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Your traffic

Choose a workload. We’ll estimate traffic and requests for you.

Estimated monthly costs

USD per month, before tax. Load balancing and unpriced extras are excluded.

What’s included?

Estimates cover cacheable content. Origin and optional services are added only when you enter their rates. Plans differ in features and coverage; check their terms before buying.

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Split traffic between regions

Percentages must total 100%. The same split applies to bytes and requests. CloudFront charges by serving edge location; this is an approximation. Shared free allowances are allocated proportionally.

Origin and optional services

Paid tiers start with this workload; estimates do not include other account traffic. Enter your own effective rates after origin allowances. Reads use request misses; egress uses byte fill. Functions assume one invocation per viewer request. Zero leaves an extra out of the estimate; it does not mean your origin is free.

Compare a quote you received

This is your quote, not a published provider price. Use an effective rate for the selected traffic mix; tiers, included usage and commitments need to be reflected in your inputs. Sharing a scenario includes your quote details.

Presets are starting assumptions, not measured traffic. Video assumes one rendition and segment GETs; playlists, retries and extra audio tracks add requests. Fill is a byte ratio, not a request cache-hit rate. GB = 1 billion bytes; Google bills GiB = 1,073,741,824 bytes; CloudFront estimates use binary GB as a billing assumption.

Overview

5centsCDN combines CDN delivery, live streaming, video-on-demand and storage services. Its media workflow covers ingest, transcoding, packaging and delivery.

Select a delivery tier for your audience and distinguish bandwidth delivery from optional media processing and storage.

Network

The pricing page distinguishes CDN+ for web acceleration from CDN for live and on-demand media. Standard+ web delivery advertises 20+ PoPs, while Standard media delivery advertises 10+ PoPs, both focused on North America and Europe.

Broader product pages advertise larger footprints. Confirm the locations included in the selected product and tier; a platform-wide total does not describe every plan.

Features

FeatureSupported
Web application firewallNot listed
Bot protectionNot listed
DDoS protection✓ Supported
Rate limitingNot listed
HTTP/3 (QUIC)✓ Supported
TLS 1.3Not listed
Tiered cachingNot listed
Origin shield✓ Supported
Instant cache purgeNot listed
Serve stale while refreshingNot listed
Serve stale on origin errorsNot listed
Image optimization◐ Partial
On-demand video✓ Supported
Live video✓ Supported
Digital rights managementNot listed
HLS / DASH packaging✓ Supported
WebSocketsNot listed
Signed URLs✓ Supported
Edge computeNot listed
Edge functionsNot listed
Key-value storageNot listed
Configuration API✓ Supported
Real-time logsNot listed
Log exportNot listed
Terraform providerNot listed

✓ Supported · Partial: limited or separate-product support · ✗ Not supported · Not listed: unconfirmed. Some features need a separate product or plan.

  • Media: live and on-demand delivery, RTMP ingest and HLS/DASH packaging. Additional ingest protocols, encoding and monetization can require Custom or paid add-ons.
  • Web delivery: cache rules, Origin Shield, HTTP/3 and token-protected URLs. Image optimization depends on the product and plan.
  • Security: DDoS protection is advertised; the current pricing table labels WAF as upcoming for CDN+ and Custom rather than generally included.
  • Visibility: platform and player analytics, with raw logs offered separately on some plans. Ask which log-export options your plan provides and how quickly request logs arrive.

Pricing

  • Web CDN+: Standard+ is advertised from $10/month.
  • Media CDN: Standard is advertised from $2.50/month. Home-page offers show 1 TB included; confirm the selected tier and allowance.
  • Custom: starts at $3,000/year with an annual contract.
  • Extras: storage, encoding, stream names, recording, player usage and logs can add charges.

Use the provider quote or calculator to confirm excess bandwidth, region and concurrency terms. Compare the fees and coverage of the specific plan you intend to buy; product pages show different packages.

Bandwidth Boost: published top-ups cost USD 2.50/TB for Standard, USD 15/TB for Enterprise, USD 10/TB for Standard+ and USD 35/TB for Enterprise+. Purchased top-up bandwidth is valid for one year. Confirm how it combines with the selected plan and included monthly allowance.

Developer tools

  • Use the dashboard or documented API for zone, stream and security configuration.
  • Feed live streams from an encoder using the protocols supported by your media plan. RTMP is listed for CDN; advanced protocols require Custom.
  • Secure-token API settings control expiry, path and optional IP binding.

Confirm storage interfaces and any infrastructure-as-code workflow for the selected service. Edge rules configure caching. Ask separately about a serverless runtime if your application needs one.

When it fits

  • Web projects needing CDN cache controls and token-based access.
  • Broadcasters combining ingest, transcoding, playback and delivery in one workflow.
  • Western-audience media on Standard, or wider regional delivery under a confirmed Enterprise or Custom tier.

Before you choose

  • Choose a tier that covers your audience; Standard, Enterprise and Custom have different footprints.
  • Budget separately for transcoding, storage and other media services.
  • Check any must-have feature against the selected plan before ordering.
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