Cloudflare vs. Amazon CloudFront Comparison

What is Cloudflare?

Cloudflare CDN is a comprehensive, global content delivery network that, according to its own statements, uses the latest technology to provide fast, reliable CDN services. It offers, among other things, 2x faster loading times (so it doesn't matter how far users are from the origin web server), greater savings (e.g., thanks to caching of content), protection against DDoS attacks, and the flexibility to cache content. Cloudflare is particularly suitable for videos, providing shorter start times and reduced buffering. The solution can be used free of charge in the Free version (ideal for non-essential business projects) or alternatively in the Pro, Business, and Enterprise versions from $20/month.

What is Amazon CloudFront?

Amazon CloudFront claims to be a fast content delivery service that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers around the world, with low latency and high transfer speed - and within a developer-friendly environment. Benefits it offers include access to the highly resilient Amazon backbone network, network-level and application-level protection, custom programming and close integration with AWS. The pricing model is usage-based; the free version includes 50 GB of outbound data transfer and 2 million HTTP and HTTPS requests per month for a year.