (2) →
  • Amazon CloudFront Pricing ↗

    “Flat-rate pricing plans combine the CloudFront CDN with multiple AWS services and features into a monthly price with no overage charges.”

    Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing

  • Azure Front Door Pricing ↗

    “The service charges based on multiple dimensions including hourly base fees, outbound data transfer to clients, outbound transfer to origins, and per-request fees.”

    Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing

When these numbers change, hear about it. Sources are re-checked monthly; a repricing goes out as a short note.

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03.

Which should you choose?

Choose Amazon CloudFront if…

Teams already on AWS that want CDN bundled with other AWS services under one flat monthly price rather than itemized per-GB billing.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

Choose Azure Front Door if…

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

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

Consider something else if…

  • Amazon CloudFront: Traffic profile is unusual or very high volume — the flat-rate plans bundle a fixed allowance, and a metered pay-as-you-go CDN may price better outside that shape.
  • Azure Front Door: 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.
04.

Documented by only one.

These criteria are published by one provider and not the other. An absence here means we have not found a source, not that the feature is missing.

Egress over allowanceAzure Front Door: North America (Zone 1): $0.083/GB for the first 10 TB/month, with tiered reductions at higher volumes.
Points of presenceAmazon CloudFront: Hundreds of edge locations (exact count not published on the pricing page).
05.

Questions this comparison answers.

Entry paid plan: Amazon CloudFront or Azure Front Door?

Amazon CloudFront: Pro plan: $15/month.

Azure Front Door: Standard tier: $35/month base fee. Premium tier: $330/month base fee.

Free tier: Amazon CloudFront or Azure Front Door?

Amazon CloudFront: Yes

Azure Front Door: No

Should I choose Amazon CloudFront or Azure Front Door?

Pick Amazon CloudFront if Teams already on AWS that want CDN bundled with other AWS services under one flat monthly price rather than itemized per-GB billing.

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

Provider pages

Amazon CloudFrontAWS's CDN, sold in flat-rate monthly plans bundling CloudFront with other AWS services rather than metered bandwidth alone.Azure Front DoorMicrosoft's combined CDN, global entry point and app delivery layer, billed on base fee plus metered data transfer.

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