Cloudflare vs AWS CloudFront Pricing 2026 Verified: $25/mo Flat vs $0.085/GB Metered
Cloudflare and CloudFront sit at opposite ends of the CDN pricing axis. Cloudflare bundles bandwidth into plans; CloudFront meters per-GB with a generous 1 TB free tier. Choose by traffic predictability and AWS integration depth.
Verified 2026-06-17 against vendor pricing pages
Side by side
| Dimension | Cloudflare | CloudFront |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Cloudflare bundles CDN, WAF, DNS and Universal SSL into flat monthly plans rather than charging per GB egress | Pay as you go per GB plus per 10,000 requests |
| Cheapest published rate | $0 / unmetered | $0.0800/GB |
| Free tier | None published | 1024 GB/mo |
| Starting plan price | Free | Free |
| PoP count claim | 330+ cities | 700+ POPs worldwide |
| 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 Cloudflare when:
Sites that want predictable monthly cost and no egress meter.
Pick CloudFront when:
Workloads already on AWS that need tight Lambda@Edge or S3 integration.