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79 cents cheaper = "beats this hard" with no analysis of the performance or reliability differences? Or even time to set up? B2 is still missing basic website f
by john-shaffer 6y ago
79 cents cheaper = "beats this hard" with no analysis of the performance or reliability differences? Or even time to set up? B2 is still missing basic website functionality that you have to code and test yourself. [1]
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23071273 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23071273
- SergeAx 6y agoCloudflare has way more points of presence than AWS Cloudfront even inside US and Europe, set aside countries like Russia or Australia. There's no point using Cloudfront unless you deeply integrated into AWS or negotiated serious price discount.
- john-shaffer 6y agoI have some clients that use Cloudflare, and others that use CloudFront. All of the CloudFront sites perform far better than all of the Cloudflare sites. I don't care how many points of presence Cloudflare has if the performance is worse.
- rovr138 6y agoJust curious, what metrics?
- john-shaffer 6y agoTTFB and total load time
- rumanator 6y ago> I don't care how many points of presence Cloudflare has if the performance is worse. Do you have any data that supports your claims?
- john-shaffer 6y agoAs I stated, they are client websites, which I don't particularly feel like disclosing. It's trivially easy to find benchmarks. [1] is old, but it gives you an idea of the stark differences that I have seen in practice. [1] https://goldfirestudios.com/cdn-benchmarks-cloudflare-vs-cloudfront https://goldfirestudios.com/cdn-benchmarks-cloudflare-vs-clo... [2] https://www.bizety.com/2018/05/01/network-performance-benchmark-akamai-vs-aws-cloudfront-vs-google-cdn/ https://www.bizety.com/2018/05/01/network-performance-benchm...