Statically vs AWS CloudFront
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Statically and AWS CloudFront.
Quick Verdict
3.4/5
Statically
0 reviews
3.9/5
AWS CloudFront
0 reviews
AWS CloudFront is rated higher (3.9 vs 3.4). Free CDN for static files from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Gist, and npm, plus an on-the-fly image optimization endpoint. No sign-up required; public repositories only, 25MB per file. CloudFront is AWS's global CDN with 750+ PoPs and 15 regional edge caches
Statically Global CDN for static assets with instant deployment and free tier |  AWS CloudFront AWS CDN with Lambda@Edge for programmable delivery | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.4 (0 reviews) | 3.9 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | free | freemium (pay-as-you-go + flat-rate monthly plans since the pricing redesign) |
| Starting price | Free | Free tier available |
| Best for | Open-source maintainers, hobby projects, and small sites that need to serve public Git or npm assets and images through a CDN at zero cost, without an uptime contract. | 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 | — | Global edge network (price classes 100/200/All) |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | free tier | free tierapi accesseu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenter |
| Visit Statically → | Visit AWS CloudFront → | |
Statically
Pros
- + Completely free with no sign-up — just rewrite the URL
- + Supports GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Gist, and npm sources
- + Useful image endpoint: resize, WebP conversion, quality control
- + Delivery via bunny.net and Cloudflare, so edge reach is real
- + Assets stay in your own repository — zero lock-in if you leave
Cons
- - Public repositories only; no private content support
- - No SLA, no support contract, tiny donation-funded team
- - Undocumented bandwidth policy — the quoted '100GB free' figure is unverified
- - Rate limiting 'in cases of abuse' with no published thresholds
- - Undocumented, unpriced 'Pro' tier floating in the docs
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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