AWS CloudFront vs Google Cloud CDN Pricing 2026 Verified: $0.085 vs $0.08/GB NA/EU
CloudFront and Cloud CDN sit within a cent of each other in NA/EU. Choose by where your origin lives (S3/EC2 vs GCS/Load Balancing) and whether you need Lambda@Edge versus Cloud Run integration.
Verified 2026-06-17 against vendor pricing pages
Side by side
| Dimension | CloudFront | Cloud CDN |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Pay as you go per GB plus per 10,000 requests | Cache egress per GB plus HTTP/HTTPS lookup requests at $0 |
| Cheapest published rate | $0.0800/GB | $0.0200/GB |
| Free tier | 1024 GB/mo | None published |
| Starting plan price | Free | Free |
| PoP count claim | 700+ POPs worldwide | Edges in 200+ locations (Google global network) |
| Status | active | active |
Cost at 30 TB/month (illustrative example)
Acme Streaming Co. (illustrative example, not a real company) uses 30 TB/month with 60% North America, 30% Europe, 10% Asia Pacific. Numbers below are rack-rate floors using each vendor's cheapest published per-GB rate for the dominant region.
Rack-rate floor using cheapest published per-GB rate. Real invoices include request fees and premium features.
Rack-rate floor using cheapest published per-GB rate. Real invoices include request fees and premium features.
When to pick which
Pick CloudFront when:
Workloads already on AWS that need tight Lambda@Edge or S3 integration.
Pick Cloud CDN when:
Sites that already run on Google Cloud Load Balancing or use Media CDN for streaming.