Amazon CloudFront vs Fluidstack Comparison
Compare Amazon CloudFront vs Fluidstack 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.
Fluidstack
6.6/10
Fluidstack builds and runs large GPU clusters and custom AI data centers for frontier AI labs and enterprises that train and serve large models.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | A Amazon CloudFront | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 7.9/10 | 6.6/10 |
| Integration | 9/10 | 4/10 |
| Support | 6/10 | 7/10 |
| Cost | 6/10 | 6/10 |
| Customization | 9/10 | 8/10 |
| Security | 9/10 | 5/10 |
| Reliability | 9/10 | 8/10 |
| Ease of Use | 5/10 | 4/10 |
| Analytics | 7/10 | 5/10 |
| Scalability | 10/10 | 10/10 |
| 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 | ||
| Multiple Regions | ||
| API and CLI | Not listed | |
| Content Delivery Network | Not listed | |
| DDoS Protection | Not listed | |
| Free SSL Certificates | Not listed | |
| Managed Kubernetes | Not listed | |
| Managed WordPress | ||
| Serverless Functions | Not listed | |
| Shared Hosting | ||
| Uptime SLA | Not listed | |
Amazon CloudFront vs Fluidstack cost by team size
| Team size | Amazon CloudFront | Fluidstack |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (Fluidstack does not)
- Higher Integration score (9/10 vs 4/10)
- Higher Security score (9/10 vs 5/10)
- Better fit for developers (9/10 vs 4/10)
- Better fit for startups (7/10 vs 5/10)
Why choose Fluidstack
- Higher Support score (7/10 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.
Fluidstack
Pros
- Can build and deliver capacity at gigawatt scale, which is why Anthropic chose it for its Texas and New York data centers.
- Runs managed Slurm and Kubernetes on bare metal, so training teams do not have to operate the cluster themselves.
- SemiAnalysis gave its GPU clusters a ClusterMAX Gold rating.
- Heavily funded, including an $830M Series A in January 2026, which lowers the risk that the supplier fails.
Cons
- There is no public rate card or self-serve signup, so pricing requires a sales quote.
- Public documentation on APIs, storage and compliance certifications is scarce.
- Third-party sources say its GPU catalog is narrower than marketplace providers and that on-demand billing is per hour.
- It offers no general web hosting, managed databases or app platform services.
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Amazon CloudFront scores higher on our Hosting & Infrastructure criteria: 7.9/10 against 6.6/10 for Fluidstack. The largest gap is in Integration: 9/10 for Amazon CloudFront and 4/10 for Fluidstack.
Amazon CloudFront has a free plan; Fluidstack does not list one.
Amazon CloudFront is the better fit for developers: we rate it 9/10 for them, against 4/10 for Fluidstack.
Fluidstack has Dedicated Servers, which Amazon CloudFront lacks.
