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I know this doesn't add value but if you think CloudFront is expensive you should see how much CDNs used to cost before CloudFront came around. The fact it does
by throwaway2016a 9y ago
I know this doesn't add value but if you think CloudFront is expensive you should see how much CDNs used to cost before CloudFront came around. The fact it doesn't change you for the bandwidth between S3 and CloudFront is key too.
Try pricing it against Google https://cloud.google.com/cdn/pricing https://cloud.google.com/cdn/pricing and Level3 http://www.level3.com/en/products/content-delivery-network/ http://www.level3.com/en/products/content-delivery-network/
As someone mentioned, CloudFlare initial seems cheaper but you give up some stuff like control of your DNS and they can shut you off or start showing CAPTCHAs at any time unless you pay for their higher plans. Which might be worth it, you have to weight the pros and cons.
- foobarbazetc 9y agoCloudFront is one of the slowest CDNs out there. CloudFlare is okay as long as you pay $200/month. That's nothing in the CDN world. Amazon wants $600/month just to deploy a SSL cert on CloudFront.
- throwaway2016a 9y ago> Amazon wants $600/month just to deploy a SSL cert on CloudFront That's a bit misleading Amazon SSL is free on CloudFront if you are OK with SNI. And almost every is now... browsers without SNI are virtually none. The only browser with any market use that does not support it is IE 8 on Windows XP!