Azure Front Door Insights

What is Azure Front Door?

Azure Front Door is a scalable and secure entry point for web applications, APIs, and content. It's a global, scalable, and secure entry point that uses the Microsoft global network to deliver fast, reliable, and secure access to your web applications and APIs. It accelerates content delivery, provides global load balancing, and offers comprehensive security features, including DDoS protection and a Web Application Firewall (WAF).

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What other technologies are related to Azure Front Door?

Azure Front Door Competitor Technologies

Azure Application Gateway

Azure Application Gateway provides similar functionality to Azure Front Door, such as load balancing and WAF capabilities, but it is deployed within a VNet and is regional, while Front Door is global.

mentioned alongside Azure Front Door in 13% (194) of relevant job posts

Azure Traffic Manager

Azure Traffic Manager is a DNS-based traffic routing service that can distribute traffic to different endpoints, similar to Azure Front Door's global routing capabilities. It differs in that it operates solely at the DNS level, and doesn't provide advanced features like caching or WAF.

mentioned alongside Azure Front Door in 21% (79) of relevant job posts

Application Gateway

Azure Application Gateway provides similar functionality to Azure Front Door, such as load balancing and WAF capabilities, but it is deployed within a VNet and is regional, while Front Door is global.

mentioned alongside Azure Front Door in 5% (147) of relevant job posts

Traffic Manager

Azure Traffic Manager is a DNS-based traffic routing service that can distribute traffic to different endpoints, similar to Azure Front Door's global routing capabilities. It differs in that it operates solely at the DNS level, and doesn't provide advanced features like caching or WAF.

mentioned alongside Azure Front Door in 4% (57) of relevant job posts

Azure Front Door Complementary Technologies

Azure Firewall

Azure Firewall provides network security at the VNet level and can be used in conjunction with Azure Front Door to provide defense-in-depth. Front Door protects the application at the edge, while Azure Firewall protects the backend resources within the VNet.

mentioned alongside Azure Front Door in 7% (200) of relevant job posts

Azure CDN

Azure CDN is a content delivery network used for caching static content closer to users. Azure Front Door includes CDN capabilities and can use Azure CDN as one of its origination points. They are complementary technologies for optimizing content delivery.

mentioned alongside Azure Front Door in 17% (63) of relevant job posts

Azure DNS

Azure DNS is a DNS service. Azure Front Door requires a DNS service to route traffic and resolve domain names.

mentioned alongside Azure Front Door in 9% (103) of relevant job posts