Amazon CloudFront vs Cherry Servers Comparison
Compare Amazon CloudFront vs Cherry Servers 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.
Cherry Servers
6.7/10
Lithuanian infrastructure provider renting bare metal dedicated servers, GPU servers and virtual servers with hourly billing and API automation to developers and businesses.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | A Amazon CloudFront | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 7.9/10 | 6.7/10 |
| Analytics | 7/10 | 4/10 |
| Cost | 6/10 | 8/10 |
| Customization | 9/10 | 8/10 |
| Ease of Use | 5/10 | 6/10 |
| Integration | 9/10 | 6/10 |
| Reliability | 9/10 | 7/10 |
| Scalability | 10/10 | 6/10 |
| Security | 9/10 | 6/10 |
| Support | 6/10 | 8/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Cheapest paid plan | $15/mo Pro (flat-rate) | Contact for pricing |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | Free Free (flat-rate) | Contact for pricing |
| 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 Cherry Servers cost by team size
| Team size | Amazon CloudFront | Cherry Servers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | FreeFree (flat-rate) | Contact for pricing |
| 5 users | FreeFree (flat-rate) | Contact for pricing |
| 10 users | FreeFree (flat-rate) | Contact for pricing |
| 25 users | FreeFree (flat-rate) | Contact for pricing |
| 50 users | FreeFree (flat-rate) | Contact for pricing |
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 (Cherry Servers does not)
- Higher Scalability score (10/10 vs 6/10)
- Higher Analytics score (7/10 vs 4/10)
Why choose Cherry Servers
- Higher Cost score (8/10 vs 6/10)
- Higher Support score (8/10 vs 6/10)
- 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.
Cherry Servers
Pros
- Hourly, fixed-term and spot billing for bare metal, which is uncommon among dedicated server hosts
- Reviewers repeatedly praise fast responses from human support staff
- Backup storage is free with dedicated servers
- An open-source Terraform provider and REST API support infrastructure-as-code workflows
- Seven or more locations across Europe, the US and Asia
Cons
- The pricing page lists no managed Kubernetes, managed databases or object storage
- Some users report higher-than-expected latency on long-distance network routes
- DDoS protection is only listed as an option for floating IPs
- Server prices are shown hourly, which makes monthly cost comparisons harder
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Amazon CloudFront scores higher on our Hosting & Infrastructure criteria: 7.9/10 against 6.7/10 for Cherry Servers. The largest gap is in Scalability: 10/10 for Amazon CloudFront and 6/10 for Cherry Servers.
Amazon CloudFront has a free plan; Cherry Servers does not list one.
Cherry Servers has Dedicated Servers, which Amazon CloudFront lacks.
