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."Amazon CloudFront is a stable solution."
"The support team is knowledgeable."
"If you're using AWS entirely, it's smooth sailing."
"We can personalize a lot of things inside CDN."
"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."
"It has built-in DDoS protection, which protects against DDoS attacks."
"The product is very well interconnected with other Amazon services."
"The product’s most valuable feature is the availability of the websites."
"It is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that one can access Windows Azure CDN from anywhere."
"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 fact that it just delivers what it is supposed to do is its most valuable feature...The initial setup is very straightforward."
"We use the product for faster content delivery with low latency."
"The UI is very intuitive."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of Windows Azure CDN is its effectiveness."
"Amazon CloudFront is harder to understand compared to Azure."
"They could be expanding the number of locations available. It will help users easily access content."
"Sometimes, the server goes down automatically."
"The solution could be more simplified for new users. It could be more user-friendly."
"The lack of seamless integration made the setup process more complex and required additional research to manage all the services properly."
"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."
"During the setup phase, there were some hiccups in terms of security, the user role, and the permissions."
"A lot of caching features must be added to the solution."
"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."
"There were a few bugs that were very disappointing. So, that is a part of the reason why we started using Fastly."
"We have experienced issues with switch connectivity."
"Exploring shared access solutions with cloud accounts would be a beneficial choice."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"The response time of the support team must be improved."
Amazon CloudFront is ranked 4th in CDN with 22 reviews while Windows Azure CDN is ranked 6th in CDN with 10 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 Azure Front Door, Akamai, Verizon EdgeCast, StackPath CDN and Cloudflare. See our Amazon CloudFront vs. Windows Azure CDN report.
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