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Akamai vs Alibaba Cloud vs Amazon CloudFront: CDN Performance Comparison

Compare Akamai vs Alibaba Cloud vs Amazon CloudFront. Current page data shows Akamai has the lowest P50 latency (36.92ms), while Amazon CloudFront has the highest uptime (99.75%). Review latency, uptime, throughput, sample size, and security capabilities side by side.

Data updated: 9/28/2026, 00:00:09

CDNs in this comparison

Akamai

www.akamai.com

80
P50 latency

36.92ms

Uptime

99.68%

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Alibaba Cloud CDN

www.alibabacloud.com/product/cdn

76
P50 latency

67.62ms

Uptime

99.69%

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Amazon CloudFront

aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/

81
P50 latency

39.23ms

Uptime

99.75%

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Core metric comparison

MetricAkamaiAlibaba Cloud CDNAmazon CloudFront
Overall score807681
P50 latency36.92ms67.62ms39.23ms
P95 latency51.55ms95.35ms55.1ms
Uptime99.68%99.69%99.75%
P50 throughput137.79 Mbps153.12 Mbps156.11 Mbps
Security score505050
HTTP/3
Samples8853,4591,957
Pricing modelEnterprise contractPay-as-you-go / Bandwidth billingpay-as-you-go

Data notes and methodology

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

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