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AWS Global Accelerator vs Cloudfront

AWS Global Accelerator

  • Move the AWS network closer to customers'
  • connections enter at edge using anycast IPs
  • can be used for non HTTPS (TCP/UDP)
  • move AWS network entry point as close as possible to the customer using edge locations while minimizing network hops.
  • If you need global TCP or UDP network optimization.
  • Improves performance for a wide range of applications over TCP or UDP
  • Proxying packets at the edge to applications running in one or more AWS Regions.
  • Good fit for non-HTTP use cases, such as gaming (UDP), IoT (MQTT) or voice over IP.

CloudFront

  • Global cache for static content
  • only caches HTTP and HTTPS content.
  • If you require delivery of content or manipulation of that content.
  • Improves performance for both cacheable content (such as images and videos)
  • dynamic content (such as API acceleration and dynamic site delivery)
  • content is served at the edge