Guided scenario
CDNs with a free-tier option
A CDN should make a small site faster without adding a bill before there's traffic. This shortlist orders CDNs by a free tier noted at last review, startup pricing, and global edge coverage. Bandwidth and egress are where CDN costs hide, so weigh how pricing scales and the strength of any bundled WAF and DDoS protection.
Akamai
www.akamai.com
Akamai operates one of the largest content delivery and edge security networks, offering CDN, security, and edge compute services for enterprises with large-scale delivery needs.
Amazon CloudFront
aws.amazon.com/cloudfront
Amazon CloudFront is AWS's content delivery network for distributing content with low latency, tightly integrated with other AWS services.
Azure Front Door / CDN
azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/frontdoor
Azure Front Door is Microsoft's content delivery and application acceleration service, combining global load balancing, CDN, and security for teams delivering applications on Azure.
Bunny.net
bunny.net
Bunny.net is a content delivery network and edge platform offering CDN, storage, and optimization services aimed at developers and businesses wanting affordable delivery.
Cloudflare
www.cloudflare.com
Cloudflare is a global network delivering CDN, DDoS protection, DNS, security, and edge compute services for websites and applications of all sizes.
Fastly
www.fastly.com
Fastly is an edge cloud platform combining CDN, edge compute, and security with real-time, programmable configuration aimed at developers and businesses.
Gcore CDN
gcore.com/cdn
Gcore CDN is the flagship product of Gcore's edge platform, delivering content from a global anycast network with built-in DDoS protection and an optional web application firewall.
Google Cloud CDN
cloud.google.com/cdn
Google Cloud CDN is Google's content delivery network that caches content at Google's edge to accelerate delivery for teams serving content from Google Cloud.
Pairs well with
Tools commonly used alongside this setup. Chosen editorially, not ranked.
Amazon Route 53
DNS / Edge
Amazon Route 53 is AWS's scalable, managed DNS and domain registration service with health checks and advanced traffic routing for teams managing DNS within AWS. It runs on a global anycast network and supports DNSSEC along with geo, latency, weighted, and failover routing policies for traffic steering. Pricing is usage-based per hosted zone and per query rather than a fixed monthly fee, with no free tier, and DDoS protection is provided via AWS Shield Standard. Founded in 2010, Route 53 carries SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS attestations and fits teams operating within the AWS ecosystem.
Atlassian Statuspage
Uptime / Status
Atlassian Statuspage is a hosted status page service for communicating incidents and uptime to users, and is one of the canonical tools in this category. Founded in 2013 and now part of Atlassian, it is aimed at teams that need to share service status with customers and stakeholders. It is an incident-communication tool rather than an active monitor, so it does not run synthetic checks and is often paired with a separate monitoring service. It offers a free plan with limited subscribers and components plus paid tiers above it, and holds SOC2 and ISO27001 compliance.
Cato Networks
Network Firewall & SASE
Cato Networks pioneered the converged SASE Cloud platform, built cloud-native from the ground up on its Single Pass Cloud Engine (SPACE) architecture. It unifies SD-WAN, network segmentation and FWaaS (NGFW), threat prevention (SWG, IPS, anti-malware, DNS security, RBI), and application/data protection (CASB, DLP, ZTNA) into one software stack. It runs on global PoPs rather than firewall appliances, with SD-WAN as a core strength. Sold to enterprises via quote; no standing free tier.