# Cloudflare vs KeyCDN

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/compare/cloudflare-cdn-vs-keycdn/

Every value below is read from Cloudflare's and KeyCDN's own documentation. See https://inetgeek.com/methodology/ for how.

## At a glance

| Criterion | Cloudflare | KeyCDN |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Pricing model | Tiered flat-rate monthly plans (Free, Pro, Business, Enterprise) that scale by feature set — bandwidth itself is unmetered on every plan, unlike most CDNs in this category. | Pay-as-you-go, tiered by volume, with no commitment required. |
| Image optimization | Lossless Image Optimization included from the Pro plan, alongside AMP support. | Image Processing: $0.40 per 1,000 operations, transforming and optimizing images in real time via query parameters. |

## Where they differ

### Free tier

- Cloudflare: Yes ([source](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/network-cdn/))
- KeyCDN: No ([source](https://www.keycdn.com/pricing))

### Pricing model

- Cloudflare: Tiered flat-rate monthly plans (Free, Pro, Business, Enterprise) that scale by feature set — bandwidth itself is unmetered on every plan, unlike most CDNs in this category. ([source](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/network-cdn/))
- KeyCDN: Pay-as-you-go, tiered by volume, with no commitment required. ([source](https://www.keycdn.com/pricing))

### Image optimization

- Cloudflare: Lossless Image Optimization included from the Pro plan, alongside AMP support. ([source](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/network-cdn/))
- KeyCDN: Image Processing: $0.40 per 1,000 operations, transforming and optimizing images in real time via query parameters. ([source](https://www.keycdn.com/pricing))

## Which should you choose?

Pick Cloudflare if Teams that want CDN, DDoS protection and WAF bundled together and effectively unmetered on bandwidth — the pricing axis here is feature tier, not gigabytes served.

Pick KeyCDN if Low-commitment testing or small sites — no free tier, but the $4/month floor and no-commitment billing make it cheap to try against real traffic.

Consider something else: Cloudflare — The workload needs Cloudflare's edge-compute or storage products alongside the CDN — those are priced and profiled separately (see Cloudflare Pages, Cloudflare R2), not part of this plan.

Consider something else: KeyCDN — Bandwidth volume is large — $0.04/GB is the highest entry-tier bandwidth rate of the CDNs sourced here for North America/Europe.

## Documented by only one

- Entry paid plan: Cloudflare: Pro plan: $20/month billed annually, or $25/month billed monthly.
- Egress over allowance: KeyCDN: $0.04/GB for North America and Europe, first 10 TB per month.
- Points of presence: KeyCDN: 60+ data centers in 40+ countries across 6 continents.

## Questions this comparison answers

**Free tier: Cloudflare or KeyCDN?**

Cloudflare: Yes
KeyCDN: No

**Should I choose Cloudflare or KeyCDN?**

Pick Cloudflare if Teams that want CDN, DDoS protection and WAF bundled together and effectively unmetered on bandwidth — the pricing axis here is feature tier, not gigabytes served.
Pick KeyCDN if Low-commitment testing or small sites — no free tier, but the $4/month floor and no-commitment billing make it cheap to try against real traffic.