CDN Cost Calculator

Forecast CDN spend from traffic volume, request count and unit pricing.

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CDN Cost Calculator

Enter bandwidth, requests and unit prices to see the monthly bill.

Monthly CDN cost
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Bandwidth cost
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Request cost
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Cost per TB
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Annual cost
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Cost per million requests
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Worked example

With the default inputs shown below, this calculator returns the following results:

InputValue
Monthly bandwidth (TB)10
Price per GB ($)0.02
Requests per month (millions)50
Price per 10,000 requests ($)0.01
Monthly base fee ($)20
ResultValue
Monthly CDN cost$274.80
Bandwidth cost$204.80
Request cost$50.00
Cost per TB$27.48
Annual cost$3,297.60
Cost per million requests$5.50

Values shown are produced by this page in your browser; change any input to update them.

How to use the CDN Cost Calculator

  1. Monthly bandwidth (TB) β€” default 10
  2. Price per GB ($) β€” default 0.02
  3. Requests per month (millions) β€” default 50
  4. Price per 10,000 requests ($) β€” default 0.01
  5. Monthly base fee ($) β€” default 20
  6. Press Calculate to update the results instantly.

Frequently asked questions

Most charge per gigabyte delivered, plus a smaller per-request fee, with volume discounts kicking in at commit levels. Some add a flat platform fee or charge for extra features such as image optimisation.
Set long cache lifetimes, enable compression, use modern image formats, and serve video from a specialised provider rather than a general CDN β€” video is what usually drives the bill.
Not always directly, but it usually cuts origin bandwidth, improves speed and reduces server load, which often offsets most of the CDN charge.

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