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We performed a comparison between Amazon CloudFront and Verizon EdgeCast 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Amazon CloudFront vs. Verizon EdgeCast Report (Updated: May 2024).
772,649 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the speed of delivery.""The product's most valuable feature is its ability to deliver content to users nearby.""It has built-in DDoS protection, which protects against DDoS attacks.""Amazon CloudFront is a stable solution.""The tool is highly available and reliable. It helps to access server applications easily. Integrating Amazon CloudFront with other AWS services was very easy, I would rate it eight out of ten.""The product is very well interconnected with other Amazon services.""Feature-wise, I like the solution's signed URL because it provides security for me.""The image loading process is easy and cost-effective too."

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"The Rules Engine V4 is the most valuable feature.""The product is easy to use and easy to implement.""It's super easy to use and integrate with."

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Cons
"I have utilized certain characteristics and invested effort in reading the documentation, which proved to be challenging.""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 lack of seamless integration made the setup process more complex and required additional research to manage all the services properly.""The user interface could be improved.""Support needs to be enhanced.""The tool must provide regional control.""Improvements are needed as per customer requirements.""Amazon CloudFront is harder to understand compared to Azure."

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"The web interface of the Verizon Edgecast portal is very old. It's not user-friendly, slow, and it is missing some valuable features like the ability to make bulk changes.""In the next release, I would like to see more global endpoints for their CDN and a lower price.""We could not create more than 15 custom rules."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Its price is really on the high side. It should be cheaper in general."
  • "Amazon's pricing varies depending on the data transfer."
  • "I rate Amazon CloudFront's pricing a five out of ten."
  • "The product could improve its price."
  • "Amazon CloudFront is an expensive solution."
  • "The solution’s price is reasonable."
  • "Amazon CloudFront costs less than third-party services."
  • "For CloudFront, I'm quite satisfied with the pricing. Initially, it doesn't require many resources for this specific solution."
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  • "When I modeled it out, we are spending somewhere between $600 to $800 a month with Verizon EdgeCast."
  • "Be careful about the options because to have all the features can be very expensive."
  • "The product is cheaper compared to other solutions."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Amazon’s Web Service Global Accelerator or Amazon CloudFront global content delivery network was the better fit for us. We decided to go with… more »
    Top Answer:The solution has good security features.
    Top Answer:I used to work with AWS and Azure, and we provided cost comparisons for customers to help them choose the right services. Azure tends to be more user-friendly and easier to understand, while AWS may… more »
    Top Answer:The product is easy to use and easy to implement.
    Top Answer:There were a few limitations in the product. While evaluating it, we found a couple of gaps. Rate Limiting features were not completely developed. The new feature requests used to take a little… more »
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    4th
    out of 34 in CDN
    Views
    6,137
    Comparisons
    5,362
    Reviews
    18
    Average Words per Review
    378
    Rating
    8.0
    12th
    out of 34 in CDN
    Views
    1,182
    Comparisons
    881
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    491
    Rating
    7.0
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    EdgeCast
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    Overview

    Amazon CloudFront is a global content delivery network (CDN) service that accelerates delivery of your websites, APIs, video content or other web assets. It integrates with other Amazon Web Services products to give developers and businesses an easy way to accelerate content to end users with no minimum usage commitments. Amazon CloudFront can be used to deliver your entire website, including dynamic, static, streaming, and interactive content using a global network of edge locations. Requests for your content are automatically routed to the nearest edge location, so content is delivered with the best possible performance. Amazon CloudFront is optimized to work with other Amazon Web Services, like Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, and Amazon Route 53. Amazon CloudFront also works seamlessly with any non-AWS origin server, which stores the original, definitive versions of your files. Like other Amazon Web Services products, there are no long-term contracts or minimum monthly usage commitments for using Amazon CloudFront – you pay only for as much or as little content as you actually deliver through the content delivery service.

    EdgeCast is the world's fastest and most reliable content delivery network. EdgeCast helps companies dramatically accelerate delivery of static and dynamic web content, significantly improving the end user experience regardless of location.
    Sample Customers
    Unilever, Spotify, Pinterest, MLB Advanced Media, Foursquare, PBS, Airbnb, Netflix, WIX, Comcast, Automobili Lamborghini, Rovio, Discovery Communications
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    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm36%
    Comms Service Provider14%
    Integrator7%
    Retailer7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization20%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company23%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Media Company6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business45%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise41%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise28%
    Large Enterprise55%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise59%
    Buyer's Guide
    Amazon CloudFront vs. Verizon EdgeCast
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon CloudFront vs. Verizon EdgeCast and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
    772,649 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Amazon CloudFront is ranked 4th in CDN with 22 reviews while Verizon EdgeCast is ranked 12th in CDN with 3 reviews. Amazon CloudFront is rated 8.2, while Verizon EdgeCast is rated 7.6. 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 Verizon EdgeCast writes "The product is easy to use and easy to implement, but we have to raise new feature requests frequently because the product is new". Amazon CloudFront is most compared with Azure Front Door, Akamai, Cloudflare, Windows Azure CDN and G-Core Labs CDN, whereas Verizon EdgeCast is most compared with Akamai, Edgio, Windows Azure CDN and Cloudflare. See our Amazon CloudFront vs. Verizon EdgeCast report.

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