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AWS vs Cloudflare

AWS offers a wide range of managed cloud services. Cloudflare focuses on enhancing website performance and security with its CDN and DDoS protection features.

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What's good about...

Amazon Web Services logo AWS

  • Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to video streaming
  • Generous free tier and savings plan available to lock-in discounts
  • 30+ datacenter locations around the world

Cloudflare logo Cloudflare

  • Consolidates many edge services under one platform: DNS, Load Balancing, caching, image optimization, serverless functions
  • Massive edge network that can handle large DDoS attacks
  • Very generous free tier, affordable paid plans

Price comparison

How do AWS's prices compare against Cloudflare?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro)
Cloudflare Cloudflare
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VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$119.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge)
Cloudflare Cloudflare
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VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Amazon Web Services AWS
$248.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge)
Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$8.00 / mo 100 GB
Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.63 / mo 1 TB
Cloudflare Cloudflare
$19.86 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$22.57 / mo Network Load Balancer
Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$57.59 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium)
Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.82 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small)
Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$36.26 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Cloudflare Cloudflare
$82.50 / mo 25M invocations, 150 ms duration

Free egress allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
100 GB / mo
Cloudflare Cloudflare
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
$90.00 $0.09 / GB (North America)
Cloudflare Cloudflare
Free for most services

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Amazon Web Services AWS
$0.19/hr
Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Billing Options

Amazon Web Services AWS
On-DemandReserved (36mo)Reserved (12mo)
Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Available Models

AWS offers 15 GPU models.

Amazon Web Services AWS
H100(6) A100(6) H200(1) L40S(24) B200(1) RTX Pro 6000(6) V100(6) L4(24) B300(1) T4(21)
View all 15 GPUs
Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that AWS and Cloudflare offer:

Service AWS Cloudflare
Analytics
App Testing
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
Crash Reporting
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Performance Monitoring
Push Notifications
Realtime Databases
Remote Config
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
User Authentication
Vector Databases
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Amazon Web Services AWS
aws.amazon.com
Cloudflare Cloudflare
cloudflare.com
Headquarters
Amazon Web Services AWS
United States of America
Cloudflare Cloudflare
United States of America
Founded
Amazon Web Services AWS
2006
Cloudflare Cloudflare
2009
Data Center Locations
Amazon Web Services AWS
31
Cloudflare Cloudflare
285
Example Customers
Amazon Web Services AWS
Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro
Cloudflare Cloudflare
Polestar, Carrefour, DHL, Hemnet, Shopify

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Our data for AWS was last updated on June 21, 2026, and for Cloudflare on Feb. 12, 2026.

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