KeyCDN vs Amazon CloudFront
Four of fourteen models named KeyCDN first on the direct prompt; one named Amazon CloudFront. KeyCDN was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Amazon CloudFront by fourteen and KeyCDN carries 25 labels and Amazon CloudFront 68, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in four categories this edition.
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
KeyCDNFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAmazon CloudFront
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, KeyCDN and Amazon CloudFront were named in the same answer forty-seven times, of the 65 answers naming KeyCDN and the 190 naming Amazon CloudFront. In those answers Amazon CloudFront took the first choice one time and KeyCDN one.
Every model, every framing
| 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 | | | | | | |
KeyCDN Amazon CloudFront first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, KeyCDN on the left and Amazon CloudFront on the right.The direct prompt
KeyCDN first, Amazon CloudFront an alternative
4 of 14 modelsAmazon CloudFront was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Amazon CloudFront first, KeyCDN not the choice
1 of 14 modelsKeyCDN was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
KeyCDN2%#3 of 7Amazon CloudFront0%#4 of 7Amazon CloudFront4%#5 of 8KeyCDN0%#– of 8What the models said about KeyCDN
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“KeyCDN has a smaller network and less global coverage compared to larger CDN providers” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“No-SLA/consumer tiers (Bunny.net, KeyCDN): Avoid for critical/production systems” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“small providers — While some are decent, small CDNs often lack” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“KeyCDN is another popular choice, offering transparent pricing ... a good fit for mid-market B2B organizations” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“The best CDN for a mid-market B2B company is Bunny.net, KeyCDN, or BlazingCDN.” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“I'd suggest starting with Bunny.net or KeyCDN for cost-effectiveness” MiniMax M2.5 · 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
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.