Amazon CloudFront vs Sucuri

Updated November 2026 · AppBreakup editorial

Amazon CloudFront

AWS content delivery network for caching and accelerating websites, APIs and video.

Free plan + paid

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Sucuri

Website security service with a cloud firewall, CDN, malware scanning and hacked-site cleanup.

Paid

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The short answer

Amazon CloudFront is a large content delivery network built into AWS, with edge code and a free flat-rate plan. Sucuri is a website security service whose firewall includes a smaller caching CDN and unlimited hacked-site cleanups. Pick CloudFront for fast global delivery of AWS-hosted content; pick Sucuri if the main worry is attacks, malware and having someone else repair a compromised site.

Amazon CloudFront or Sucuri: our take

The two products sit in front of a website, but they are built for different jobs. CloudFront is a delivery network first: it caches images, scripts and video at 750+ points of presence, speeds up API traffic, and lets developers run code at the edge with CloudFront Functions and Lambda@Edge. Security features such as TLS, access controls and DDoS protection come with it, and its flat-rate plans bundle WAF and DNS. Sucuri is a security service first. Its cloud firewall blocks attacks, bad bots and DDoS traffic, it scans sites for malware and blocklist warnings, and its analysts clean up hacked sites, with unlimited cleanups on platform plans. Its CDN is mainly a caching add-on to the firewall rather than a large delivery network.

Pricing follows the same split. CloudFront has a free flat-rate plan, paid flat-rate plans from $15 a month per distribution, and higher tiers at $200 and $1,000 a month, alongside the older pay-as-you-go model billed by data transfer and requests, which is harder to predict. Sucuri has no free tier for the service: the full platform starts at $229 per year, and a firewall-only plan costs $9.99 per month. Sucuri offers a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Setup is another difference. CloudFront is configured through the AWS console, CLI or infrastructure-as-code tools and fits most naturally in front of S3, load balancers and EC2; people new to AWS and IAM face a learning curve. Sucuri works at the DNS level, so it can sit in front of any CMS or host, and it has a free WordPress plugin, which suits site owners who are not running cloud infrastructure.

Teams hosting on AWS who need fast delivery, edge logic and predictable flat-rate bills will get more from CloudFront. Small-business site owners and agencies, especially on WordPress, who want a firewall, malware monitoring and someone to fix a hacked site and remove blocklist warnings are better served by Sucuri.

Choose Amazon CloudFront if…

Teams hosting on AWS who want a CDN tightly wired into S3, load balancers and AWS security tools
You want a free option (Sucuri is paid only)
Large global network of points of presence
Close integration with S3, EC2, load balancers and AWS WAF

Choose Sucuri if…

Site owners and agencies who want a firewall plus someone else to clean up a hacked website
Unlimited manual malware cleanups included on platform plans
Firewall works with any CMS or host because it runs at the DNS level

What is Amazon CloudFront?

Amazon CloudFront is the content delivery network run by Amazon Web Services. It caches static files such as images, scripts and video at edge locations around the world and also speeds up dynamic traffic like APIs by keeping persistent connections back to the origin. It works with any HTTP origin but fits most naturally in front of AWS services such as S3 buckets, load balancers and EC2. Beyond caching, it handles TLS certificates, access controls, origin failover and DDoS protection, and lets you run small pieces of code at the edge through CloudFront Functions or Lambda@Edge. There are two ways to pay: the classic pay-as-you-go model, billed by data transfer and requests, and newer flat-rate monthly plans that bundle the CDN with WAF, DNS and other services and have no overage charges, including a free plan for small sites. Configuration happens in the AWS console, CLI or infrastructure-as-code tools, which is flexible but has a learning curve for people new to AWS.

What is Sucuri?

Sucuri is a website security service owned by GoDaddy. It puts a cloud web application firewall and CDN in front of your site to block attacks, bad bots and DDoS traffic, scans the site for malware and blocklist warnings, and sends its own analysts to clean up a hacked site. Cleanups are unlimited on its platform plans, and it will also ask search engines and blocklists to remove warnings on your behalf. It works with any CMS or hosting provider because it sits at the DNS level, although many customers run WordPress, for which it also offers a free plugin. Plans are billed yearly for the full platform or monthly for the firewall alone, and agencies can buy multi-site bundles. There is no free tier for the service itself, and its CDN is mainly a caching add-on to the firewall rather than a large delivery network. A 30-day money-back guarantee applies.

Side by side

Attribute	Amazon CloudFront	Sucuri
Pricing	Free plan + paid	Paid
Open source	No	No
Self-hostable	No	No
Platforms	Web	Web
Best for	Teams hosting on AWS who want a CDN tightly wired into S3, load balancers and AWS security tools	Site owners and agencies who want a firewall plus someone else to clean up a hacked website
Status	Active	Active

Verified facts, compared

Facts both apps publish, checked on each vendor's own site.

Fact	Amazon CloudFront	Sucuri
Starting price	$15 a month per distribution (flat-rate plan)	$229 per year (Basic Platform)