CDN
How Edge Compares
See how Edge CDN stacks up against the competition.
Feature Comparison
A detailed breakdown of how we compare to other CDN providers.
| Feature |
Edge
| AWS | Cloudflare | Akamai |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egress Fees | Free | $0.085/GB | Free | $0.10/GB |
| Edge Locations | 998 | 30+ | 300+ | 350+ |
| Instant Purge | | 5-10 min | | 5-10 min |
| Real-time Analytics | | | | |
| Free SSL | | | | |
| DDoS Protection | Included | Extra cost | Included | Extra cost |
| HTTP/3 | | | | |
| Edge Rules | | Lambda@Edge | | |
| Password Protection | Included | Lambda@Edge | Paid add-on | Extra cost |
| Decentralized | | | | |
| Transparent Pricing | | | | |
| No Vendor Lock-in | | | | |
Price Comparison
Most CDN bills are mostly bandwidth. Edge charges per request with zero egress fees — so costs stay flat as traffic grows. See our full CDN pricing comparison guide for a deeper breakdown.
|
Edge
| AWS | Cloudflare | Akamai | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | $0.25/M requests | Per GB + per request | Free (plans for features) | Per GB (contract) |
| Egress / bandwidth | Free | $0.085/GB | Free | $0.10/GB |
| Bandwidth cost, 500 GB/mo | $0 | $42.50 | $0 | $50 |
| Free tier | 3 deployments, 500k req/mo | Limited | | |
| Surprise-bill protection | Hard caps by default | | | Contract-based |
Bandwidth example assumes 500 GB/month of data transfer out at each provider's published standard rate. Edge pricing: $0.25 per million requests beyond the free tier, with zero egress fees at every scale — see CDN pricing.
Detailed Comparisons
Pros and cons of each provider compared to Edge.
Edge vs AWS CloudFront
AWS CloudFront Pros
- Large network
- Deep AWS integration
- Feature-rich
AWS CloudFront Cons
- Complex pricing
- Egress fees add up
- Slow purge times
Edge vs Cloudflare
Cloudflare Pros
- Free tier available
- Large network
- Good security
Cloudflare Cons
- Limited customization on free
- Vendor lock-in
- Enterprise pricing opaque
Edge vs Akamai
Akamai Pros
- Largest network
- Enterprise features
- Proven reliability
Akamai Cons
- Expensive
- Complex setup
- Long contracts
Edge vs CDN77
CDN77 Pros
- Competitive pricing
- Video streaming focus
- Private backbone
CDN77 Cons
- Smaller network (50+ PoPs)
- Per-GB egress fees
- Centralized architecture
Edge vs Bunny.net
Bunny.net Pros
- Very affordable
- Developer-friendly
- Good feature set
Bunny.net Cons
- Smaller network (123 PoPs)
- Per-GB pricing
- Basic DDoS protection
Edge vs Fastly
Fastly Pros
- Fast purge times
- Edge compute (VCL)
- Developer tools
Fastly Cons
- Expensive egress
- $50/mo minimum
- VCL learning curve
Why choose Edge?
The key advantages that set us apart.
$0
Egress fees
100%
Transparent pricing
0
Lock-in