2 Best European AWS CloudFront Alternatives in 2026
Sovereignty-first software picks, all built in Europe — hand-picked to replace AWS CloudFront.
By the EU Alternatives team Last updated
Our top pick this year is Bunny.net — but every option on this list is European-owned, GDPR-native, and production-ready. Worth a closer look: OVHcloud CDN.
AWS CloudFront alternatives are mainly Cloud & Hosting and CDN & DDoS Protection. Browse any of those categories for a wider shortlist beyond this list.
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Deliver content globally with a Slovenian-built CDN — 119 PoPs, edge storage, video delivery, DNS, and EU-only routing at €0.01/GB with no minimum commitment.
Bunny.net is a Slovenian content delivery network providing CDN, edge storage, video hosting, DNS, and serverless edge computing from a single platform — built to be fast, simple, and significantly more affordable than legacy CDN providers. With 119 points of presence and EU-only routing controls, it is one of the most developer-friendly CDNs in Europe.
BunnyStorage provides S3-compatible distributed object storage with regional replication zones. Bunny Stream transcodes, stores, and delivers video with a built-in player and DRM. Edge scripting deploys serverless JavaScript functions at the PoP nearest the user, and Bunny Optimizer automatically compresses and converts images on the fly.
Key benefits:
- 119 PoPs globally with EU-only routing for GDPR-compliant data residency
- BunnyStorage — distributed edge storage with regional replication from €0.01/GB
- Bunny Stream — video transcoding, adaptive delivery, and DRM-protected playback
- Edge scripting — serverless JavaScript functions deployed globally in seconds
- Bunny Optimizer — automatic image compression and WebP/AVIF conversion on the fly
- Bunny DNS — anycast DNS with sub-10ms global query times
- EU-only routing toggle to restrict all traffic to European PoPs with one setting
- Pay-as-you-go — no minimums, no commitments, and a free trial to start
Founded in 2015 by Dejan Grofelnik Pelzel and headquartered in Ljubljana, Slovenia — an EU member state — Bunny.net operates fully under GDPR and provides data processing agreements for EU customers. EU-only routing mode ensures traffic never transits non-EU infrastructure.
Trusted by tens of thousands of developers, agencies, and SaaS companies for affordable high-performance content delivery with genuine European data sovereignty controls.
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Reduce website loading times and save bandwidth. Improve web performance with global content delivery, robust security, and intelligent caching for a better user experience.
OVHcloud CDN accelerates web content delivery through anycast-routed points of presence and built-in anti-DDoS protection — caching static assets at the edge so requests are served from the PoP closest to each visitor. Sites and APIs hosted on OVHcloud web hosting, VPS, or dedicated servers gain faster page loads, lower origin traffic, and absorbed traffic spikes without rearchitecting.
The service uses IP Anycast to route each request to the nearest edge location, drawing from points of presence in Gravelines and Strasbourg in France and Beauharnois in Canada. Caching rules, cache invalidation, and HTTPS are managed from the OVHcloud control panel, with anti-DDoS mitigation included by default across every OVHcloud service.
Key benefits:
- Anycast routing sends users to the nearest PoP for lowest latency
- Edge caching reduces origin load and accelerates static asset delivery
- Anti-DDoS protection absorbs volumetric attacks at the network edge
- HTTPS at the edge with managed SSL certificates on cached hostnames
- Cache invalidation on demand through the OVHcloud Control Panel
- Integrated pricing bundled with OVHcloud web hosting and server products
OVHcloud is headquartered in Roubaix, France, founded in 1999 by Octave Klaba. The company operates more than 40 owned data centres worldwide, holds ISO 27001, ISO 27701, SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II, PCI DSS, and HDS certifications, and is the reference European cloud under full GDPR and French data sovereignty law.
