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Do you know what the cost difference is between CloudFront and S3 in terms of serving big files like video files? For convenience and other reasons, I use S3 t
by ckcheng 7y ago
Do you know what the cost difference is between CloudFront and S3 in terms of serving big files like video files?
For convenience and other reasons, I use S3 to publish some videos for a small group (~30) I teach. Wondering if serving that thru CloudFront would be cheaper.
This is especially important to me now as I'm doing this while everyone here is under voluntary self-isolation so I'm relying on video more.
Not that S3 was ever that expensive for me but if CloudFront is cheaper...
- lappet 7y agoSorry, I don't know the answer to that specific question. I do want to point out that CloudFront is just a CDN, you would use it in conjunction with something like S3.
- ckcheng 7y agoThanks. Yeah, I have S3. Just wondering if CF would save costs in this simple scenario. S3 transfer to CF is free I think so might be worth my giving it a try.
- nostrebored 7y agoCloudFront will likely help you save costs if there is a benefit to caching the content. For example, if all of those 30 download the same file, from a similar geographic area around the same time, you should see some cost reduction. Otherwise, it might not be worth the cost of the distribution!
- ckcheng 7y agoThanks. Yeah, same files and geographic area. I'm paying for either S3 or CloudFront for distribution regardless, and either way their transfer out to internet pricing looks similar: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/pricing/ https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/pricing/ https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/ https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/ Transferring from S3 to CloudFront looks free, so I might give it a try. Already have S3, just have to set up CLoudFront. I hope I didn't miss something on pricing... really can't afford bill shock!