CDN (Content Delivery Network) Pricing Benchmarks 2026: 12 Products Compared
Quick Answer

CDN (Content Delivery Network) pricing across 12 tracked products: entry-tier median $0, top-tier median $6.75. Cheapest: Akamai. Most premium: Akamai. Updated April 2026.

Last updated: April 24, 2026

Market Median (12 products)

CDN (Content Delivery Network) pricing varies across per-seat, per-usage, and enterprise-quoted tiers. Published list prices on vendor pricing pages form the basis of this benchmark; negotiated deals typically land 15-40% below list for teams over 20 seats.

Entry-tier median is $0, top-tier median $6.75. Negotiated enterprise deals typically land 15-40% below list.

Per-Product Pricing

Product Entry Median Top Unit
Akamai $5.00 $11 $992 month
Akamai $0 $0 $0 month
AWS CloudFront $0 $500 $1,000 month
Azure CDN $0 $0 $0 month
Bunny CDN $1.00 $1.00 $9.50 month
CDN77 $0 $0 $0 month
Cloudflare $0 $20 $250 month
Cloudflare CDN $0 $20 $200 month
Fastly $0 $1,500 $6,000 month
Google Cloud CDN $0.01 $0.08 $0.20 month
KeyCDN $4.00 $4.00 $4.00 month
StackPath $0 $0 $0 month

What this table shows

Low is the entry-tier price (often a free or starter plan). Median is the middle price across published tiers. High is the top published tier — enterprise contracts with negotiated discounts usually land 15-40% below the published high.

Frequently Asked Questions

01 What do cdn (content delivery network) actually cost?

Across 12 tracked products, the entry-tier median is $0 and the top-tier median is $6.75. Individual products vary significantly — see the per-product table above.

02 Which cdn (content delivery network) is cheapest?

Akamai has the lowest entry-tier price in our tracked set.

03 Which cdn (content delivery network) is most premium?

Akamai has the highest top-tier list price among tracked products.

04 How accurate is this pricing data?

Prices are sourced from vendor pricing pages and automatically re-checked. Any tier marked 'custom' has no public list price; negotiated deals aren't shown here.