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Akamai vs Alibaba Cloud vs Cloudflare vs Amazon CloudFront: CDN Performance Comparison

Compare Akamai vs Alibaba Cloud vs Cloudflare vs Amazon CloudFront. Current page data shows Akamai has the lowest P50 latency (37ms), while Cloudflare has the highest uptime (99.77%). Review latency, uptime, throughput, sample size, and security capabilities side by side.

Data updated: 9/23/2026, 23:08:58

CDNs in this comparison

Akamai

www.akamai.com

80
P50 latency

37ms

Uptime

99.69%

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Alibaba Cloud CDN

www.alibabacloud.com/product/cdn

76
P50 latency

67.57ms

Uptime

99.69%

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Cloudflare

www.cloudflare.com

80
P50 latency

38ms

Uptime

99.77%

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Amazon CloudFront

aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/

81
P50 latency

39ms

Uptime

99.74%

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Core metric comparison

MetricAkamaiAlibaba Cloud CDNCloudflareAmazon CloudFront
Overall score80768081
P50 latency37ms67.57ms38ms39ms
P95 latency51.95ms95.66ms55.86ms54.68ms
Uptime99.69%99.69%99.77%99.74%
P50 throughput138.02 Mbps153.91 Mbps139.05 Mbps154.88 Mbps
Security score50505050
HTTP/3
Samples9103,2895,5812,032
Pricing modelEnterprise contractPay-as-you-go / Bandwidth billingFree tier + usage-based billingpay-as-you-go

Data notes and methodology

Comparison results are generated using a unified metric definition; the data update time, sample size, and missing items are clearly displayed on the page.

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