Service Comparison

CloudFront vs Global Accelerator

CloudFront is an HTTP CDN. Global Accelerator improves global network paths to application endpoints.

What They Have in Common

Each option can solve part of the scenario. The exam expects you to choose the one that satisfies the stated constraints with the right operational burden, security boundary, availability model, and cost behavior.

Key Differences

Option	Primary model	Best use	Security	Availability	Operations and cost
CloudFront	HTTP/HTTPS caching and edge delivery	Static/dynamic web content, S3/ALB/API origins	WAF, signed URLs, OAC	Cache behavior controls origin load
Global Accelerator	Anycast edge ingress to regional endpoints	TCP/UDP apps, static anycast IPs, multi-Region endpoint failover	Endpoint weights and health checks	No content caching

Typical Exam Clues

Practice After Studying

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Sources and Review Metadata

AWS service documentation https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ Reviewed 2026-08-07

AWS Well-Architected Framework https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/framework/welcome.html Reviewed 2026-08-07

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