Fast, reliable content delivery network with global reach
The Azure Content Delivery Network is designed to send audio, video, apps, photos, and other files to your customers faster and more reliably, using the servers closest to each user. Acceleration Data Transfer provides dynamic site acceleration of non-cacheable, dynamic content generated by your web applications.
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US government entities are eligible to purchase Azure Government services from a licensing solution provider with no upfront financial commitment, or directly through a pay-as-you-go online subscription.
Important—The price in R$ is merely a reference; this is an international transaction and the final price is subject to exchange rates and the inclusion of IOF taxes. An eNF will not be issued.
Azure Content Delivery Network Standard outbound data transfers
Azure Content Delivery Network Standard is a feature-inclusive content delivery network bundle capable of handling most content delivery network workloads.
Features between content delivery networks will vary. For details on features included in Standard Content Delivery Network, please refer to the Content Delivery Network documentation.
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Azure Content Delivery Network from Microsoft (classic) (S3)
| Outbound Data Transfers1 | Zone 12 | Zone 22 | Zone 32 | Zone 42 | Zone 52 |
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| First 10 TB /Month | $0.081 per GB | $0.129 per GB | $0.233 per GB | $0.13 per GB | $0.158 per GB |
| Next 40 TB (10–50 TB)/Month | $0.075 per GB | $0.121 per GB | $0.186 per GB | $0.126 per GB | $0.121 per GB |
| Next 100 TB (50–150 TB)/Month | $0.056 per GB | $0.112 per GB | $0.168 per GB | $0.112 per GB | $0.102 per GB |
| Next 350 TB (150–500 TB)/Month | $0.037 per GB | $0.093 per GB | $0.149 per GB | $0.093 per GB | $0.093 per GB |
| Next 500 TB (500–1,000 TB)/Month | $0.028 per GB | $0.075 per GB | $0.13 per GB | $0.088 per GB | Contact us |
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Azure Standard CDN from Microsoft (classic) Routing Rules Engine
Azure Standard CDN from Microsoft (classic) builds on our standard service with additional Routing Rules Engine rules. Five rules are included for free (including the global rule). Additional rules are charged. For more information on the Routing Rules Engine feature, please refer to the documentation.
| Custom Rules | Zone 1 | Zone 2 | Zone 3 | Zone 4 | Zone 5 |
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| Rules per month | $1 | $1 | $1 | $1 | $1 |
| Requests processed per million requests | $0.6 | $0.6 | $0.6 | $0.6 | $0.6 |
Azure Standard CDN from Microsoft (classic) WAF Pricing
WAF is charged separately based on the WAF policy and rules configuration. Please refer to the "Global" tab on the Azure WAF Pricing page for more details.
Content Delivery Network Premium outbound data transfers
Azure Premium Content Delivery Network builds on the standard service with additional features including rules engine and advanced, real-time analytics.
For more details on features included in Premium Content Delivery Network, please refer to the Content Delivery Network documentation.
Acceleration Data Transfers
Acceleration Data Transfers, also called Dynamic Site Acceleration (DSA), accelerates web content that is not cacheable such as shopping carts, search results, and other dynamic content. While static object delivery (traditional CDN) mainly uses caching to improve website and download performance, DSA optimizes routing and network between requester and content origin. Optimally configured, DSA can significantly improve the performance of the entire website.
The price for DSA is the same across Standard and Premium profiles (and represents the total charge).
To learn more about DSA, please refer to the CDN documentation.
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Frequently asked questions
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Please learn more about the Azure CDN GUID migration and UoM change.
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Content Delivery Network data transfer pricing is based on the node location from where the transfers are served, not the end user’s location. The following geographic areas correspond to the zones for Azure Content Delivery Network as listed above. For a detailed listing of node locations, please refer to the documentation for Point of Presence (PoP) locations.
- Zone 1—North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa
- Zone 2—Asia Pacific (including Japan)
- Zone 3—South America
- Zone 4—Australia
- Zone 5—India
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Your Content Delivery Network outbound data transfers are aggregated each month during your billing cycle. For Standard and Premium outbound data transfers the first 10 TB are charged at the first price point, the next 40 TB at the second, and so on. For example, if you use 50 TB of Standard data transfers in Zone 1, 10 TB will be billed at $0.081 per GB, and the next 40 TB will be billed at $0.075 per GB. For Acceleration outbound data transfers the same process is used with the first 50 TB being used for the first price point.
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No. The data center is selected based on the end users’ network configurations and cannot be controlled by the developer. Users may be served by locations that are preferred by their ISP, or nodes that are "closer" in a logical sense, not necessarily in physical proximity.
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When the Content Delivery Network receives a request for an object that is not at an edge location, it makes a request to Azure Storage to obtain the data. For Azure CDN from Verizon, the cost of reading data from Storage and transferring data from Storage to Content Delivery Network is based on regular Storage and Data Transfer charges. For Azure CDN from Microsoft, any data transfer from an origin hosted in Azure is included in the base Azure CDN pricing.
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Availability of content in Content Delivery Network's local caches (often called "cache efficacy" or "offload") is influenced by multiple factors including:
- Expiration ("max-age") header values
- Overall total size of the developer's content library (how much could be cached)
- Active working set (how much is currently cached)
- Traffic (how much is being served)
- Cache churn (how often are objects being added to cache, or aging out)
For example, a developer with high churn and high traffic has less cache efficacy than other users because objects are swapped in and out more frequently. This incurs higher Storage and Data Transfer charges since more origin requests are required.
To reduce the need to make origin requests, you can make longer max-age headers, allowing Content Delivery Network to hold objects longer.
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One price covers geographies served by existing Content Delivery Network zones.
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