Amazon CloudFront Reports & Analytics
Monitor, analyze, and troubleshoot your content delivery.
Overview
Amazon CloudFront provides a set of reporting and analytics tools to help users understand their content delivery performance. This includes standard reports in the CloudFront console, real-time metrics in Amazon CloudWatch, and the ability to configure detailed access logs. These tools allow for monitoring of requests, data transfer, error rates, and cache statistics.
✨ Key Features
- CloudFront Cache Statistics
- Popular Objects Report
- Top Referrers Report
- Usage Charts (data transfer, requests)
- Real-time metrics via Amazon CloudWatch
- Detailed access logs delivered to Amazon S3
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Deep integration with the AWS ecosystem (S3, CloudWatch, Athena)
- Pay-as-you-go pricing model
- Highly scalable and reliable infrastructure
Unique Value: Leverage the power and scalability of the AWS ecosystem to monitor and analyze your CDN performance with granular control over your data.
🎯 Use Cases (5)
✅ Best For
- Basic CDN usage monitoring
- Cache performance analysis
- Log analysis using Amazon Athena
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Advanced, interactive security analytics dashboards
- Privacy-focused analytics without logs
🏆 Alternatives
Compared to all-in-one solutions like Cloudflare, it requires more setup to achieve advanced analytics (e.g., configuring S3 and Athena). However, it offers greater flexibility for custom analysis for those comfortable within AWS.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Phone Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Business Support Plan tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
Free tier: Basic reports are free. CloudWatch metrics, S3 log storage, and Athena queries have their own usage-based pricing, with a free tier for some services.
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