Amazon CloudFront vs Scaleway Comparison
Compare Amazon CloudFront vs Scaleway 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.
Scaleway
6.4/10
French cloud provider offering virtual instances, bare metal, managed Kubernetes, serverless, databases, object storage and GPUs from EU-only data centers for businesses and developers.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | A Amazon CloudFront | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 7.9/10 | 6.4/10 |
| Integration | 9/10 | 6/10 |
| Support | 6/10 | 4/10 |
| Cost | 6/10 | 8/10 |
| Customization | 9/10 | 7/10 |
| Security | 9/10 | 7/10 |
| Reliability | 9/10 | 6/10 |
| Ease of Use | 5/10 | 7/10 |
| Analytics | 7/10 | 5/10 |
| Scalability | 10/10 | 7/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Cheapest paid plan | $15/mo Pro (flat-rate) | €59/mo Silver Support |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | Free Free (flat-rate) | Free Basic Support |
| Features | ||
| Dedicated Servers | ||
| API and CLI | ||
| Multiple Regions | ||
| Serverless Functions | ||
| Cloud Compute | Not listed | |
| Content Delivery Network | Not listed | |
| DDoS Protection | Not listed | |
| Free SSL Certificates | Not listed | |
| Managed Databases | Not listed | |
| Managed Kubernetes | Not listed | |
| Managed WordPress | Not listed | |
| Object Storage | Not listed | |
| Shared Hosting | Not listed | |
| Uptime SLA | Not listed | |
| VPS Hosting | Not listed | |
Amazon CloudFront vs Scaleway cost by team size
| Team size | Amazon CloudFront | Scaleway |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | FreeFree (flat-rate) | FreeBasic Support |
| 5 users | FreeFree (flat-rate) | FreeBasic Support |
| 10 users | FreeFree (flat-rate) | FreeBasic Support |
| 25 users | FreeFree (flat-rate) | FreeBasic Support |
| 50 users | FreeFree (flat-rate) | FreeBasic Support |
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
- Higher Integration score (9/10 vs 6/10)
- Higher Reliability score (9/10 vs 6/10)
- Better fit for enterprise (8/10 vs 5/10)
Why choose Scaleway
- Higher Cost score (8/10 vs 6/10)
- Higher Ease of Use score (7/10 vs 5/10)
- 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.
Scaleway
Pros
- All data centers are in the EU, which helps with GDPR and data sovereignty requirements
- Low entry prices with hourly billing, and Instance list prices include egress
- The shared Kubernetes control plane is free
- A full API, CLI and Terraform provider allow infrastructure-as-code workflows
- A wide compute range covering bare metal, Apple silicon and current GPUs
Cons
- No regions outside Europe
- Trustpilot reviews frequently cite unexpected billing and account verification lockouts
- Support is slow on the free tier, and stronger support costs extra
- Block storage and public IPv4 are billed separately, which pushes costs above headline instance prices
- Development instances carry little or no availability SLO
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Amazon CloudFront scores higher on our Hosting & Infrastructure criteria: 7.9/10 against 6.4/10 for Scaleway. The largest gap is in Integration: 9/10 for Amazon CloudFront and 6/10 for Scaleway.
Yes, both Amazon CloudFront and Scaleway have a free plan.
Amazon CloudFront is the better fit for enterprise: we rate it 8/10 for them, against 5/10 for Scaleway.
Scaleway has Dedicated Servers, which Amazon CloudFront lacks.
