Is CDN77 or KeyCDN cheaper in 2026?

CDN77 is cheaper in all 3 modelled workloads.

What is the difference in egress cost between CDN77 and KeyCDN?

CDN77 charges $0.025 per GB against KeyCDN's $0.040, roughly 1.6× cheaper. Egress usually dominates the bill once traffic is measured in terabytes.

Which has the better free tier, CDN77 or KeyCDN?

Both publish one. CDN77: 14-day trial with 1 TB of traffic. KeyCDN: $10 of trial credit; $4 monthly minimum thereafter.

What do these estimates not include?

Committed-use and reserved discounts, regional price variation, per-request API charges, support plans, and minimum retention periods. All of those move real invoices, sometimes by a lot. These figures compare published list prices for the same workload, which is the comparison the rate cards alone cannot give you.

CDN77 vs KeyCDN

CDN77 is cheaper across every workload modelled here.

List prices checked May 2026

Rate cards side by side

Only the axes at least one of them bills on. A dash means that provider does not charge for it.

Billing axis	CDN77	KeyCDN	Difference
Data transfer out	$0.025/GB	$0.040/GB	1.6× CDN77
Free tier	Yes	Yes	—

Source: CDN77 pricing (May 2026) · KeyCDN pricing (May 2026). Published list prices only — committed-use discounts, regional variation, and per-request charges are not included. Not yet independently re-checked against the vendor’s page.

Monthly cost for three real workloads

The rate cards applied to identical usage. This is where the winner changes.

Workload	CDN77	KeyCDN	Cheaper
Side projectA personal site or small app with modest traffic, a few gigabytes of assets, and one small always-on process.	$2.50	$4.00	CDN77saves $1.50/mo (38%)
Growing SaaSA funded product serving a few thousand daily users, with an image-heavy frontend and two application servers.	$25	$40	CDN77saves $15/mo (38%)
Media-heavy siteA publisher or video product where delivery dominates the bill and compute is almost an afterthought.	$250	$400	CDN77saves $150/mo (38%)

Workload definitions are identical on every comparison page, so figures here can be read against any other pair in the same category.

What each one is for

CDN77

by CDN77

Sold mainly on committed-volume and unmetered contracts for video delivery, where the effective per-gigabyte rate falls well below the published list price.

Free tier: 14-day trial with 1 TB of traffic

KeyCDN

by KeyCDN

Pay-as-you-go delivery with no contract and per-region rates, aimed at small sites that want a predictable per-gigabyte bill without a commitment.

Free tier: $10 of trial credit; $4 monthly minimum thereafter

Common questions

Is CDN77 or KeyCDN cheaper in 2026?: CDN77 is cheaper in all 3 modelled workloads.
What is the difference in egress cost between CDN77 and KeyCDN?: CDN77 charges $0.025 per GB against KeyCDN's $0.040, roughly 1.6× cheaper. Egress usually dominates the bill once traffic is measured in terabytes.
Which has the better free tier, CDN77 or KeyCDN?: Both publish one. CDN77: 14-day trial with 1 TB of traffic. KeyCDN: $10 of trial credit; $4 monthly minimum thereafter.
What do these estimates not include?: Committed-use and reserved discounts, regional price variation, per-request API charges, support plans, and minimum retention periods. All of those move real invoices, sometimes by a lot. These figures compare published list prices for the same workload, which is the comparison the rate cards alone cannot give you.