We performed a comparison between Amazon CloudFront and Windows Azure CDN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two CDN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is stable."
"The product is very well interconnected with other Amazon services."
"We can personalize a lot of things inside CDN."
"The speed and usability of the solution are valuable."
"The solution has good security features."
"The product provides reduced latency and quicker site refreshes."
"Feature-wise, I like the solution's signed URL because it provides security for me."
"If you're using AWS entirely, it's smooth sailing."
"The fact that it just delivers what it is supposed to do is its most valuable feature...The initial setup is very straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of Windows Azure CDN is its effectiveness."
"I like that CDN offers a routing feature."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that one can access Windows Azure CDN from anywhere."
"One of the tool's best features is its ability to handle edge cases. For instance, we encountered a situation where we needed to remove certain files from public access. The solution offered a purge feature that allowed us to remove these files. This feature ensured that the files were deleted from all edge servers. Subsequently, we were able to upload new versions of the files."
"It is a stable solution."
"I enjoy engaging in discussions with colleagues possessing unique expertise. I leverage the three platforms—Azure, Google, and AWS extensively. This allows me to offer diverse solutions to customers, commonly referred to as a multi-cloud approach."
"The UI is very intuitive."
"The solution can benefit from expanding its data center and server locations to multiple places for smoother content delivery with even lower latency. The latency we experience is sufficient for our needs, and we are doing well. However, if they expand their locations in the future, it could be a positive factor. Its competitors have multiple data and server locations."
"The product could support any network load balancer. At present, we can use only Amazon’s load balancer application."
"A lot of caching features must be added to the solution."
"The solution could be more simplified for new users. It could be more user-friendly."
"Support needs to be enhanced."
"The lack of seamless integration made the setup process more complex and required additional research to manage all the services properly."
"Amazon CloudFront can improve by accurately determining the latency of a non-defined URL that the solution encounters."
"Amazon CloudFront is harder to understand compared to Azure."
"Exploring shared access solutions with cloud accounts would be a beneficial choice."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"We have experienced issues with switch connectivity."
"There were a few bugs that were very disappointing. So, that is a part of the reason why we started using Fastly."
"The high price of Windows Azure CDN is an area of concern where improvements can be made."
"They should include configuration for cache rules."
"I believe Windows Azure CDN can improve monitoring and measuring overall end-user performance. Providing monitoring tools or agents that can be integrated into our pages would be highly beneficial. Setting up a custom domain with Windows Azure CDN involves proving domain ownership, which can take some time. The process is relatively straightforward if your DNS or domain registrar is already integrated with Microsoft. However, the verification process may be more time-consuming if you use a different service provider."
"I aim to enhance the reporting."
Amazon CloudFront is ranked 4th in CDN with 22 reviews while Windows Azure CDN is ranked 6th in CDN with 12 reviews. Amazon CloudFront is rated 8.2, while Windows Azure CDN is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Amazon CloudFront writes "Top-notch in terms of customer service and offers pay-as-you-go model with a free tier". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows Azure CDN writes "A globally distributed network of servers that can efficiently deliver web content to consumers". Amazon CloudFront is most compared with Azure Front Door, Akamai, Cloudflare, Fastly and AWS Global Accelerator, whereas Windows Azure CDN is most compared with Akamai, Azure Front Door, StackPath CDN, Verizon EdgeCast and Cloudflare. See our Amazon CloudFront vs. Windows Azure CDN report.
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