Amazon CloudFront Reviews

We used the product for one of our projects associated with online gaming.

The product is very well interconnected with other Amazon services. It is very well connected with EC2, so the integration with S3 becomes easier. It reduces latency to some extent. If all our services fall under the AWS landscape, the user experience would be much better.

A lot of caching features must be added to the solution. It only has the standard caching features. Akamai has properties that have multiple features that can be added as rules. Something similar must be added to CloudFront.

I have been using the solution for more than three years.

The tool is stable.

The tool is scalable. A team of three people was using the product in our organization.

We opted for the standard support. The support was not the best. It was satisfactory. The support people took a lot of time to answer. Though we explained our issues well, they did not understand them clearly. It might be because the support team lacked skilled people. The expensive support packages might not have such issues.

Neutral

I have worked with Akamai.

The initial setup is easy.

The solution’s price is reasonable. It is much more reasonable than Akamai.

I would recommend CloudFront to people dealing with simple projects and AWS infrastructure. Overall, I rate the tool a seven out of ten.

I integrate CloudFront with my AWS S3 buckets to host my frontend app, specifically my React app, on S3 and provide access via CloudFront.

The solution makes our platform fully accessible and available globally, helping us to ensure that our customers can rely on it being up and running.

The integration with the Access service and the ability to upgrade or use our own certificate are features I find very valuable. CloudFront also provides tools like CloudFormation, which enable us to write templates and provision resources on demand.

I would like to see an increase in distribution regions in Africa. There are currently only a few regions available.

I have been working with Amazon CloudFront for the past three years.

CloudFront is highly stable. I have not had any stability issues with the product.

Amazon CloudFront is quite scalable and able to adapt to our needs.

I rate the customer service a six. I have experienced communication issues, although not specifically with CloudFront.

Neutral

Before CloudFront, my projects were deployed on EC2. Prior to my position, the company used DigitalOcean but migrated to AWS for centrality of data.

The initial setup can be challenging without knowledge of CDNs, but with the right understanding, it’s quite straightforward.

I managed the deployment myself. I have automated the process using CloudFormation templates, allowing anyone to duplicate the setup using the provided codebase.

The primary ROI comes from CloudFront's stability and reliability. It effectively solves our problem of globally and securely hosting our applications.

I rate the pricing a six. Pricing is determined by usage, so there's less cost when there is less traffic.

Amazon CloudFront is a good product for hosting applications globally and securely. It offers features like geolocation restrictions and whitelisting for added security.

I have been using Amazon CloudFront to create and then set up a signed URL, which is something I need for my project.

Feature-wise, I like the solution's signed URL because it provides security for me.

I don't know yet what can be improved in the solution. I don't have time to dig into it.

During the setup phase, there were some hiccups in terms of security, the user role, and the permissions. The aforementioned area can be considered for improvement.

I have been using Amazon CloudFront for one of my recent projects. I am a customer of the solution.

For scalability, considering AWS, I can say for the Docker container, I can launch multiple instances.

I haven't contacted customer support yet. I'd use online pages, YouTube, and all kinds of sources, but I won't prefer calling customer service directly.

The initial setup is straightforward.

I think everything in the solution looks fine to me because I've been back and forth between Azure and Amazon's UIs. So, I think I'm okay.

Since I haven't explored the solution yet, I rate the overall product an eight out of ten.

I use the solution for CDN.

We use the platform to deliver files and media across the world.

The speed and usability of the solution are valuable. It's part of AWS. It’s pretty useful.

The tool must provide regional control. It must provide features to allow only one region to reach the content via CDN.

I have been using the solution for six years. I am using the latest version of the solution.

I rate the tool’s stability a ten out of ten.

I rate the solution’s scalability a ten out of ten.

The tool is very easy to set up.

I have seen a 100% return on investment in the product.

The product could improve its price. People using the product must pay attention to what they are setting up. The cost can greatly increase if they do not take care of it.

Overall, I rate the product a ten out of ten.

Our developers developed something that needed cloud services and deployed it on the Amazon CloudFront server.

Amazon CloudFront is a stable solution.

Amazon CloudFront's pricing is a bit high, and we would appreciate it if they reduced it.

Amazon CloudFront's setup is a bit difficult, and we would love it if they made it easier.

I have been using Amazon CloudFront for the last six months.

Amazon CloudFront is a scalable solution. Four or five people are using Amazon CloudFront in our company.

Amazon CloudFront's initial setup is difficult, and it takes a lot of time to set it up.

Amazon CloudFront is an expensive solution.

I would recommend Amazon CloudFront to other users.

Overall, I rate Amazon CloudFront a seven out of ten.

The solution has many features that are comprehensive.

I have utilized certain characteristics and invested effort in reading the documentation, which proved to be challenging.

I have used Amazon CloudFront within the last 12 months.

The implementation was a bit difficult due to the documentation used. It would be beneficial to have a categorization in the documentation that aids understanding based on user expertise levels, such as beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Such a division would greatly assist startups like ours.

I rate Amazon CloudFront a seven out of ten.

We use it for media content delivery to different geographical locations. We have its latest version.

It is stable.

Its price is really high and can be improved. From the technology perspective, they should have some multi-platform integration. When you are configuring something on top of it, it is geoblocking. There are some limitations for the IP addresses, which other solutions don't have.

They should have more Edge locations so that CloudFront can be used much more. If they can make it a little bit cheaper and better than other networks, we will be able to use it more. 

They don't have a lot of PoPs in Asia-Pacific. That's one of the reasons why there is some latency. They can reduce this latency by adding multiple PoPs. If we are concentrating on markets, such as Vietnam, the Philippines, where we don't have PoPs, we have to ride on other providers.

We started to use it six months ago.

It is stable.

It is scalable.

I've never interacted with them. Normally, with the help of the documentation, you can manage it on your own.

It took about half an hour to install it. Its installation is not a big thing, but setting up rules and everything else takes a few hours. 

We are a consultancy company. We used to do the installation, and we also used to have a consultancy with other companies. 

For its deployment and maintenance, three to four guys are required. One architect is there, and then there is one manager and two engineers.

Its price is really on the high side. It should be cheaper in general.

I would definitely recommend this product. We like Amazon products. 

I would rate Amazon CloudFront a nine out of 10.

We use Amazon CloudFront to host web services. It helps us protect websites and provides an easy deployment for AWS WAF.

The product’s most valuable feature is the availability of the websites.

The product could support any network load balancer. At present, we can use only Amazon’s load balancer application. It will help us manage hosting multiple web services or websites easily.

We have been using Amazon CloudFront for two to three years. At present, we use the latest version.

We have 30 to 40 admins executing using Amazon CloudFront in our organization. We plan to increase the usage as we migrate from a third-party WAF to AWS WAF.

The technical support services are good.

Positive

We migrated from EC2 as an individual website towards Amazon CloudFront. The migration was straightforward as it is available in AWS itself. It took around two weeks for 150 websites. We had a team of 50-60 executives to work on the deployment.

Amazon CloudFront costs less than third-party services. Going for third-party vendors may cost more, require some skills, and take time to integrate.

I rate Amazon CloudFront a seven out of ten.