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We performed a comparison between Amazon CloudFront and IBM Cloud Video based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"Feature-wise, I like the solution's signed URL because it provides security for me.""Amazon CloudFront is a stable solution.""We can personalize a lot of things inside CDN.""The most valuable feature is the number of servers they can put your content in while being reliable.""The AWS environment was very helpful in terms of integration.""The product is very well interconnected with other Amazon services.""The most valuable feature of the solution is the speed of delivery.""The speed and usability of the solution are valuable."

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"I like the user interface. There aren't too many buttons that the audience will have to fiddle with."

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Cons
"The tool must provide regional control.""Amazon CloudFront's setup is a bit difficult, and we would love it if they made it easier.""The product could support any network load balancer. At present, we can use only Amazon’s load balancer application.""The solution could be more simplified for new users. It could be more user-friendly.""During the setup phase, there were some hiccups in terms of security, the user role, and the permissions.""With a mixed stack, things become a problem. With GCP and Azure, the DNS setup gets tricky when using CloudFront.""The UI could be more user-friendly.""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."

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"They should improve the registration gateway. Currently, you can't do a pre-event registration that's straightforward. You have to do an API to integrate. It would be a lot easier if they had that."

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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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    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.

    With cognitive and AI infused technologies, IBM Cloud Video empowers customers to enhance live and on-demand video opportunities, and maximize viewer engagement.
    Sample Customers
    Unilever, Spotify, Pinterest, MLB Advanced Media, Foursquare, PBS, Airbnb, Netflix, WIX, Comcast, Automobili Lamborghini, Rovio, Discovery Communications
    Airbnb, N3 Results, University of Notre Dame
    Top Industries
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    Financial Services Firm40%
    Integrator10%
    Retailer10%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization19%
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Manufacturing Company6%
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    Small Business35%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise45%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise27%
    Large Enterprise54%
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    Amazon CloudFront is ranked 4th in CDN with 14 reviews while IBM Cloud Video is ranked 29th in CDN. Amazon CloudFront is rated 7.8, while IBM Cloud Video is rated 8.0. 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 IBM Cloud Video writes "Great user interface and easy to implement". Amazon CloudFront is most compared with Azure Front Door, Akamai, Cloudflare, Windows Azure CDN and Fastly, whereas IBM Cloud Video is most compared with .

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