CloudFront vs MaxCDN
When comparing CloudFront vs MaxCDN, the Slant community recommends CloudFront for most people. In the question“What are the best content delivery networks (CDNs)?” CloudFront is ranked 2nd while MaxCDN is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose CloudFront is:
CloudFront can deliver dynamic, static and streaming content.
Ranked in these QuestionsQuestion Ranking
Pros
Pro Any type of content
CloudFront can deliver dynamic, static and streaming content.
Pro Dynamic scaling
CloudFront will allocate more hardware resources when needed automatically. It will take care of traffic spikes and accommodate product's growth without needing manual input from the user.
Pro Simple interface
Pro Tight integration with other Amazon Web Services
CloudFront integrates tightly with Amazon's storage, computing, database and networking services allowing you to use a tested and cohesively developed set of solutions.
Pro Powerful tools
Pro 100% uptime
MaxCDN promises an uptime of 100%.
Pro Popular blogging, ecommerce and plugin solutions
Pro HTTP and RTMP support
HTTP and RTMP variant audio and video streaming.
Pro NetDNA uses the Packet Exchange backbone
Pro Real-time live streaming support
Real-time live streaming support using Wowza Media Server Advanced 2 clusters.
Cons
Con Can get expensive quickly
