Content delivery networks · October 2026 Edition
Cloudflare vs Amazon CloudFront
Nine of fourteen models named Cloudflare first on the direct prompt; one named Amazon CloudFront. Both were named by all fourteen models and Cloudflare carries 72 labels and Amazon CloudFront 68, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in seven categories this edition.
Named in four categories this edition.
First-choice share68%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%22%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#4A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels7268A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Cloudflare reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Bunny.net was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Cloudflare vs Bunny.net · Cloudflare vs KeyCDN · Cloudflare vs Fastly
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the content delivery networks page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
CloudflareFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAmazon CloudFront
Direct912 against Amazon CloudFront
Paraphrase1211 against Amazon CloudFront
Comparative801 against Amazon CloudFront
Budget-constrained1403 against Amazon CloudFront
Scale-constrained311 against Amazon CloudFront
Negative206 against Cloudflare · 7 against Amazon CloudFront
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Cloudflare and Amazon CloudFront were named in the same answer 174 times, of the 480 answers naming Cloudflare and the 190 naming Amazon CloudFront. In those answers Amazon CloudFront took the first choice two times and Cloudflare 110.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Cloudflare and Amazon CloudFront stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | | |
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | | |
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | | | |
Cloudflare Amazon CloudFront first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Cloudflare on the left and Amazon CloudFront on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Cloudflare and Amazon CloudFront stood in it.
Cloudflare first, Amazon CloudFront an alternative
9 of 14 modelsAmazon CloudFront was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-5.4 miniCloudflare alternatives: Amazon CloudFront, Fastly
Gemini 3.5 FlashCloudflare alternatives: Bunny.net, Fastly
Perplexity SonarCloudflare alternatives: Akamai, Amazon CloudFront
Grok 4.1 FastCloudflare alternatives: Amazon CloudFront, Bunny.net, KeyCDN
DeepSeek V4 FlashCloudflare alternatives: Amazon CloudFront, Bunny.net
Kimi K2Cloudflare alternatives: Bunny.net, Fastly, KeyCDN
GLM 4.7 FlashXCloudflare alternatives: Amazon CloudFront, Bunny.net, Fastly
GPT-6 LunaCloudflare alternatives: Amazon CloudFront, Fastly
Muse Glimmer 30BCloudflare alternatives: Amazon CloudFront, Bunny.net, Fastly, KeyCDN
Amazon CloudFront first, Cloudflare an alternative
1 of 14 modelsCloudflare was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Claude Haiku 4.5Amazon CloudFront, CDN77 alternatives: Azure CDN, Cloudflare, Gcore
Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Qwen 3.7 FlashKeyCDN alternatives: BlazingCDN, Bunny.net, Cloudflare
MiniMax M2.5Bunny.net, KeyCDN alternatives: Amazon CloudFront, Cloudflare
Neither was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Mistral SmallBunny.net, KeyCDN
Llama 4 MaverickBunny.net, KeyCDN alternatives: BlazingCDN
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Cloudflare leads by eighty-five points.
Cloudflare85%#1 of 7Amazon CloudFront0%#4 of 7Mid-marketThe figures above
Cloudflare leads by sixty-two points.
Cloudflare68%#1 of 8Amazon CloudFront5%#4 of 8Enterprise
Cloudflare leads by forty-two points.
Cloudflare46%#1 of 8Amazon CloudFront4%#5 of 8What the models said about Cloudflare
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“Major outages (2024‑2025)... When to be cautious - If your application is mission‑critical, consider a multi‑CDN or fail‑over strategy.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“Cloudflare is a strong all-around CDN and security platform for organizations that want acceleration, DNS, DDoS mitigation, WAF, Zero Trust services, and edge computing features in one ecosystem” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Cloudflare: *The "All-in-One" Choice.* Excellent if you want a massive feature set ... Great developer experience, but enterprise pricing negotiations can sometimes feel rigid.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“the best default choice is usually Cloudflare because it combines broad CDN performance, strong built-in security, and a relatively accessible business tier” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Amazon CloudFront
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“It's best to avoid unless you have strict cost controls and predictable traffic patterns.” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“At 500 TB a month, Amazon CloudFront's North America list pricing works out to roughly $24,600 before request fees... The same bytes on a volume-tier CDN cost between $1,500 and $2,500.” Muse Glimmer 30B · scale prompt · soft negative
“Lambda@Edge is generally slower and more expensive to execute than Cloudflare Workers or Fastly's Compute@Edge, and AWS data transfer pricing can become complex and costly at scale” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · soft negative
“1. Amazon CloudFront - Best for companies already using AWS... If you're on AWS, go with CloudFront.” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For mid-market B2B specifically, CDN77 and CloudFront emerge as particularly well-suited options” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend evaluating Cloudflare, Fastly, Akamai, and CloudFront first” GLM 4.7 FlashX · scale prompt · first choice
Also compared
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.