CDN for enterprise
CDN for Enterprise 2026 Verified: $5K-$100K+/mo, Three Quote-Only Vendors in Play
At enterprise scale (100+ TB/month, regulated industries, multi-region failover) the shortlist always includes one quote-only vendor. We map the trade-offs without inferring numbers we cannot verify.
Verified 17 June 2026
Direct answer
What CDN should an enterprise use in 2026?
Most enterprise shortlists in 2026 are Cloudflare Enterprise, Akamai, AWS CloudFront (committed), and Fastly committed. Edgio is conditional on continuity confirmation; Azure Front Door only if you are Azure-native. We strongly recommend a 3-vendor RFP including at least one published-rate vendor as price anchor.
100 TB / 500 TB / 1 PB profiles
Pure rack-rate math at 100 TB+ falls apart fast. Enterprise commitments routinely cut published rates by 40-70%, and quote-only vendors will not name a number until you commit volume. Below are rack-rate floors using published rates only.
- 100 TB/mo: Cloudflare Business $250 still flat, Bunny ~$1,024, KeyCDN ~$3,500 (mixed), CloudFront ~$8,000, Fastly ~$6,800, CDN77 Growth $990.
- 500 TB/mo: Cloudflare Enterprise quote, Bunny Volume Network ~$2,500, KeyCDN ~$15,000 (mixed), CloudFront $40,000+, Fastly $40,000+.
- 1 PB/mo (1,024 TB): Bunny Volume Network ~$5,000, CDN77 Enterprise quote, AWS CloudFront committed contract, Akamai/Edgio quote-only.
Negotiation playbook
- Get two committed-rate quotes from published-rate vendors (AWS, Fastly) before opening Akamai or Cloudflare Enterprise conversations.
- Bunny Volume Network is the absolute price floor; use as anchor.
- Push for termination-for-convenience clauses with 60-90 day notice on any quote-only vendor.
- For Edgio specifically: require a continuity attestation in writing.
- For Azure Front Door: insist on EA discount line items, not just the public rate.
The number you will not get
We will not publish "Akamai costs $X/GB at enterprise volume." That number does not exist as a single value; it changes per deal, region, commitment and product mix. Anyone who quotes it is guessing or trying to sell you a sister product. See our quote-only vendors page for the honest framing.
Last verified June 2026.