Amazon CloudFront vs Nebius Comparison

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Why choose Amazon CloudFront

• Has a free plan (Nebius does not)
• Higher Integration score (9/10 vs 6/10)
• Higher Customization score (9/10 vs 7/10)
• Better fit for small business (5/10 vs 3/10)

Why choose Nebius

• Higher Cost score (7/10 vs 6/10)
• Higher Ease of Use score (6/10 vs 5/10)

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Amazon CloudFront

Pros

• The network is very large, with more than 750 PoPs plus over 1,140 PoPs embedded inside ISP networks.
• Data transfer from AWS origins such as S3 and EC2 to CloudFront costs nothing, which lowers costs for workloads hosted on AWS.
• Flat-rate plans start at $15 a month with no overage charges, which makes bills predictable.
• It has strong compliance coverage, including PCI-DSS Level 1, HIPAA, SOC, ISO and FedRAMP Moderate.
• Two tiers of edge compute are available: CloudFront Functions at $0.10 per million invocations and Lambda@Edge for heavier code.

Cons

• G2 and Capterra reviewers report complex configuration and a steep learning curve for people new to AWS.
• Capterra-network reviewers rate customer support poorly, around 3.4 out of 5.
• Flat-rate plans lack some features, such as real-time logs, dedicated IP SSL and continuous deployment, and going over the allowance reduces performance.
• Dedicated IP SSL at $600 a month and Anycast Static IPs at $3,000 a month are expensive extras.
• Users on AWS re:Post and GitHub report cache invalidations that occasionally hang for hours or time out during deploys.

Nebius

Pros

• Newest NVIDIA hardware, including B300 and GB300 NVL72, is listed with published per-hour prices.
• Network egress, ingress and public IPs are free, which removes a common hidden cost on hyperscalers.
• The certification list is broad: SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, several ISO standards including 27001 and 42001, and CSA STAR.
• EU data centers in Finland and Paris help with GDPR and data residency.
• Infrastructure as code is fully supported through a CLI, a Terraform provider, gRPC and REST APIs, and SDKs.

Cons

• The catalogue is narrow outside AI. The only managed database is PostgreSQL, and there is no CDN or web hosting.
• Some users report slower support responses than AWS or CoreWeave.
• Users note documentation gaps for advanced setups.
• Kubernetes and Slurm workflows assume DevOps expertise.
• Commitment pricing and the largest clusters require contacting sales.