Fastly vs AWS CloudFront Pricing 2026 Verified: $0.08-$0.12/GB vs $0.085/GB NA/EU
Fastly and CloudFront occupy the same per-GB price band in NA/EU. Decide on free tier (CloudFront wins 1 TB vs Fastly's 100 GB), streaming maturity (Fastly leads), and origin location (CloudFront pairs with AWS for free origin fetch).
Verified 2026-06-17 against vendor pricing pages
Side by side
| Dimension | Fastly | CloudFront |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per-GB bandwidth plus per-10k-requests pricing | Pay as you go per GB plus per 10,000 requests |
| Cheapest published rate | $0.0800/GB | $0.0800/GB |
| Free tier | 100 GB/mo | 1024 GB/mo |
| Starting plan price | Free | Free |
| PoP count claim | 100+ POPs | 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 Fastly when:
Streaming, large file delivery, and any team that wants the Compute@Edge developer experience.
Pick CloudFront when:
Workloads already on AWS that need tight Lambda@Edge or S3 integration.