Amazon CloudFront Premium Plan Adds Configurable Usage Allowances for Scalable Pricing

CloudFront’s Premium flat-rate plan now offers multiple self-service monthly usage options, allowing customers to select and adjust traffic levels without custom contracts.

By Adrian Cole · Editorial pseudonym · 2026-05-12 · 1 min read

AI-ASSISTED REPORTING · RETROSPECTIVE ARCHIVE

Retrospective edition: 2026-05-12. Source published: 2026-05-12. Added to this archive: 2026-11-03. This briefing was prepared later from the linked announcement; it was not published on this website on the historical edition date.

Previously limited to a single usage allowance, the Premium plan’s new tiered allowances range from 500 million to 6 billion requests and 50 to 600 TB monthly data transfer. This flexibility enables enterprises and mid-size businesses to adopt flat-rate pricing aligned with their baseline traffic.

Customers can easily modify their usage level via the CloudFront console with immediate pricing updates and no commitment. The plan continues to include WAF, DDoS protection, bot management, Route 53 DNS, CloudWatch Logs ingestion, serverless compute, and S3 credits without overage fees.

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Amazon CloudFront Premium flat-rate plan now supports configurable usage allowances ↗

Source published 2026-05-12. This report was prepared with AI assistance from the linked primary-source material. Claims and limitations should be checked against the original announcement or research.