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Amazon CloudFront vs AWS Route 53

A side-by-side look at Amazon CloudFront and AWS Route 53. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Amazon CloudFront

Amazon CloudFront

Online Services

Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network service offered by AWS. It speeds up distribution of static and dynamic web content, like HTML, CSS, JS, media files, APIs, etc. by caching content at edge locations across the globe.

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AWS Route 53

AWS Route 53

Network & Admin

AWS Route 53 is a highly available and scalable cloud Domain Name System (DNS) web service. It connects user requests to infrastructure running in AWS like EC2 instances, S3 buckets, and other AWS services. Route 53 can route users based on latency, geo-location, and health checks.

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