CDN Cost Calculator
Estimate monthly CDN costs from bandwidth, request volume, and feature usage.
Inputs
Results
Monthly CDN cost
$869.20
≈ 7 pairs of sneakers
Annual CDN cost
$10,430.40
≈ 7 months of rent
Bandwidth cost$819.20
Request cost$50.00
Origin shield cost$0.00
Effective cost per GB$0.08
Cost per million requests$17.38
How to Use This Calculator
- Enter Monthly Bandwidth (TB) and the CDN Bandwidth Price per GB.
- Input Monthly Requests (millions) and Price per 10k Requests.
- Enter the number of Custom SSL Certificates and their monthly cost.
- Toggle Origin Shield to include that cost if applicable.
- Review Monthly CDN Cost, Annual CDN Cost, and the breakdown by Bandwidth, Requests, and Extras.
How the result changes with Monthly bandwidth (TB)
| Monthly bandwidth (TB) | Monthly CDN cost | Annual CDN cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $81,970.00 | $983,640.00 |
| 3,500 | $286,770.00 | $3,441,240.00 |
| 6,500 | $532,530.00 | $6,390,360.00 |
| 9,000 | $737,330.00 | $8,847,960.00 |
What each input means
- Monthly bandwidth (TB)
- Total data transferred from CDN edge to end users per month.
- Price per GB ($)
- CDN charge per GB of data transfer (CloudFront ~$0.085, Cloudflare Pro = $0, Fastly ~$0.08).
- Monthly requests (millions)
- Total HTTP/HTTPS requests served by the CDN per month.
- Price per 10k requests ($)
- CDN charge per 10,000 HTTP requests (CloudFront HTTPS ~$0.01/10k).
- Custom SSL certificates
- Number of custom SSL/TLS certificates (many CDNs include one free).
- SSL cert monthly cost ($)
- Monthly cost per custom SSL certificate ($0 if included in plan).
- Origin shield (0=no, 1=yes)
- Enable origin shield to reduce origin fetches (adds ~15% to bandwidth cost).
What each result means
- Monthly CDN cost
- Total estimated monthly CDN bill.
- Annual CDN cost
- Projected 12-month CDN spend.
- Bandwidth cost
- Monthly data transfer charges.
- Request cost
- Monthly HTTP request charges.
- Origin shield cost
- Additional cost for origin shield feature.
- Effective cost per GB
- All-in cost per GB including requests and features.
- Cost per million requests
- All-in cost per million requests served.
How this is calculated
Worked example, using the default values
- Identify Input Parameters4 parametersMonthly bandwidth (TB) = 10, Price per GB ($) = 0.08, Monthly requests (millions) = 50, Price per 10k requests ($) = 0.01 = 7 input(s) provided
- Calculate Monthly CDN costMonthly CDN cost = bandwidthCost + requestCost + sslCost + originShieldCost869.2 = $869.2
- Calculate Annual CDN costAnnual CDN cost = monthlyCost * 1210430.4 = $10,430.4
- Calculate Bandwidth costBandwidth cost = bandwidthGB * bandwidthPricePerGB819.2 = $819.2
- Calculate Request costRequest cost = requestUnits * requestPricePer10k50 = $50
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