CDN Used by UK SaaS Companies: Market Share (2026)

Detected CDN use across 3,273 UK SaaS companies, with Cloudflare holding the largest detected share at 89.1%.

Detected CDN usage covers 3,273 of 39,965 trading UK SaaS companies, with 11 systems identified. Cloudflare is the largest system by some distance, appearing at 89.1% (2,917) of detected companies, while Amazon CloudFront appears at 20.3% (666).

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Cloudflare holds the largest share in every employee band: 88.3% among Under 10 employees, 90.9% among 10–50 employees, and 89.0% among Over 50 employees. The pattern is similar across company size, rather than concentrated in one part of the SaaS market.

The long tail is thin. Fastly accounts for 1.9% (63), Section.io for 1.3% (42), Akamai for 0.9% (31), ShortPixel for 0.4% (12), Bunny for 0.2% (8), and Uploadcare for 0.2% (6), with 3 further systems covering 1 company.

3,273

SaaS with detected CDN

Of 39,965 UK SaaS

8.2%

Detection rate

2026

11

Systems detected

In this category

89.1%

Leader share

Cloudflare

UK SaaS CDN market share

Section.io
Uploadcare
Other (3 systems)

Share of the 3,273 UK SaaS with a detectable system. As of June 2026.

CDN compared

SystemUK SaaSShareMedian headcountLondon shareTypical profile
Cloudflare2,91789.1%640.3%Six-person SaaS teams, broad usage
Amazon CloudFront66620.3%650.6%Six-person SaaS teams, London-skewed
Fastly631.9%641.3%Six-person SaaS teams, niche usage
Section.io421.3%View these companies in Firmbase →
Akamai310.9%View these companies in Firmbase →
ShortPixel120.4%View these companies in Firmbase →
Bunny80.2%View these companies in Firmbase →
Uploadcare60.2%View these companies in Firmbase →
Filestack40.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
ImageEngine20.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
Sirv20.1%View these companies in Firmbase →

Systems detected below the page threshold appear with counts only; their full lists are available in the Firmbase app.

Market leader by size

The leading CDN system shifts with company size: among UK SaaS with under 10 employees, Cloudflare leads at 88.3% of the 2,180 with a detectable system; among UK SaaS with 10–50 employees, Cloudflare leads at 90.9% of the 984 with a detectable system; and among UK SaaS with over 50 employees, Cloudflare leads at 89% of the 109 with a detectable system.

Under 10 employees

Cloudflare

88.3% of band

Smaller SaaS companies make up the largest detected band, with 2,180 companies. Cloudflare leads at 88.3%, leaving other CDN systems competing for a relatively small remainder.

10–50 employees

Cloudflare

90.9% of band

Mid-sized SaaS companies account for 984 detected companies. Cloudflare has the highest share in this band at 90.9%, slightly above its overall market share.

Over 50 employees

Cloudflare

89% of band

Larger SaaS companies form a much smaller detected band, with 109 companies. Cloudflare still leads at 89.0%, so the size shift does not materially change the ranking.

How CDN usage is detected

Methodology

Company data

Detected companies are joined to UK Companies House records and XBRL accounts data. Revenue and headcount figures come from the most recent filed accounts; where the company has not filed, values are estimated using a model trained on filed history and peer benchmarks and are labelled as estimates.

Detection

Firmbase crawls the public website of actively-trading UK companies and fingerprints the technologies present: tracking scripts, embedded forms, chat widgets, CMS markers and similar signatures. A company is included in this list when one or more of the technology's signatures are found on its site; closely-related variants of the same product are grouped under one name. Detection covers what is visible on the public web — a company using the technology purely internally, with no website footprint, will not appear. Counts are therefore a conservative floor, not a ceiling.

Freshness

Websites are re-crawled on a rolling basis and the underlying company data is refreshed from Companies House continuously; filings appear within days of submission. The list and its statistics are regenerated when the detected cohort moves meaningfully. You can see the last-updated timestamp near the top of the page.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the most-used CDN among UK SaaS companies?
Cloudflare is the most-detected CDN among UK SaaS companies, with 89.1% share (2,917 of 3,273 companies with a detectable system), ahead of Amazon CloudFront (20.3%) and Fastly (1.9%).
How many UK SaaS companies have a detectable CDN?
3,273 of 39,965 actively-trading UK SaaS companies (8.2%) have a CDN detectable from their public website. The remainder either run systems with no public web footprint or none at all, so detected share figures are a conservative floor.
What is a CDN?
A CDN is a content delivery network: infrastructure used to cache and serve web content closer to users. For UK SaaS companies, it typically supports application pages, static assets, images, scripts and downloads, sitting between the product and the visitor to handle delivery and caching.
How is CDN usage detected?
Firmbase crawls the public website of every actively-trading company in this scope and fingerprints the technologies present — scripts, widgets, booking and checkout flows. A company is attributed to a system when that system's signatures are found; systems with no public web footprint are not attributable, which is why every share figure on this page means share of companies with a detectable system.
Which has more UK SaaS companies, Cloudflare or Amazon CloudFront?
Cloudflare: 2,917 detected companies versus 666 for Amazon CloudFront, of the 3,273 UK SaaS companies with a detectable CDN.
What is the best CDN for UK SaaS companies?
This page reports detected usage rather than making recommendations. Cloudflare leads every band: Under 10 employees has 2,180 companies and an 88.3% leader share, 10–50 employees has 984 and 90.9%, and Over 50 employees has 109 and 89.0%. Across all 3,273 detected companies, Cloudflare accounts for 89.1% (2,917), Amazon CloudFront for 20.3% (666), and Fastly for 1.9% (63).

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