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title: "CDN Comparison: Edge vs AWS, Cloudflare, Akamai & More"
description: "Compare CDN providers on features and pricing. See how Edge CDN stacks up against AWS CloudFront, Cloudflare, Akamai, Bunny, Fastly, and CDN77."
url: https://edge.network/cdn/compare/
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# CDN Comparison: Edge vs AWS, Cloudflare, Akamai & More

[CDN](https://edge.network/cdn)

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 | 1,016 | 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](https://edge.network/academy/cdn-pricing-comparison) 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](https://edge.network/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

[Full comparison →](https://edge.network/cdn/compare/aws)

### Edge vs Cloudflare

Cloudflare Pros

- Free tier available
- Large network
- Good security

Cloudflare Cons

- Limited customization on free
- Vendor lock-in
- Enterprise pricing opaque

[Full comparison →](https://edge.network/cdn/compare/cloudflare)

### Edge vs Akamai

Akamai Pros

- Largest network
- Enterprise features
- Proven reliability

Akamai Cons

- Expensive
- Complex setup
- Long contracts

[Full comparison →](https://edge.network/cdn/compare/akamai)

### Edge vs CDN77

CDN77 Pros

- Competitive pricing
- Video streaming focus
- Private backbone

CDN77 Cons

- Smaller network (50+ PoPs)
- Per-GB egress fees
- Centralized architecture

[Full comparison →](https://edge.network/cdn/compare/cdn77)

### 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

[Full comparison →](https://edge.network/cdn/compare/bunny)

### Edge vs Fastly

Fastly Pros

- Fast purge times
- Edge compute (VCL)
- Developer tools

Fastly Cons

- Expensive egress
- $50/mo minimum
- VCL learning curve

[Full comparison →](https://edge.network/cdn/compare/fastly)

## Why choose Edge?

The key advantages that set us apart.

$0

Egress fees

100%

Transparent pricing

0

Lock-in

[Get Started with Edge CDN](https://edge.network/console)