Question 1

Is Azion a good AWS alternative?

Accepted Answer

Yes. AWS gives you separate services that your team integrates, each with its own setup, limits, and bill. Azion gives you one platform for delivery, security, code, and observability, distributed by default across 100+ data centers, with every product on every plan and a single bill.

Question 2

How do CloudFront distributions map to Azion Applications?

Accepted Answer

CloudFront distributions map to Azion Applications with equivalent capabilities. Cache behaviors map to Rules Engine rules, origins map to configured endpoints, and TLS certificates are managed through Certificate Manager. Your routing logic and cache policies carry over.

Question 3

What's the equivalent of Lambda and Lambda@Edge?

Accepted Answer

AWS Lambda and Lambda@Edge functions map to Azion Functions. Functions support TypeScript and JavaScript with web-standard APIs and Node.js polyfills. You get up to 5 minutes of CPU time per execution and zero cold starts, improving on Lambda's limitations.

Question 4

How do S3 buckets map to Azion?

Accepted Answer

S3 buckets map to Azion Object Storage using S3-compatible APIs. Your existing code and tools work with minimal changes. Object Storage integrates natively with Applications for edge delivery and Functions for transformation logic.

Question 5

Is there an equivalent to DynamoDB?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Azion KV Store provides a serverless key-value database similar to DynamoDB. For relational data, SQL Database offers distributed SQL with ACID compliance and global read replicas, capabilities that require multiple AWS services to achieve.

Question 6

How does pricing compare to AWS?

Accepted Answer

Azion offers transparent pay-as-you-go pricing with no egress fees between services. You pay only for what you use with no hidden data transfer costs. Start with $300 in free credits valid for 365 days, no credit card required.

Question 7

How does Azion Object Storage compare with AWS S3 pricing?

Accepted Answer

Azion Object Storage is one of the leading S3 competitors, with S3-compatible APIs and no egress fees between Azion services. While AWS S3 pricing adds charges for storage tiers, requests, and data transfer out, Azion offers transparent pay-as-you-go storage that integrates natively with delivery and compute.

Question 8

Can I run both platforms at the same time?

Accepted Answer

Yes. You can run AWS and Azion side by side and shift traffic in stages using DNS configuration. This allows for testing, validation, and a smooth transition without service interruption.

Question 9

How does Azion handle a region failure compared with AWS?

Accepted Answer

On AWS, applications run in the regions you pick, and surviving a region failure is your project; AWS's own guidance says it can double the cost. Azion runs delivery, security, and code across 100+ data centers with no regions to pick or replicate, and load balancing and failover are included on every plan.

Question 10

What about WAF and security rules?

Accepted Answer

AWS WAF rules map to Azion Web Application Firewall and Firewall products. Managed rule sets, custom rules, rate limiting, and bot detection all have equivalents. DDoS Protection, the role AWS Shield plays on AWS, is included on every plan and mitigates attacks in under 3 seconds, with no separate contract, annual commitment, or per-resource fees.

Question 11

How does Route 53 DNS map to Azion?

Accepted Answer

Route 53 hosted zones map to Azion Edge DNS. Import your records, validate propagation, then update your domain register to use Azion's nameservers. Health checks and routing policies have equivalent capabilities.

Question 12

How does Azion support compare with AWS Support?

Accepted Answer

AWS prices support as a percentage of your entire AWS bill, and support cases aren't offered in Portuguese or Spanish. Azion Enterprise support runs 24×7 in Portuguese, Spanish, and English, with a first response in under 15 minutes for critical outages and direct access to the engineers who build the platform.

Capability	Azion	AWS
Delivery, compute, storage, and security on one platform	Full support	Partial support
Single console for every workstream	Full support	Partial support
Configuration and rule changes live in seconds	Full support	Partial support
No regions to pick or replicate	Full support	Partial support
JavaScript and WebAssembly runtime	Full support	Partial support
Cold-start-free function execution	Full support	Partial support
Scale without provisioned concurrency	Full support	Partial support
AI inference on the platform	Full support	Full support
Distributed key-value store	Full support	Full support
S3-compatible object storage	Full support	Full support
Distributed SQL database with vector search	Full support	Partial support
Managed WAF for applications and APIs	Full support	Full support
API discovery and protection	Full support	Partial support
Bot management	Full support	Full support
DDoS protection included with delivery	Full support	Partial support
Network-layer firewall	Full support	Full support
Tiered caching and origin offload	Full support	Full support
Image and video optimization	Full support	Partial support
Authoritative DNS and load balancing	Full support	Full support
Load balancing and failover included on every plan	Full support	Partial support
Real-time metrics and event search	Full support	Partial support
Log streaming to third-party tools	Full support	Full support
Real-user monitoring	Full support	Full support
24×7 support in Portuguese, Spanish, and English	Full support	Partial support
No egress charges between platform services	Full support	Not available
Published pay-as-you-go pricing	Full support	Full support

AWS sells services. Your team becomes the integrator.

AWS gives you the parts. Azion gives you the platform.

One platform, one bill

No regions to pick or replicate

DDoS protection without a separate contract

Support that doesn't grow with your bill

No cold starts, no provisioned concurrency

Keep AWS where it still fits

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