A transit agency evaluates AWS Global Accelerator for a public API already fronted by DNS failover and CloudFront for static content. When is Global Accelerator the cost-aware choice?
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Short Explanation
Global Accelerator is a performance sports car—great when the stopwatch says you need it, pricey if DNS and CloudFront already win the race. Buy it when metrics justify the fare.
Full Explanation
AWS Global Accelerator provides static anycast IPs and network-layer performance/failover benefits at additional cost. It should be justified with measured latency or failover gains beyond what CloudFront and DNS health checks already provide. It does not replace S3 pricing for static buckets and is not an automatic add-on for every internal name.