AWS CloudFront vs Azion
A detailed comparison to help you choose between AWS CloudFront and Azion.
Quick Verdict
3.9/5
AWS CloudFront
0 reviews
3.7/5
Azion
0 reviews
AWS CloudFront is rated higher (3.9 vs 3.7). CloudFront is AWS's global CDN with 750+ PoPs and 15 regional edge caches Azion is a full edge computing platform with 100+ global PoPs. Edge Functions, Edge SQL, Edge Storage, and DDoS protection. Founded in Brazil with strong Latin American coverage.
 AWS CloudFront AWS CDN with Lambda@Edge for programmable delivery | Azion Edge platform with 100+ PoPs — Brazil-founded | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.9 (0 reviews)✓ | 3.7 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | freemium (pay-as-you-go + flat-rate monthly plans since the pricing redesign) | freemium |
| Starting price | Free tier available | Free tier available |
| Best for | AWS-invested teams needing a CDN deeply integrated with S3, ALB, WAF and Lambda, with a genuine zero-cost tier for small-to-medium traffic | LatAm-focused content, commerce, and API delivery teams wanting CDN + WAF + edge functions from one platform with published pricing |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ✓ | |
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ✓ | |
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | Global edge network (price classes 100/200/All) | — |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | free tierapi accesseu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenter | free tierddos protectioneu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenterapi access |
| Visit AWS CloudFront → | Visit Azion → | |
AWS CloudFront
Pros
- + Always Free Tier (1 TB transfer, 10M requests, 2M function invocations monthly) covers small sites at zero cost
- + 750+ edge PoPs with 15 regional edge caches — one of the largest delivery networks available
- + Programmable edge: CloudFront Functions and Lambda@Edge with a KeyValueStore for config
- + Native WAF, Shield Standard DDoS protection, free ACM certificates and tight S3/ALB integration
Cons
- - SLA is 99.9% — weaker than AWS's load balancer SLA — and flat-rate Free/Pro plans carry no uptime commitment
- - Two pricing models (pay-as-you-go tiers vs flat-rate plans) with features gated to Business ($200/month) and above
- - Deep configuration surface: cache behavior ordering, TTL semantics and invalidation costs at scale
- - Edge compute and access-control bindings are AWS-specific — hard to migrate to another CDN
Azion
Pros
- + Strong Latin American footprint — the network was built for Brazil/LatAm first
- + Full stack at the edge: CDN, edge functions, WAF, DDoS, DNS, object storage in one platform
- + Real free tier (Hobby) plus $300 credit for 365 days without a credit card
- + DDoS protection and Network Shield included with the Firewall at no extra charge
- + All on-demand per-metric prices published, with tiered volume discounts
Cons
- - Small community and thin third-party ecosystem versus Cloudflare
- - Fragmented pricing across many metrics and four regional tiers
- - JavaScript-only edge runtime; SQL/KV stores and AI inference are preview
- - SLA credits are capped (25% max) and require customer-run third-party monitoring
- - No VMs, bare metal, or rentable GPUs
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