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CDN comparison

How Edge compares, honestly

Edge against CloudFront, Cloudflare, Akamai, Fastly, Bunny.net and CDN77: what each charges, what's included, and where each one is genuinely the better pick.
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At a glance

Seven CDNs, one table

Pricing models, bundled protection and how each network is run. Scroll sideways on a phone.
Edge CDN compared with AWS CloudFront, Cloudflare, Akamai, Fastly, Bunny.net and CDN77
CloudFrontCloudflareAkamaiFastlyBunny.netCDN77
EgressFree$0.085/GBFree$0.10/GB+$0.08–0.28/GB$0.01–0.06/GB$0.049/GB+
Pricing modelPer requestPer GB + requestPlansContractPer GB + requestPer GBPer GB
Minimum spendNoneNoneNoneAnnual contract$50/moNoneNone
Transparent pricingPartiallyPartially
DDoS protectionIncludedBasicIncludedExtraIncludedBasicIncluded
Password protectionIncludedLambda@EdgePaid add-onExtra
Surprise-bill protectionHard capsContract
Decentralised network

Head to head

Pick the one you're weighing up

Each comparison covers features, cost at three traffic levels, when the other provider is the better choice, and how to switch.

Pricing models

Three ways to bill a CDN

Headline rates only make sense once you know what's being metered. More in our CDN pricing guide.
  • Most CDNs

    Per GB of egress

    Bunny, Fastly, Akamai, CDN77 and CloudFront charge for every byte delivered. Bills grow with success, and a viral day shows up on the invoice.
  • Edge

    Per request

    Edge charges $0.25 per million requests and nothing for bandwidth. Byte-heavy sites win; sites serving millions of tiny files pay relatively more.

  • Flat plans

    Cloudflare bundles delivery into plan tiers. Predictable when small; growing sites move to enterprise contracts priced by quote.

Switching

Moving CDNs takes an afternoon

No proprietary runtime to port. Your origin stays exactly where it is.
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  1. 01

    Point Edge at your origin

    Create a deployment using the origin your current CDN pulls from. Nothing moves.
  2. 02

    Test on a staging hostname

    Compare headers, hit ratio and latency while your current CDN keeps serving production.
  3. 03

    Switch one DNS record

    Repoint the CNAME. Keep the old CDN for a few days as a fallback, then turn it off.

FAQ

Comparison questions

Is Edge the cheapest CDN?
Not always. At very low volumes, CloudFront's free allowance or Bunny's per-GB rates can cost less. Once bandwidth matters, Edge's $0 egress usually makes it the cheapest by a wide margin. The calculator on the pricing page shows your case.
What does 'decentralised' mean in practice?
Edge locations are run by independent operators rather than one company's data centres. No single facility, provider or region can take the network down.
Can I run Edge alongside my current CDN?
Yes. Most teams test on a staging hostname, then move production hostnames one at a time.

Compare on your own traffic

The fairest test is yours. Put one hostname on Edge's free tier and look at the numbers side by side.

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Free tier: 3 deployments and 500k requests a month, hard-capped. Bandwidth is always $0.