Amazon CloudFront vs Atlantic.Net Comparison
Compare Amazon CloudFront vs Atlantic.Net features, pricing, and more.
Last updated: November 2026
Amazon CloudFront
7.9/10
Amazon CloudFront is the AWS content delivery network. It caches and serves websites, APIs and media from more than 750 edge locations, and includes DDoS protection, WAF and edge compute.
Atlantic.Net
6.4/10
Atlantic.Net offers cloud VPS, dedicated servers and HIPAA-compliant managed hosting. It suits businesses that need audited, compliance-ready infrastructure in US, UK, Canadian and Singapore data centers.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | A Amazon CloudFront | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 7.9/10 | 6.4/10 |
| Integration | 9/10 | 4/10 |
| Support | 6/10 | 7/10 |
| Cost | 6/10 | 5/10 |
| Customization | 9/10 | 7/10 |
| Security | 9/10 | 8/10 |
| Reliability | 9/10 | 8/10 |
| Ease of Use | 5/10 | 6/10 |
| Analytics | 7/10 | 4/10 |
| Scalability | 10/10 | 6/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Cheapest paid plan | $15/mo Pro (flat-rate) | $10/mo General Purpose G3.2GB (Linux) |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | Free Free (flat-rate) | $10/mo General Purpose G3.2GB (Linux) |
| Features | ||
| Dedicated Servers | ||
| API and CLI | ||
| DDoS Protection | ||
| Multiple Regions | ||
| Uptime SLA | ||
| Automatic Backups | Not listed | |
| Cloud Compute | Not listed | |
| Content Delivery Network | Not listed | |
| Free SSL Certificates | Not listed | |
| Managed WordPress | Not listed | |
| Serverless Functions | Not listed | |
| Shared Hosting | Not listed | |
| VPS Hosting | Not listed | |
Amazon CloudFront vs Atlantic.Net cost by team size
Amazon CloudFront costs less at every team size we checked.
| Team size | Amazon CloudFront | Atlantic.Net |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | FreeFree (flat-rate) | $10/moGeneral Purpose G3.2GB (Linux) |
| 5 users | FreeFree (flat-rate) | $10/moGeneral Purpose G3.2GB (Linux) |
| 10 users | FreeFree (flat-rate) | $10/moGeneral Purpose G3.2GB (Linux) |
| 25 users | FreeFree (flat-rate) | $10/moGeneral Purpose G3.2GB (Linux) |
| 50 users | FreeFree (flat-rate) | $10/moGeneral Purpose G3.2GB (Linux) |
The plan that fits each team size, billed monthly, before add-ons and usage charges. Each cost opens that tool's pricing calculator for the team size.
Which One Should You Choose?
AWhy choose Amazon CloudFront
- Has a free plan (Atlantic.Net does not)
- Lower estimated cost for 10 users: Free vs $10/mo
- Higher Integration score (9/10 vs 4/10)
- Higher Scalability score (10/10 vs 6/10)
Why choose Atlantic.Net
- Higher Support score (7/10 vs 6/10)
- Higher Ease of Use score (6/10 vs 5/10)
- Includes Dedicated Servers, which Amazon CloudFront lacks
Pros & Cons
AAmazon CloudFront
Pros
- The network is very large, with more than 750 PoPs plus over 1,140 PoPs embedded inside ISP networks.
- Data transfer from AWS origins such as S3 and EC2 to CloudFront costs nothing, which lowers costs for workloads hosted on AWS.
- Flat-rate plans start at $15 a month with no overage charges, which makes bills predictable.
- It has strong compliance coverage, including PCI-DSS Level 1, HIPAA, SOC, ISO and FedRAMP Moderate.
- Two tiers of edge compute are available: CloudFront Functions at $0.10 per million invocations and Lambda@Edge for heavier code.
Cons
- G2 and Capterra reviewers report complex configuration and a steep learning curve for people new to AWS.
- Capterra-network reviewers rate customer support poorly, around 3.4 out of 5.
- Flat-rate plans lack some features, such as real-time logs, dedicated IP SSL and continuous deployment, and going over the allowance reduces performance.
- Dedicated IP SSL at $600 a month and Anycast Static IPs at $3,000 a month are expensive extras.
- Users on AWS re:Post and GitHub report cache invalidations that occasionally hang for hours or time out during deploys.
Atlantic.Net
Pros
- HIPAA hosting comes with a Business Associate Agreement as standard, backed by SOC 2, SOC 3, HIPAA and HITECH audits.
- Cloud servers are billed hourly, and entry Linux VPS plans start at $10 a month.
- One-year and three-year commitments cut optimized-plan prices by up to about two thirds.
- The SLA promises 100% availability for network, hardware and infrastructure.
- Wide OS choice: more than 40 Linux builds, 14 Windows Server versions and FreeBSD.
Cons
- Standard cloud plans do not include HIPAA compliance, so you need the more expensive HIPAA plans.
- Stopped servers keep billing until you delete them.
- No managed Kubernetes, serverless, managed database or object storage products are advertised.
- Dedicated server base prices are quote-only, and the setup fee terms on the page are unclear.
- The full BAA text is not published, so you must request it from sales to see exclusions.
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Amazon CloudFront scores higher on our Hosting & Infrastructure criteria: 7.9/10 against 6.4/10 for Atlantic.Net. The largest gap is in Integration: 9/10 for Amazon CloudFront and 4/10 for Atlantic.Net.
Amazon CloudFront costs less for 10 users: free on its Free (flat-rate) plan, against about $10/mo on its General Purpose G3.2GB (Linux) plan for Atlantic.Net, billed monthly.
Amazon CloudFront has a free plan; Atlantic.Net does not list one.
Atlantic.Net has Dedicated Servers, which Amazon CloudFront lacks.
