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Are you sure you're reading the right pricing chart? Comparing these: http://www.simplecdn.com/pricing http://www.simplecdn.com/pricing http://aws.amazon.com/

Are you sure you're reading the right pricing chart? Comparing these: http://www.simplecdn.com/pricing http://www.simplecdn.com/pricing http://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/ http://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/ http://aws.amazon.com/s3/ http://aws.amazon.com/s3/ storage: Amazon: $0.15/GB, simpleCDN $5.00/GB (ouch!) transfer out: Amazon: $0.17-$0.22/GB, simpleCDN $0.09/GB transfer in: Amazon: something, simpleCDN: nothing requests: Both: $0.01/10k requests So yeah, you might save a few pennies on bandwidth, but SimpleCDN would kill you on storage it seems. They do seem to offer another product that they call "SimpleCDN S3+", that I assume is their equivilant of S3, since the prices are about the same. Is that what you were comparing?

Logitech213 18y ago
SimpleCDN's S3+ service is much cheaper than S3, with the same pricing for storage and $0.059 for transfer. The other points you are missing are FEATURES. SimpleCDN supports RTMP streaming. HTTP streaming of FLV and MP4 files are also supported. As is gzip compression (A BIG Bandwidth Saver - 60% to 70% size savings on CSS and JS.) and the ability to set expires headers. S3 and CloudFront does NONE of this. Repeat, NONE of this. So lets say you had a website with lots of scripts, images, some videos, etc. So lets say it is 10GB worth of stuff. $50 a month for storage. Okay that is more... but then if you are pushing 10TB per month, that would be $1700 on S3, and $890 on SimpleCDN. So big deal for the $50. Plus gzip compression will save you more. Did I mention RTMP Flash streaming? S3 is like something out of 1999. Oh and SimpleCDN will mirror files from ANY HTTP website. With CloudFront you have to use S3. AND pay for S3 transfer to CloudFront. Stupid. How often does CloudFront drop its cache of your files? Think about it, ALL CloudFront locations constantly caching your files and re-caching from S3, costing even more bandwidth. Stupid.
- jasonkester 18y ago
  Uh... at the risk of repeating myself... are you sure you're reading the right pricing chart? According to SimpleCDN's website, their S3+ service is not a content deliver network. It has US and EU locations, just like S3. So sure, it's cheaper than S3, but the thing they offer that competes with CloudPoint is potentially bit more expensive than CloudPoint, depending on the disposition of your content. And I think you missed the part where you don't get charged for moving things around between S3 and CloudPoint. And the part where you can set your caching however you like, just like you would for any file you serve from a traditional webserver.
Logitech213 18y ago
S3+ has multiple locations, but it uses the multiple locations AT THE SAME TIME, it is like a mini CDN, unlike S3 which is only delivered from a single location. Amazon DOES charge you for transfer between S3 and Cloudfront... you have to pay transfer TO EACH EDGE SERVER at standard S3 transfer rates.
Logitech213 18y ago
You say the prices are about the same on S3+ (SimpleCDN) and S3 (Amazon), but S3 is 17 cents per GB, and S3+ is 5.9 cents per GB. That makes Amazon THREE TIMES more expensive.

Logitech213 18y ago

SimpleCDN's S3+ service is much cheaper than S3, with the same pricing for storage and $0.059 for transfer. The other points you are missing are FEATURES. SimpleCDN supports RTMP streaming. HTTP streaming of FLV and MP4 files are also supported. As is gzip compression (A BIG Bandwidth Saver - 60% to 70% size savings on CSS and JS.) and the ability to set expires headers. S3 and CloudFront does NONE of this. Repeat, NONE of this. So lets say you had a website with lots of scripts, images, some videos, etc. So lets say it is 10GB worth of stuff. $50 a month for storage. Okay that is more... but then if you are pushing 10TB per month, that would be $1700 on S3, and $890 on SimpleCDN. So big deal for the $50. Plus gzip compression will save you more. Did I mention RTMP Flash streaming? S3 is like something out of 1999. Oh and SimpleCDN will mirror files from ANY HTTP website. With CloudFront you have to use S3. AND pay for S3 transfer to CloudFront. Stupid. How often does CloudFront drop its cache of your files? Think about it, ALL CloudFront locations constantly caching your files and re-caching from S3, costing even more bandwidth. Stupid.

jasonkester 18y ago
Uh... at the risk of repeating myself... are you sure you're reading the right pricing chart? According to SimpleCDN's website, their S3+ service is not a content deliver network. It has US and EU locations, just like S3. So sure, it's cheaper than S3, but the thing they offer that competes with CloudPoint is potentially bit more expensive than CloudPoint, depending on the disposition of your content. And I think you missed the part where you don't get charged for moving things around between S3 and CloudPoint. And the part where you can set your caching however you like, just like you would for any file you serve from a traditional webserver.

Logitech213 18y ago

S3+ has multiple locations, but it uses the multiple locations AT THE SAME TIME, it is like a mini CDN, unlike S3 which is only delivered from a single location. Amazon DOES charge you for transfer between S3 and Cloudfront... you have to pay transfer TO EACH EDGE SERVER at standard S3 transfer rates.

Logitech213 18y ago

You say the prices are about the same on S3+ (SimpleCDN) and S3 (Amazon), but S3 is 17 cents per GB, and S3+ is 5.9 cents per GB. That makes Amazon THREE TIMES more expensive.