# Amazon CloudFront: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 62 judge labels across 3 categories by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/amazon-cloudfront

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Content delivery networks](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/content-delivery-networks/index.md) | 0% | 3 | 17% | 59 |
| [Load balancers](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/load-balancers/index.md) | 0% | 44 | 0% | 2 |
| [Web application firewalls](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/web-application-firewalls/index.md) | 0% | 33 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose CloudFront, Google Cloud CDN, or Azure Front Door when the application is primarily hosted on AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure." (Perplexity Sonar, CDN)
- "If your B2B application is hosted entirely on one cloud provider ... sticking with that provider's native CDN is often the logical choice." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, CDN)
- "Choose AWS CloudFront / Google Cloud CDN / Azure Front Door if your infrastructure is already hosted in one of those cloud environments" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, CDN)
- "AWS CloudFront: The default choice for most AWS users. Hard to beat if you are already deep in the AWS ecosystem" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, CDN)

## And against it

- "all 14 major CDNs they tested (including Cloudflare, Azure, Amazon, and Fastly) had security issues in their back-end CDN-to-origin connections" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, CDN)
- "14 leading CDNs (including Cloudflare, Microsoft Azure, Amazon, and Fastly)... back-end TLS connections are vulnerable to security issues" (Muse Glimmer 30B, CDN)
- "their default bandwidth and egress pricing can be significantly higher compared to standalone CDN specialists" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, CDN)
- "Reliable, but tied to AWS; caution on costs, complexity, and if you're concerned about Amazon's data practices." (Grok 4.20, CDN)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Amazon CloudFront, from 153 of the 194 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- fastly.com: 74
- blog.blazingcdn.com: 63
- cdnetworks.com: 61
- cloudflare.com: 50
- edgeone.ai: 42
- ioriver.io: 32
- linkedin.com: 25
- aws.amazon.com: 24 (its own site)
- github.com: 23
- affmaven.com: 20

### Pages cited

- https://cdnetworks.com/blog/web-performance/best-cdn-providers: 56
- https://edgeone.ai/blog/details/best-cdn-for-enterprise: 26
- https://fastly.com/blog/cdns-with-the-best-uptime-and-performance: 26
- https://fastly.com/blog/best-cdn-providers: 23
- https://fastly.com/blog/fastest-cdn-providers-performance-speed-and-core-web-vitals: 23
- https://affmaven.com/cdn-providers: 20
- https://linkedin.com/pulse/choosing-best-cdn-top-content-delivery-networks-2026-rajesh-kumar-ua4ac: 17
- https://broadbandnow.com/guides/CDN-Providers: 16

## In its own words

What Amazon CloudFront's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.


## What it publishes

Every page aws.amazon.com exposes, read 2026-09-28: 280316 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 27117 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 2476 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2019-03-01
- webinar or virtual event: 2057 pages, 16 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-01
- conference or event: 1482 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-11-01
- report or ebook: 1090 pages, 16 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-01
- comparison: 1521 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-09-01
- template or tool: 150 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-05-01
- glossary or explainer: 6521 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 351 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 34 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-01 report or ebook: Sagemaker cicd notebook ai manifest https://aws.amazon.com/de/about-aws/whats-new/2026/09/sagemaker-cicd-notebook-ai-manifest
- Recent: 2026-09-01 report or ebook: Sagemaker cicd notebook ai manifest https://aws.amazon.com/vi/about-aws/whats-new/2026/09/sagemaker-cicd-notebook-ai-manifest/
- Recent: 2026-09-01 report or ebook: Sagemaker cicd notebook ai manifest https://aws.amazon.com/tr/about-aws/whats-new/2026/09/sagemaker-cicd-notebook-ai-manifest/
- Recent: 2026-09-01 report or ebook: Sagemaker cicd notebook ai manifest https://aws.amazon.com/th/about-aws/whats-new/2026/09/sagemaker-cicd-notebook-ai-manifest/
- Recent: 2026-09-01 report or ebook: Sagemaker cicd notebook ai manifest https://aws.amazon.com/tw/about-aws/whats-new/2026/09/sagemaker-cicd-notebook-ai-manifest/
- Recent: 2026-09-01 report or ebook: Sagemaker cicd notebook ai manifest https://aws.amazon.com/es/about-aws/whats-new/2026/09/sagemaker-cicd-notebook-ai-manifest/

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.