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Amazon CloudFront

A fast, highly secure, and programmable content delivery network (CDN).

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Overview

Amazon CloudFront is a fast content delivery network (CDN) service that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers globally with low latency and high transfer speeds. CloudFront is integrated with AWS – both physical locations that are directly connected to the AWS global infrastructure, as well as other AWS services.

✨ Key Features

  • Global Edge Network
  • Security against network and application layer attacks
  • Integration with AWS services
  • Serverless computing with Lambda@Edge and CloudFront Functions
  • Real-time metrics and logging
  • Video Streaming

🎯 Key Differentiators

  • Deep integration with the AWS ecosystem
  • Pay-as-you-go pricing
  • Programmable edge with Lambda@Edge

Unique Value: Seamlessly extend your AWS infrastructure to the edge for low-latency, secure content delivery.

🎯 Use Cases (5)

Static and dynamic website acceleration Video streaming Software distribution API acceleration IoT

✅ Best For

  • Serving website content from an S3 bucket
  • Live and on-demand video streaming
  • Protecting web applications with AWS WAF

💡 Check With Vendor

Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:

  • Users not already invested in the AWS ecosystem

🏆 Alternatives

Cloudflare Akamai Fastly Google Cloud CDN

Offers unparalleled integration with other AWS services, making it a natural choice for existing AWS customers.

💻 Platforms

Web API

🔌 Integrations

Amazon S3 Amazon EC2 Elastic Load Balancing Amazon Route 53 AWS Shield AWS WAF AWS Lambda

🛟 Support Options

  • ✓ Email Support
  • ✓ Live Chat
  • ✓ Phone Support
  • ✓ Dedicated Support (Business and Enterprise Support plans tier)

🔒 Compliance & Security

✓ SOC 2 ✓ HIPAA ✓ BAA Available ✓ GDPR ✓ ISO 27001 ✓ SSO ✓ SOC 1, 2, 3 ✓ ISO 27001 ✓ PCI DSS Level 1 ✓ HIPAA ✓ FedRAMP

💰 Pricing

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Free Tier Available

Free tier: 1TB of data transfer out, 10,000,000 HTTP/S requests, and 2,000,000 CloudFront Function invocations per month.

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