Amazon CloudFront vs Rackspace Technology Comparison
Compare Amazon CloudFront vs Rackspace Technology 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.
Rackspace Technology
6.1/10
Rackspace Technology provides managed multicloud operations, VMware-based private cloud, and the auction-priced Rackspace Spot Kubernetes service, mainly for mid-market and enterprise IT teams.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | A Amazon CloudFront | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 7.9/10 | 6.1/10 |
| Integration | 9/10 | 8/10 |
| Support | 6/10 | 5/10 |
| Cost | 6/10 | 5/10 |
| Customization | 9/10 | 8/10 |
| Security | 9/10 | 6/10 |
| Reliability | 9/10 | 6/10 |
| Ease of Use | 5/10 | 5/10 |
| 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 | ||
| Dedicated Servers | ||
| API and CLI | ||
| Multiple Regions | ||
| Cloud Compute | Not listed | |
| Content Delivery Network | Not listed | |
| DDoS Protection | Not listed | |
| Free SSL Certificates | Not listed | |
| Managed Kubernetes | Not listed | |
| Managed WordPress | Not listed | |
| Serverless Functions | Not listed | |
| Shared Hosting | Not listed | |
| Uptime SLA | Not listed | |
Amazon CloudFront vs Rackspace Technology cost by team size
| Team size | Amazon CloudFront | Rackspace Technology |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (Rackspace Technology does not)
- Higher Security score (9/10 vs 6/10)
- Higher Reliability score (9/10 vs 6/10)
- Better fit for developers (9/10 vs 6/10)
- Better fit for small business (5/10 vs 3/10)
Why choose Rackspace Technology
- 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.
Rackspace Technology
Pros
- Rackspace Spot's auction pricing starts at $0.01 per node-hour, and the free managed Kubernetes control plane makes it cheap for workloads that can tolerate preemption.
- It manages all three major hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) plus VMware private cloud, so one partner can run a hybrid estate.
- Spot can be automated through a Terraform provider, a Go SDK, the spotctl CLI, and an MCP server.
- Enterprise reviewers on Gartner Peer Insights and TrustRadius rate it about 4.5 out of 5, and G2 reviewers praise its uptime.
Cons
- Trustpilot reviews average about 1.2 out of 5, with repeated complaints about billing, price increases, and cancellation handling.
- Managed service, migration, and private cloud pricing is not published and needs a sales quote.
- The 2022 Hosted Exchange security incident, which forced customers to move to Microsoft 365, still weighs on its reputation for reliability.
- Its finances are under pressure: net losses in 2024 and 2025 and a 2026 layoff of about 15 percent of staff could affect service delivery.
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Amazon CloudFront scores higher on our Hosting & Infrastructure criteria: 7.9/10 against 6.1/10 for Rackspace Technology. The largest gap is in Reliability: 9/10 for Amazon CloudFront and 6/10 for Rackspace Technology.
Amazon CloudFront has a free plan; Rackspace Technology does not list one.
Amazon CloudFront is the better fit for developers: we rate it 9/10 for them, against 6/10 for Rackspace Technology.
Rackspace Technology has Dedicated Servers, which Amazon CloudFront lacks.
