AWS S3 + CloudFront

Object storage + global CDN

Free tier + paidImages, video & filesaws.amazon.com

What it is

The default building blocks: S3 for durable object storage, CloudFront for global caching and delivery. Neither transforms images — that means Lambda@Edge, CloudFront Functions or a separate service. CloudFront now also sells flat-rate plans, free at 100 GB and Pro at $15/mo.

Why it earns a slot

Unmatched ecosystem, durability and regional control, and serving through CloudFront avoids the $0.09/GB S3 egress rate. The 1 TB per month always-free CloudFront tier covers a surprising share of a small publication's traffic.

Know before you commit

S3 egress straight to the internet is $0.09/GB — always front it with CloudFront. There is no built-in image optimization, so AVIF/WebP negotiation is entirely yours to build and maintain.

Getting started

npm i @aws-sdk/client-s3

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Pricing snapshot

S3 Standard $0.023/GB-month (us-east-1), PUT $0.005/1K, GET $0.0004/1K. CloudFront: first 1 TB/mo and 10M requests free, then $0.085/GB NA/EU declining to $0.020/GB. S3 direct-to-internet egress $0.09/GB

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Evaluate AWS S3 + CloudFront (https://aws.amazon.com/s3/) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: Object storage + global CDN. The default building blocks: S3 for durable object storage, CloudFront for global caching and delivery. Neither transforms images — that means Lambda@Edge, CloudFront Functions or a separate service. CloudFront now also sells flat-rate plans, free at 100 GB and Pro at $15/mo.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): Unmatched ecosystem, durability and regional control, and serving through CloudFront avoids the $0.09/GB S3 egress rate. The 1 TB per month always-free CloudFront tier covers a surprising share of a small publication's traffic.
Watch out for: S3 egress straight to the internet is $0.09/GB — always front it with CloudFront. There is no built-in image optimization, so AVIF/WebP negotiation is entirely yours to build and maintain.
Pricing: S3 Standard $0.023/GB-month (us-east-1), PUT $0.005/1K, GET $0.0004/1K. CloudFront: first 1 TB/mo and 10M requests free, then $0.085/GB NA/EU declining to $0.020/GB. S3 direct-to-internet egress $0.09/GB
Setup: npm i @aws-sdk/client-s3
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