# Amazon CloudFront pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $0 (free)/mo (Free (Always Free + flat plan)). Among the 8 cdn services we track it is the cheapest; median entry $3/mo.
**Domain:** aws.amazon.com
**Free tier:** Yes
**Compliance:** HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
**Integrations:** AWS S3, AWS Lambda@Edge, AWS WAF, AWS Shield, AWS Certificate Manager, AWS CloudWatch, Route 53, Elastic Load Balancing
**Best for:** Existing AWS customers wanting native CDN with zero integration friction; Healthcare workloads needing HIPAA-eligible CDN with BAA coverage; Applications using Lambda@Edge or CloudFront Functions for edge logic; Static site hosting via S3 + CloudFront pattern
**Price tracked since:** June 2026

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free (Always Free + flat plan) | $0 | — | flat | Always-free tier: 1 TB of data transfer out to the internet per month and 10,000,000 HTTP/HTTPS requests per month, free. | aws.amazon.com |
| Pro (flat plan) | $15 | — | flat | Flat-rate plan per distribution bundling the CloudFront CDN with multiple AWS services and feature allowances, with no overage charges. | aws.amazon.com |
| Business (flat plan) | $200 | — | flat | Flat-rate plan per distribution with higher bundled usage allowances and no overage charges. | aws.amazon.com |
| Premium (flat plan) | $1000 | — | flat | Top flat-rate plan per distribution with the largest bundled allowances and no overage charges. | aws.amazon.com |
| Pay-as-you-go (on-demand) | Quote-only | — | flat | On-demand usage with no fixed fee: after the 1 TB always-free allowance, data transfer out is $0.085/GB for the next 9 TB in both US/Mexico/Canada and Europe/Israel/Turkiye. Requests (after first 10M free): US/Mexico/Canada $0.0075 per 10k HTTP and $0.0100 per 10k HTTPS; Europe/Israel/Turkiye $0.0090 per 10k HTTP and $0.0120 per 10k HTTPS. monthlyUsd null (no fixed plan fee). | aws.amazon.com |

**Key features:** HIPAA-eligible service per AWS BAA (excludes Embedded PoPs); SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3 in scope (per AWS compliance services list); GDPR-compliant with AWS DPA including SCCs; Lambda@Edge and CloudFront Functions for programmable edge; AWS Shield Standard DDoS protection included; Integration with AWS WAF for application-layer filtering; Global network of 600+ PoPs (AWS edge locations + regional caches); Signed URLs and signed cookies for private content distribution; Real-time metrics and logging via CloudWatch; Field-level encryption for sensitive data at edge.

**Plan limits:** Always-free tier: 1 TB data transfer/month and 10M requests/month; HIPAA eligibility excludes content delivery through CloudFront Embedded Points of Presence; SOC 1/2/3 scope excludes CloudFront Embedded PoPs; Tightly integrated with AWS ecosystem — less portable to multi-cloud than standalone CDNs; Pay-as-you-go rates can be complex to predict at scale.

Sources: 2 · Last verified 2026-06-13
Provenance: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/pricing/ and https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/pricing/pay-as-you-go/ (official pricing pages, accessed 2026-06-13; flat monthly plans plus an always-free tier and pay-as-you-go per-GB/per-request rates)
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Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Amazon CloudFront's entry plan was $0 (free)/mo as of 2026-06-13 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/cdn-services/amazon-cloudfront/
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