Amazon CloudFront vs Kamatera Comparison

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Why choose Amazon CloudFront

• Has a free plan (Kamatera does not)
• Lower estimated cost for 10 users: Free vs $4/mo
• Higher Integration score (9/10 vs 5/10)
• Higher Analytics score (7/10 vs 4/10)
• Includes Content Delivery Network, which Kamatera lacks

Why choose Kamatera

• Higher Cost score (7/10 vs 6/10)

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Amazon 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.

Kamatera

Pros

• Servers can be built to an exact vCPU, RAM, and storage size instead of picked from fixed tiers.
• Billing can be hourly (charged by the minute) or monthly, with no long-term contract.
• More than 20 data center locations across the US, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
• A 30-day trial covers up to $100 of resources on one server.
• Developers can automate through a REST API, a Terraform provider, and one-click app images.

Cons

• No managed databases, managed Kubernetes, object storage, or CDN, according to reviewers.
• Reviewers report spam blacklisting of IP addresses and reverse DNS requests that require manual approval.
• Fees are not refunded after the trial, and some users report billing problems after cancelling.
• IPv6, backups, control panels, and Windows licenses all cost extra.
• The $4 Type A tier runs on shared CPU, and reviewers report inconsistent performance.