Azion

Azion is a full-stack edge platform offered by Azion Technologies, Inc. According to the vendor, this solution simplifies application development, deployment, and optimization. It is designed for web developers, DevOps engineers, and IT managers in companies of various sizes, from startups to enterprise-scale organizations. The platform provides a range of services, including edge application building, application acceleration, edge caching, edge functions, image processing, load balancing, edge key-value store, edge SQL database, and object storage.

Key Features

Build web applications: According to the vendor, Azion allows users to build web applications on their Edge Platform. Users can configure cache settings, enable network, compute, and security modules to ensure high performance, scalability, and security for their applications.

Application acceleration: Azion offers protocol optimizations and advanced caching rules to speed up the performance of applications and APIs, according to the vendor. This feature aims to reduce latency and improve content delivery to end users.

Edge caching: Azion's edge caching feature allows users to cache content at the edge of the network, closer to users, reducing the need for origin requests and improving content speed and availability, according to the vendor.

Edge functions: With Azion's edge functions, users can run serverless applications at the edge, closer to their users and devices, according to the vendor. This feature provides scalability, pay-as-you-go billing, and the ability to build discrete, single-focus functions.

Image processor: According to the vendor, Azion's image processor feature enables users to optimize, convert, and manipulate images just-in-time to enhance the user experience. Users can configure custom rules for image paths and perform actions such as cropping, resizing, and filtering.

Load balancer: Azion's load balancer feature aims to balance loads on servers and across any cloud provider, improving reliability and availability of content, applications, and APIs, according to the vendor. It distributes traffic to prevent network congestion and server overload.

Edge KV: Azion's edge KV (Key-Value Store) provides users with a fast, scalable, and secure way to leverage their data, according to the vendor. It offers global accessibility with low latency, a serverless architecture, and flexibility for storing and managing data.

Edge SQL: According to the vendor, Azion's edge SQL feature offers a true serverless SQL database that combines the agility of serverless computing with the performance and reliability of edge computing. It provides a distributed architecture, ACID transactions, and automatic elastic scale.

Object storage: Azion's object storage feature enables users to store and retrieve objects from anywhere with low latency, according to the vendor. It offers compatibility with the S3 API, scalability, and cost predictability without egress charges.