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Amazon CloudFront vs Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS: which is more reliable? (2026)
Amazon CloudFront is more reliable than Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS, scoring 89.2 vs 84.7 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Amazon CloudFront reported 1 incident and Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS reported 1, with effective uptime of 100% and 99.85% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
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| Metric | Amazon CloudFront | Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 89.2 | 84.7 |
| Rank (CDN & DNS providers) | #2 | #4 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 99.85% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 1 | 1 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | 6h 8m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Amazon CloudFront and Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS differ
- Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Amazon CloudFront.
- Amazon CloudFront's longest outage on record lasted 3h 38m (Jul 16, 2026); Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS's lasted 3d (Jun 5, 2026).
90-day uptime
Amazon CloudFront
Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Amazon CloudFront incidents
- Degraded performanceSep 15, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Service is operating normally: [RESOLVED] Amazon CloudFront Operational Issue
Recent Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS incidents
- Partial outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 6h 8m
Multiple services were experiencing issues in the europe-west2 region.official update ↗
Affected: AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Apigee, BigQuery Data Transfer Service, Cloud Data Fusion, Cloud Filestore, Cloud Firestore +32 more
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