Amazon CloudFront vs Crusoe Cloud Comparison
Compare Amazon CloudFront vs Crusoe Cloud 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.
Crusoe Cloud
6.8/10
Crusoe Cloud is a GPU-focused AI cloud that offers NVIDIA and AMD GPU instances, managed Kubernetes, storage and managed inference to AI teams and enterprises.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | A Amazon CloudFront | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 7.9/10 | 6.8/10 |
| Integration | 9/10 | 6/10 |
| Support | 6/10 | 8/10 |
| Cost | 6/10 | 6/10 |
| Customization | 9/10 | 7/10 |
| Security | 9/10 | 6/10 |
| Reliability | 9/10 | 7/10 |
| Ease of Use | 5/10 | 7/10 |
| Analytics | 7/10 | 5/10 |
| Scalability | 10/10 | 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 | ||
| API and CLI | ||
| Serverless Functions | ||
| Uptime SLA | ||
| Cloud Compute | Not listed | |
| Content Delivery Network | Not listed | |
| DDoS Protection | Not listed | |
| Dedicated Servers | Not listed | |
| Free SSL Certificates | Not listed | |
| Managed Kubernetes | Not listed | |
| Managed WordPress | Not listed | |
| Multiple Regions | Not listed | |
| Object Storage | Not listed | |
| Shared Hosting | Not listed | |
Amazon CloudFront vs Crusoe Cloud cost by team size
| Team size | Amazon CloudFront | Crusoe Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (Crusoe Cloud does not)
- Higher Integration score (9/10 vs 6/10)
- Higher Security score (9/10 vs 6/10)
- Better fit for small business (5/10 vs 3/10)
Why choose Crusoe Cloud
- Higher Support score (8/10 vs 6/10)
- Higher Ease of Use score (7/10 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.
Crusoe Cloud
Pros
- SemiAnalysis gave it a ClusterMAX Gold rating and praised how easy the console is to use, along with its fault management.
- Reviewers describe hands-on, white-glove engineering support.
- It covers NVIDIA H100 through B300 and AMD MI355X GPUs, with InfiniBand clusters.
- CPU, storage and Kubernetes rates are published openly, for example $0.10 per Kubernetes cluster-hour.
- Developers get a CLI, a Terraform provider, an API and an MCP server for automation.
Cons
- There are few independent user reviews on G2, Capterra or Gartner.
- It has fewer managed services and a narrower geographic footprint than the hyperscalers.
- Self-serve GPU rates on the pricing page are set to rise from December 1, 2026.
- Service terms reportedly exclude HIPAA-regulated workloads.
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Amazon CloudFront scores higher on our Hosting & Infrastructure criteria: 7.9/10 against 6.8/10 for Crusoe Cloud. The largest gap is in Integration: 9/10 for Amazon CloudFront and 6/10 for Crusoe Cloud.
Amazon CloudFront has a free plan; Crusoe Cloud does not list one.
Amazon CloudFront is the better fit for small business: we rate it 5/10 for them, against 3/10 for Crusoe Cloud.
