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Amazon CloudFront pricing (2026)
Amazon CloudFront starts at $0/mo (Free (Always Free + flat plan)) as checked on 2026-09-02, read from Amazon CloudFront's own pricing page; 5 plans. Best for Existing AWS customers wanting native CDN with zero integration friction. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $0/mo (Free (Always Free + flat plan))
- Free tier: Yes
- Compliance: HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
- 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
As of · every figure below links to its source
Amazon CloudFront plans & pricing
| 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) | not priced monthly | — | 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 |
Last verified 2026-09-02. 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) Re-verified 2026-09-02 against the live pricing page; published figures unchanged.
Price changes
Price on record
$15/moFirst on record 2026-06-27
A new dated entry is stamped here each time the price moves — the record builds itself.
Tracked since June 2026. No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Capabilities
Integrations: AWS S3, AWS Lambda@Edge, AWS WAF, AWS Shield, AWS Certificate Manager, AWS CloudWatch, Route 53, Elastic Load Balancing.
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.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Amazon CloudFront cost?
Amazon CloudFront starts at $0/mo (Free (Always Free + flat plan)); it has 5 published plans. Verified 2026-09-02.
What are cheaper alternatives to Amazon CloudFront?
Cheaper CDN services than Amazon CloudFront (entry $0/mo) include Bunny.net at $1/mo, KeyCDN at $4/mo. Verified 2026-09-02.
Does Amazon CloudFront support HIPAA?
Amazon CloudFront HIPAA support: Yes. SOC 2: Yes. GDPR: Yes.
Does Amazon CloudFront have a free plan?
Amazon CloudFront free tier: Yes.
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