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Amazon CloudFront vs Bunny CDN

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

Updated 6 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 Bunny CDN if
Cost-sensitive sites serving mostly Europe/North America traffic — $0.01/GB with no request fees and a $1 monthly floor is close to the cheapest entry point in this category.

3 sourced criteria separate them:

Free tier
Amazon CloudFront: Yes
Bunny CDN: No
Pricing model
Amazon CloudFront: Flat-rate monthly plans bundling CloudFront with multiple AWS services and features, with no overage charges within plan limits.
Bunny CDN: Pay-as-you-go with a $1/month minimum. No request fees — billed only on bandwidth consumed.
Points of presence
Amazon CloudFront: Hundreds of edge locations (exact count not published on the pricing page).
Bunny CDN: 119 points of presence on the standard network.

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01.

At a glance.

CriterionAmazon CloudFrontBunny CDN
Pricing
Free tier
Yes
No
Pricing modelFlat-rate monthly plans bundling CloudFront with multiple AWS services and features, with no overage charges within plan limits.Pay-as-you-go with a $1/month minimum. No request fees — billed only on bandwidth consumed.
CDN
Points of presenceHundreds of edge locations (exact count not published on the pricing page).119 points of presence on the standard network.

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
Bunny CDN
No
Sources (2) →
  • Amazon CloudFront Pricing ↗

    “$0/month [plan] for hobbyists and developers. 1M requests and 100GB data transfer monthly.”

    Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing

  • Bunny CDN Pricing ↗

    “14-day FREE trial. No credit card required. [A time-limited trial, not an ongoing free plan.]”

    Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing

Pricing model

Amazon CloudFront
Flat-rate monthly plans bundling CloudFront with multiple AWS services and features, with no overage charges within plan limits.
Bunny CDN
Pay-as-you-go with a $1/month minimum. No request fees — billed only on bandwidth consumed.
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

  • Bunny CDN Pricing ↗

    “$1 monthly minimum. No Request Fees.”

    Read 2026-09-11 · official pricing

Points of presence

Amazon CloudFront
Hundreds of edge locations (exact count not published on the pricing page).
Bunny CDN
119 points of presence on the standard network.
Sources (2) →

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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 Bunny CDN if…

Cost-sensitive sites serving mostly Europe/North America traffic — $0.01/GB with no request fees and a $1 monthly floor is close to the cheapest entry point in this category.

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.
  • Bunny CDN: Traffic skews heavily to the Middle East or Africa — the regional rate there is six times the Europe/North America price.
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.

Entry paid planAmazon CloudFront: Pro plan: $15/month.
Egress over allowanceBunny CDN: $0.01/GB (Europe & North America), $0.03/GB (Asia & Oceania), $0.045/GB (South America), $0.06/GB (Middle East & Africa).
Image optimizationBunny CDN: Bunny Optimizer — a separate image processing and optimization product. Pricing not published on the main pricing page.
05.

Questions this comparison answers.

Free tier: Amazon CloudFront or Bunny CDN?

Amazon CloudFront: Yes

Bunny CDN: No

Should I choose Amazon CloudFront or Bunny CDN?

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 Bunny CDN if Cost-sensitive sites serving mostly Europe/North America traffic — $0.01/GB with no request fees and a $1 monthly floor is close to the cheapest entry point in this category.

Every page here is sourced and dated.