# AWS CloudFront optimization | Cloud Efficiency Hub

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3 documented AWS CloudFront cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

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3 documented AWS CloudFront cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

## 3 inefficiencies

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- AWS CloudFront  CER-0350

### [Internet Traffic Served Directly from S3 or EC2 Instead of CloudFront](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/internet-traffic-served-directly-from-s3-or-ec2-instead-of-cloudfront)

Public websites, static assets, software downloads, media and APIs are often served straight from an S3 bucket, an EC2 instance or an internet-facing load balancer. Every byte then leaves AWS as regional data transfer out to the internet,...

Networking

- AWS CloudFront  CER-0351

### [Low Cache Hit Ratio on CloudFront Distributions](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/low-cache-hit-ratio-on-cloudfront-distributions)

A CloudFront distribution only saves origin cost when it serves responses from cache. When cache behaviors include all query strings, all cookies or high-cardinality headers such as User-Agent in the cache key, or when objects carry short...

Networking

- AWS CloudFront  CER-0352

### [CloudFront Price Class Broader Than the Audience](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/cloudfront-price-class-broader-than-the-audience)

By default, a CloudFront distribution delivers content from its entire global network of edge locations, which is Price Class All. CloudFront pay-as-you-go rates depend on the geography of the edge that serves the request, and data...

Networking

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