Google Cloud → AWS and Azure
AWS and Azure equivalents of Media CDN
The closest AWS equivalent of Google Cloud Media CDN is Amazon CloudFront; on Azure, Azure Front Door (Standard and Premium).
About Media CDN
| Provider | Google Cloud |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | Edge delivery for high-throughput workloads such as video streaming and large downloads. |
| Documentation | docs.cloud.google.com |
| Pricing | No separate pricing page |
Mappings (1)
| Capability | AWS | Match (GCP vs AWS) | Azure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Content delivery network (CDN) | Amazon CloudFront | Direct match | Azure Front Door (Standard and Premium) |
Content delivery network (CDN) Direct match
Amazon CloudFront maps to Cloud CDN, which caches content served through the external Application Load Balancer, and Media CDN for video streaming and large downloads.
- Cloud CDN is enabled on load balancer backends rather than created as a distribution.