Amazon CloudFront vs BlazingCDN Comparison
Compare Amazon CloudFront vs BlazingCDN 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.
BlazingCDN
5.9/10
BlazingCDN is a low-cost CDN from an EU-based company. It delivers static files, software downloads, video on demand and HLS streams for software, gaming and OTT businesses.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | A Amazon CloudFront | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 7.9/10 | 5.9/10 |
| Integration | 9/10 | 5/10 |
| Support | 6/10 | 6/10 |
| Cost | 6/10 | 9/10 |
| Customization | 9/10 | 4/10 |
| Security | 9/10 | 5/10 |
| Reliability | 9/10 | 5/10 |
| Ease of Use | 5/10 | 6/10 |
| Analytics | 7/10 | 5/10 |
| Scalability | 10/10 | 6/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Cheapest paid plan | $15/mo Pro (flat-rate) | $25/mo FLEX (pay-as-you-go) |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | Free Free (flat-rate) | $25/mo FLEX (pay-as-you-go) |
| Features | ||
| Serverless Functions | ||
| API and CLI | ||
| Content Delivery Network | ||
| Free SSL Certificates | ||
| Multiple Regions | ||
| DDoS Protection | Not listed | |
| Dedicated Servers | Not listed | |
| Managed WordPress | Not listed | |
| Object Storage | Not listed | |
| Shared Hosting | Not listed | |
| Uptime SLA | Not listed | |
Amazon CloudFront vs BlazingCDN cost by team size
Amazon CloudFront costs less at every team size we checked.
| Team size | Amazon CloudFront | BlazingCDN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | FreeFree (flat-rate) | $25/moFLEX (pay-as-you-go) |
| 5 users | FreeFree (flat-rate) | $25/moFLEX (pay-as-you-go) |
| 10 users | FreeFree (flat-rate) | $25/moFLEX (pay-as-you-go) |
| 25 users | FreeFree (flat-rate) | $25/moFLEX (pay-as-you-go) |
| 50 users | FreeFree (flat-rate) | $25/moFLEX (pay-as-you-go) |
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 (BlazingCDN does not)
- Lower estimated cost for 10 users: Free vs $25/mo
- Higher Customization score (9/10 vs 4/10)
- Higher Integration score (9/10 vs 5/10)
- Better fit for enterprise (8/10 vs 5/10)
Why choose BlazingCDN
- Higher Cost score (9/10 vs 6/10)
- Higher Ease of Use score (6/10 vs 5/10)
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.
BlazingCDN
Pros
- Bandwidth starts at $5 per TB and falls to $2.50 per TB at petabyte volume, with requests not billed.
- No contract and no setup fee, with a $25 monthly minimum and payment by card, PayPal, bank transfer or invoice.
- Strong video content protection, including signed URLs, security tokens, per-copy fingerprinting and IP binding.
- Developer tooling includes a REST API, Prometheus metrics and an official MCP server with 52 tools.
- Support is available 24/7, and the vendor promises an engineer reply within 3 business hours.
- EU-headquartered with GDPR-compliant processing and EU invoicing.
Cons
- The vendor says it has no edge functions, HTTP/3, WebSockets or video transcoding.
- Third-party listings show no WAF, load balancing or multi-CDN switching.
- There is no free plan, and the 14-day testing period is billed at $5 per TB.
- No uptime SLA or PoP count is published.
- Almost no independent reviews exist; G2 shows none.
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Amazon CloudFront scores higher on our Hosting & Infrastructure criteria: 7.9/10 against 5.9/10 for BlazingCDN. The largest gap is in Customization: 9/10 for Amazon CloudFront and 4/10 for BlazingCDN.
Amazon CloudFront costs less for 10 users: free on its Free (flat-rate) plan, against about $25/mo on its FLEX (pay-as-you-go) plan for BlazingCDN, billed monthly.
Amazon CloudFront has a free plan; BlazingCDN does not list one.
Amazon CloudFront is the better fit for enterprise: we rate it 8/10 for them, against 5/10 for BlazingCDN.
Amazon CloudFront has Serverless Functions, which BlazingCDN lacks.
