AWS CloudFront vs jsDelivr
A detailed comparison to help you choose between AWS CloudFront and jsDelivr.
Quick Verdict
3.9/5
AWS CloudFront
0 reviews
4.3/5
jsDelivr
0 reviews
jsDelivr is rated higher (4.3 vs 3.9). CloudFront is AWS's global CDN with 750+ PoPs and 15 regional edge caches jsDelivr is a free CDN for open source npm and GitHub packages. Serve any npm package from the CDN with automatic versioning. Used by millions of websites. No setup required.
 AWS CloudFront AWS CDN with Lambda@Edge for programmable delivery | jsDelivr Free CDN for open source JavaScript packages | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.9 (0 reviews) | 4.3 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | freemium (pay-as-you-go + flat-rate monthly plans since the pricing redesign) | free |
| Starting price | Free tier available | Free |
| 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 | Websites and developers serving open source JavaScript, CSS, and library assets from npm, GitHub, or WordPress plugins via CDN |
| 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) | Global multi-CDN: Cloudflare, Fastly, Bunny, Gcore plus custom servers |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | free tierapi accesseu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenter | free tieropen source |
| Visit AWS CloudFront → | Visit jsDelivr → | |
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
jsDelivr
Pros
- + Completely free with no bandwidth limits or premium tiers
- + Multi-CDN delivery (Cloudflare, Fastly, Bunny, Gcore) with 540+ points of presence
- + Proven at very large scale — hundreds of billions of requests per month
- + Version pinning, semver ranges, purge API, stats API, ESM support (esm.run)
- + Absorbed BootstrapCDN, RawGit, and OSSCDN — broad legacy URL coverage
Cons
- - No SLA, no support contract, no uptime guarantee — offered as-is
- - Open source files only (npm, GitHub, WordPress plugins); not for private application assets
- - Upstream package removals or policy decisions can take files offline
- - Sponsorship-funded and small-team operated; support is best-effort
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