Amazon CloudFront vs netcup Comparison
Compare Amazon CloudFront vs netcup 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.
netcup
5.8/10
German hosting provider that sells low-cost VPS, root servers, ARM and GPU servers, web hosting and domains to developers and small businesses.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | A Amazon CloudFront | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 7.9/10 | 5.8/10 |
| Analytics | 7/10 | 3/10 |
| Cost | 6/10 | 9/10 |
| Customization | 9/10 | 7/10 |
| Ease of Use | 5/10 | 5/10 |
| Integration | 9/10 | 4/10 |
| Reliability | 9/10 | 6/10 |
| Scalability | 10/10 | 5/10 |
| Security | 9/10 | 6/10 |
| Support | 6/10 | 5/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Cheapest paid plan | $15/mo Pro (flat-rate) | €3/mo Webhosting 1000 |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | Free Free (flat-rate) | €3/mo Webhosting 1000 |
| Features | ||
| Dedicated Servers | ||
| Shared Hosting | ||
| DDoS Protection | ||
| Free SSL Certificates | ||
| Multiple Regions | ||
| Uptime SLA | ||
| API and CLI | Not listed | |
| Content Delivery Network | Not listed | |
| Managed Kubernetes | Not listed | |
| Managed WordPress | Not listed | |
| Serverless Functions | Not listed | |
| VPS Hosting | Not listed | |
Amazon CloudFront vs netcup cost by team size
| Team size | Amazon CloudFront | netcup |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | FreeFree (flat-rate) | €3/moWebhosting 1000 |
| 5 users | FreeFree (flat-rate) | €3/moWebhosting 1000 |
| 10 users | FreeFree (flat-rate) | €3/moWebhosting 1000 |
| 25 users | FreeFree (flat-rate) | €3/moWebhosting 1000 |
| 50 users | FreeFree (flat-rate) | €3/moWebhosting 1000 |
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 (netcup does not)
- Higher Integration score (9/10 vs 4/10)
- Higher Scalability score (10/10 vs 5/10)
- Better fit for enterprise (8/10 vs 3/10)
Why choose netcup
- Higher Cost score (9/10 vs 6/10)
- Includes Dedicated Servers, which Amazon CloudFront lacks
- Includes Shared Hosting, 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.
netcup
Pros
- The VPS plans are some of the cheapest in their comparison. EXPERTE.de rated netcup's pricing 1.0, its best possible score.
- All plans include traffic, and VPS disks can grow to 8 TB with Local Block Storage.
- ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certified, with data centers in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, the US and Singapore.
- Strong multi-core benchmark results and detailed wiki and FAQ documentation.
Cons
- New servers can take days to provision because of manual review, prepayment and possible identity checks through Stripe.
- VPS plans have no availability guarantee. The 99.9% guarantee applies only to root servers.
- No firewall in the control panel, and backups are a paid extra with only 48-hour retention.
- Separate logins for the customer panel and the server panel, and the control panel has been described as dated.
- Support is by phone and email on weekdays only, with no live chat. There is a 24/7 emergency number.
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Amazon CloudFront scores higher on our Hosting & Infrastructure criteria: 7.9/10 against 5.8/10 for netcup. The largest gap is in Integration: 9/10 for Amazon CloudFront and 4/10 for netcup.
Amazon CloudFront has a free plan; netcup does not list one.
Amazon CloudFront is the better fit for enterprise: we rate it 8/10 for them, against 3/10 for netcup.
Netcup has Dedicated Servers and Shared Hosting, which Amazon CloudFront lacks.
