Yes, Amazon CloudFront has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes access to CloudFront CDN with 1M requests per month, 100GB data transfer per month, and 5 WAF rules for basic web threat protection. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $1.00/mo.
About
Amazon CloudFront is a global content delivery network from AWS that helps organizations deliver websites, APIs, video, and other content with low latency and high transfer speeds. It routes traffic through globally distributed edge locations to improve performance, availability, and security for applications served from AWS or any publicly accessible origin.
The service is designed to accelerate both cacheable and dynamic workloads while reducing load on origin infrastructure. It also supports security and edge-compute capabilities that help teams protect applications and customize behavior closer to end users.
- Global CDN with hundreds of edge locations and automated routing
- Low-latency delivery for websites, APIs, and streaming media
- Security features including encryption, access controls, and DDoS protection
- Edge compute capabilities for customizing code at the network edge
- Integration with AWS origins and publicly accessible origins
Free Tier Value
This free tier is a capped monthly plan, not an uncapped forever offer, and the page does not say a credit card is unnecessary. Compared with the $15/month Pro plan, it includes the core CDN/security basics plus 1M requests, 100GB of transfer, and 5GB of storage, so it is worth about $1/month as a practical starter tier.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- Access to CloudFront CDN with 1M requests per month.
- Includes 100GB data transfer per month.
- Includes DNS.
- Includes always-on DDoS protection.
- Includes serverless edge compute.
- Includes 5 WAF rules for basic web threat protection.
- Includes 5GB of S3 storage credits per month.
- No overage charges on the free plan.
See Amazon CloudFront pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Free
- requests
- 1M/month
- data transfer
- 100GB/month
- S3 storage
- 5GB
- DNS
- Always-on DDoS Protection
- CDN
- Serverless Edge Compute
- Included S3 Storage
Pro
- requests
- 10M/month
- data transfer
- 50TB/month
- S3 storage
- 50GB
- WAF rules
- 25
- DNS
- Always-on DDoS Protection
- CDN
- Serverless Edge Compute
- Logging
- WAF
- Use-case protections for common web apps
Business
- requests
- 125M/month
- data transfer
- 50TB/month
- S3 storage
- 1TB
- WAF rules
- 50
- DNS
- Always-on DDoS Protection
- CDN
- Serverless Edge Compute
- Logging
- WAF
- Advanced DDoS Protection
- JavaScript Challenge
Premium
- requests
- 500M/month
- data transfer
- 50TB/month
- S3 storage
- 5TB
- WAF rules
- 75
- DNS
- Always-on DDoS Protection
- CDN
- Serverless Edge Compute
- Logging
- WAF
- Advanced DDoS Protection
- JavaScript Challenge
Custom pricing
- requests
- No Limit
- data transfer
- No Limit
- WAF rules
- No limit
- DNS
- Always-on DDoS Protection
- CDN
- Serverless Edge Compute
- Logging
- WAF
- Advanced DDoS Protection
- JavaScript Challenge
Pricing extracted from Amazon CloudFront's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Amazon CloudFront free forever?
Yes. Amazon CloudFront has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
What happens when you exceed Amazon CloudFront's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. Amazon CloudFront's cheapest paid plan is Pro at $15 / month.
What is Amazon CloudFront's free tier worth?
Amazon CloudFront's free tier is worth about $1.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 39/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
