AWS CloudFront Pricing 2026 Verified: $0.085/GB NA/EU, 1 TB Free, Bundle Plans $15-$1,000/mo
Two published routes. Pay as you go bills per GB plus per 10,000 requests, with an always-free tier of 1 TB of data transfer out and 10 million requests a month; US/Canada/Mexico and Europe run $0.085 per GB for the next 9 TB, $0.080 to 50 TB, $0.060 to 150 TB, $0.040 to 500 TB and down to $0.020 above 5 PB, with HTTP requests at $0.0075 per 10,000 and HTTPS at $0.0100 in the US and $0.0120 in Europe. Flat-rate plans are priced per distribution with no overage charges: Free $0 (1M requests, 100 GB transfer, 5 GB S3), Pro $15 (10M requests, 50 TB, 50 GB S3), Business $200 (125M requests, 50 TB, 1 TB S3) and Premium $1,000 (500M requests configurable to 6B, 50 TB configurable to 600 TB, 5 TB S3), each bundling WAF, DDoS protection, Route 53 DNS, CloudWatch Logs ingestion, a TLS certificate and serverless edge compute.
Verified 2026-09-23 against https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/pricing/
Published per-GB rates
Rates below are exactly as AWS CloudFront lists them on its own pricing page. Asia, Africa and South America are commonly 1.5x to 3x North America/Europe.
| Region / band | Tier | Price per GB |
|---|---|---|
| North America (next 9 TB) | after free 1 TB | $0.0850 |
| North America (next 40 TB) | 10 TB to 50 TB | $0.0800 |
| North America (next 100 TB) | 50 TB to 150 TB | $0.0600 |
| North America (next 350 TB) | 150 TB to 500 TB | $0.0400 |
| North America (over 5 PB) | 5 PB and above | $0.0200 |
| Europe (next 9 TB) | after free 1 TB | $0.0850 |
| Europe (next 40 TB) | 10 TB to 50 TB | $0.0800 |
| Europe (next 100 TB) | 50 TB to 150 TB | $0.0600 |
| Europe (next 350 TB) | 150 TB to 500 TB | $0.0400 |
| Europe (over 5 PB) | 5 PB and above | $0.0200 |
Amazon CloudFront pricing FAQ
People search for "Amazon CDN" and "Amazon CloudFront CDN pricing" interchangeably. Amazon's CDN is CloudFront, and every figure here is quoted from AWS's own pricing pages, checked 11 August 2026.
How much does Amazon CloudFront (Amazon's CDN) cost in 2026?
On pay-as-you-go, the first 1 TB of data transfer to the internet each month is free, then delivery to the US, Canada, Mexico and Europe costs $0.085/GB for the next 9 TB and $0.080/GB for the next 40 TB, tapering to $0.020/GB above 5 PB. HTTPS requests are $0.01 per 10,000 in the US after the first 10 million free each month. CloudFront also offers flat-rate monthly plans (Pro $15, Business $200, Premium $1,000) that bundle CDN, WAF, DDoS protection and DNS with no overage.
What is AWS CloudFront's price per GB?
For the US, Canada, Mexico and Europe, CloudFront charges $0.085/GB for the first 9 TB after the free tier, $0.080/GB for the next 40 TB, $0.060/GB for the next 100 TB, and lower at higher volume down to $0.020/GB above 5 PB. Asia Pacific, South America and other regions are billed at higher per-GB rates on CloudFront's published rate card.
Is there a free tier for Amazon CloudFront?
Yes. CloudFront's always-free tier includes 1 TB of data transfer to the internet and 10 million HTTPS requests every month, with no 12-month expiry. The separate Free flat-rate plan ($0/month) includes 100 GB of data transfer.
Do the flat-rate CloudFront plans replace pay-as-you-go pricing?
No. The flat-rate plans (Free $0, Pro $15, Business $200, Premium $1,000 per month) are an alternative to pay-as-you-go, not a replacement. Each bundles a fixed data-transfer allowance with WAF, DDoS protection and DNS at a predictable monthly price and no overage charges. Pay-as-you-go remains available and is cheaper for high-volume workloads that exceed a plan's allowance.
Worked example
Acme Streaming Co. (illustrative example, not a real company) serves 30 TB/month with the mix 60% North America, 30% Europe, 10% Asia Pacific.
Best fit and watch-out
Workloads already on AWS that need tight Lambda@Edge or S3 integration.
Origin egress from EC2/S3 to CloudFront edges is free, but CloudFront delivery to end users still costs $0.08 to $0.085 per GB in NA/EU until you are past 50 TB a month. The flat-rate plans are priced PER DISTRIBUTION, so a multi-distribution estate multiplies the monthly fee rather than pooling the allowance.
When not to pick AWS CloudFront
- Your traffic is dominated by a region where this vendor lacks PoPs (check the region pricing table).
- You need a flat monthly bill with no overage variance (Cloudflare or CDN77 bundles fit better).
- You need WAF, bot management, image optimisation in the same SKU (see the bundles page).
- You already buy compute on a hyperscaler and origin egress savings dwarf CDN egress (CloudFront for AWS, Cloud CDN for GCP, Front Door for Azure).
Source and verification
Source URL checked on 2026-09-23: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/pricing/.