KeyCDN vs AWS CloudFront
A detailed comparison to help you choose between KeyCDN and AWS CloudFront.
Quick Verdict
3.9/5
KeyCDN
0 reviews
3.9/5
AWS CloudFront
0 reviews
Both KeyCDN and AWS CloudFront are equally rated at 3.9/5. KeyCDN is a Swiss CDN provider focusing on privacy and simplicity. From $0.04/GB with a $4/month minimum charge. 60+ data centers in 40+ countries. GDPR-compliant, HTTP/2, and edge rules for customization. CloudFront is AWS's global CDN with 750+ PoPs and 15 regional edge caches
KeyCDN Swiss CDN from $0.04/GB — privacy-focused |  AWS CloudFront AWS CDN with Lambda@Edge for programmable delivery | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.9 (0 reviews) | 3.9 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | usage-based | freemium (pay-as-you-go + flat-rate monthly plans since the pricing redesign) |
| Starting price | From $0.04/mo | Free tier available✓ |
| Best for | Privacy-conscious developers and EU/Swiss businesses with variable traffic who want flat, all-features-included CDN delivery with pay-as-you-go pricing and dense European coverage. | 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 |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ✓ | |
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ✓ | |
| Free tier | ✓ | |
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | [39 countries across NA, EU, APAC, LATAM, Africa — see specs] | Global edge network (price classes 100/200/All) |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | free tiereu datacenterus datacenterapac datacentergdpr compliant | free tierapi accesseu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenter |
| Visit KeyCDN → | Visit AWS CloudFront → | |
KeyCDN
Pros
- + Transparent published usage pricing with tiered rates down to $0.01/GB over 100 TB
- + Every account gets every feature — no enterprise tier gating of purge, TLS, Origin Shield or secure tokens
- + Independent, non-federated Swiss network: 60+ data centers, Tier 1 connectivity, 40 Gbps edge uplinks
- + 14-day trial with no credit card required and free 24/7 support for all customers
- + Strong European PoP density and Swiss/GDPR privacy positioning
Cons
- - No published uptime SLA — no contractual availability commitment or service credits
- - No ongoing free tier, and a $4/month minimum charge plus $49 minimum payment
- - Thinner coverage in Africa, South Asia and parts of Latin America than hyperscale CDNs
- - Add-on fees (extra zones, syslog forwarding, image processing, Push storage) can exceed delivery cost
- - Small independent vendor: narrower integration ecosystem and no edge compute platform
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
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