CDN Software Pricing (2026)
What 8 cdn tools actually charge, taken from their own pricing pages and re-checked as they change. Cheapest first.
Pricing verified Sep 30, 2026
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CDN pricing at a glance
| Product | Entry price | Plans | Free plan | Free trial |
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| ImageKit | $9/mo | 4 | Yes | No |
| Cloudflare | $25/mo | 4 | Yes | No |
| imgix | $25/mo | 6 | No | Yes |
| Uploadcare | $66/mo | 4 | Yes | No |
| Cloudinary | $99/mo | 4 | Yes | No |
| Bunny.net | Custom | 1 | No | No |
| Fastly | Custom | 3 | Yes | No |
| KeyCDN | Custom | 3 | No | No |
Every cdn tool we track, cheapest first
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ImageKit
Image and video optimization CDN.
Plans: Forever free $0/mo · Lite $9/mo · Pro $89/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Cloudflare
Global network for performance and security.
Cloudflare undercuts the enterprise CDN/security crowd (Akamai, Fastly) hard at the low end with a genuinely useful free tier, then plays a totally different pricing game at Business and Contract where it's negotiating against those same players. They're winning developers and small teams first, then hoping to upsell them into serious infrastructure spend later.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Pro $25/mo · Business $250/mo · Contract Contact Sales
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imgix
Real-time image processing and delivery.
Sitting mid-market against DAM/image-CDN players like Cloudinary — not the cheapest entry point given there's no free plan, but far from premium enterprise pricing until you hit the custom tier. They're courting teams past the hobby stage who need predictable, scalable media infrastructure without negotiating a contract on day one.
Plans: starter $25/mo · basic $75/mo · MIDRANGE $150/mo · growth $300/mo · growth plus $500/mo · enterprise Contact Sales
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Uploadcare
File uploads and delivery infrastructure.
Sits mid-market against players like Cloudinary and imgix — not the budget option, but not chasing enterprise media giants either. They're courting product teams who want file infrastructure handled without building their own CDN/transformation stack, and the free tier is bait for developers who'll champion it internally before finance ever sees a bill.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Pro $66/mo · Business $166/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Cloudinary
Image and video API platform.
Sitting mid-to-premium in the media management space, Cloudinary isn't chasing bargain-hunters — the jump from free straight to $99/mo (with no trial) signals they want committed customers, not tire-kickers. They're competing for teams serious enough about media infrastructure to skip the negotiation and self-serve at a real price point.
Plans: Free $0/mo · Plus $99/mo · Advanced $249/mo · Enterprise Contact Sales
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Bunny.net
Modern content delivery network.
Bunny.net is explicitly the budget-friendly CDN option, undercutting Cloudflare, Fastly, and AWS CloudFront on per-GB rates while still offering a serious global footprint. They're going after cost-conscious developers, indie projects, and mid-market teams who don't need enterprise SLAs or a sales relationship.
Plans: Bunny CDN Contact Sales
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Fastly
Edge cloud platform.
Fastly skips the cheap-and-cheerful positioning entirely and goes straight for performance-conscious engineering teams who care more about edge speed and reliability than shaving pennies off a bill. They're not competing on sticker price against bargain CDNs — they're betting that usage-based transparency plus built-in volume discounts wins over teams tired of opaque enterprise CDN contracts.
Plans: Free tier $0/mo · Usage-based, volume discounts Contact Sales · Enterprise solutions Contact Sales
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KeyCDN
High-performance content delivery.
KeyCDN positions as a cost-efficient alternative to the big players like Cloudflare and Fastly — the low entry point and pay-as-you-go model are clearly aimed at developers and lean teams who don't want to commit to bloated enterprise contracts. They're not the cheapest CDN on the market, but they're competing on simplicity and transparency rather than premium features.
Plans: North America / Europe Contact Sales · Asia / Oceania Contact Sales · Africa / Latin America Contact Sales
CDN Software Pricing FAQ
- How much does cdn software cost?
- Entry prices run from $9/mo (ImageKit) to $99/mo (Cloudinary), with a median entry price of $25/mo across the 5 priced products we track.
- What is the cheapest cdn software?
- ImageKit has the lowest entry price of the cdn software we track, at $9/mo. Cloudflare ($25/mo) and imgix ($25/mo) are next. ImageKit and Cloudflare are free to start on.
- Is there free cdn software?
- Yes — ImageKit, Cloudflare, Uploadcare and 2 more offer a free plan.
- How is cdn software usually priced?
- 6 of the 8 cdn tools we track use usage based pricing, against 2 on hybrid.