Alibaba Cloud CDN vs. Google Cloud CDN

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Alibaba Cloud CDN
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Alibaba Cloud CDN delivers content to users from the nodes that are nearest them, accelerating the response to user requests and increasing the response rate. CDN also resolves the delivery latency problem that is usually caused by distribution, bandwidth, and server performance issues. CDN has been applied in multiple scenarios, including site acceleration, on-demand streaming, and live streaming.N/A
Google Cloud CDN
Score 6.3 out of 10
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The Google Cloud CDN is touted as a low cost option with tight integration with Google Cloud apps and services.N/A
Pricing
Alibaba Cloud CDNGoogle Cloud CDN
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Alibaba Cloud CDNGoogle Cloud CDN
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Alibaba Cloud CDNGoogle Cloud CDN
Considered Both Products
Alibaba Cloud CDN
Chose Alibaba Cloud CDN
Alibaba Cloud CDN is very cost-efficient and faster in some cases than the competitors. It also provides the latest documentation, so you don't have to go through hundred of pages of decade-old documentation like some of the competitors. Along with that they provides state of …
Google Cloud CDN
Chose Google Cloud CDN
Akamai and CloudFlare are leaders in the CDN and Security sectors. Akamai has a very strong capability and execution in terms of enterprise services. Their offerings are are somewhat similar in some aspects but there is no products in the respective markets that compares to …
Chose Google Cloud CDN
We have limited software developers and don't have the need for a big cloud service provider along with their costs. Google Cloud CDN brings to usr, reliability and brand familiarity. Google Cloud CDN also doesn't bother us with pitches or 1000 emails about the products. We …
Chose Google Cloud CDN

AWS is definitely cheaper than the Google Cloud platform for VM instances. In terms of progression, it is clear that Google Cloud is making significant improvements to the platform. Google Cloud offers the option of a free tier on a wide range of their products. It gives you a …
Chose Google Cloud CDN
Did not use other CDNs other than Google Cloud CDN
Chose Google Cloud CDN
It has More transparency in pricing as well as more services at a lower cost. The ability to stream video and other specialized features, and the ability to manage all projects can be accessed through a separate creative dashboard. The initial setup is very simple and you can …
Chose Google Cloud CDN
We are already using Google Cloud for our infrastructure needs, so it felt like a natural extension to use. We were earlier using AWS CloudFront and some workloads were using Cloudflare. Though to centralise everything, we moved them to Google Cloud CDN. This helps in easier …
Chose Google Cloud CDN
Google CDN was easier to set up and use. Very flexible and exceptionally affordable for my testing.
Chose Google Cloud CDN
Fastly was having minimum spend system, when we started using it, and the pricing structure didn't fit our budget, so we decided to change the provider. Also, compared to Google Cloud CDN it was a little bit difficult to set up and use for beginners.
Chose Google Cloud CDN
Google Cloud CDN works really well for a reliable CDN service, especially when used with other Google Services. It is highly reliable, efficient, and speedy. That said it can also be difficult to implement and lacks some support services found with other CDN services. It …
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Small Businesses
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Cloudflare
Cloudflare
Score 8.9 out of 10
Cloudflare
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Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises
Amazon CloudFront
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Score 8.0 out of 10
Amazon CloudFront
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Score 8.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Alibaba Cloud CDNGoogle Cloud CDN
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Usability
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User Testimonials
Alibaba Cloud CDNGoogle Cloud CDN
Likelihood to Recommend
Alibaba Cloud CDN is well suited for the below scenarios -
  • if you want to get started quickly and don't want to go through a lot of settings ups then go for it.
  • The documentation is really good.
  • The speed and delivery network and billing price ratio is quite good and in some cases better than competitors.
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Google Cloud CDN is available globally and supports various load balancers available in different regions around the globe, so I find Google Cloud CDN as one of the best choices for CDN as it serves globally and it is really fast, safe, and secure. It might be not suitable for you if you do not have any technical background.
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Pros
  • It provides a great documentation to get started with, which makes the life of Devs easy
  • The UI and the metrics graphs are beautify crafted, so all the insights can be easily seen when logged into the system
  • The product is really really fast, it makes your app fly. It gives the extra boost that you need in scaling up.
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  • Google Cloud CDN works really well with other Google cloud platform produces like Google Cloud Storage.
  • Users of Google services will have an easier learning curve.
  • The service can really enhance the overall speed of websites and platforms online.
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Cons
  • Alibaba Cloud CDN doesn't have the automatic SSL attachment to web apps, which can be great if provided.
  • A economical and startup friendly billing plan can be added.
  • CDN locations needs to be increased.
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  • Unable to use any kind of code to show different content.
  • Absence of cloud workers as provided by Cloudfront, Cloudflare and Akamai.
  • No support for dynamic routing.
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Usability
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There is not really an interface for managing rules directly, compared to market leaders, Google's implementation is probably strong on the technical side but for the average user it might be lacking. There are no advanced features which can be compared to what other leaders in the CDN sector are providing or they can be achieved but with high implementation cost and usage of other products in the Google Cloud suite
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Support Rating
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I didn't have the need to use support from Google when I was either testing or setting up my website. Information was easily found by searching online if I needed to, and the options that I needed to install or enable were there on the setup page. Honestly, I was a former systems administrator so most of this stuff is not challenging for me.
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Alternatives Considered
Alibaba Cloud CDN is very cost-efficient and faster in some cases than the competitors. It also provides the latest documentation, so you don't have to go through hundred of pages of decade-old documentation like some of the competitors. Along with that they provides state of the art analytics and insights platform which makes the decision making process smooth.
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We have limited software developers and don't have the need for a big cloud service provider along with their costs. Google Cloud CDN brings to usr, reliability and brand familiarity. Google Cloud CDN also doesn't bother us with pitches or 1000 emails about the products. We went and signed up for it, without dealing with a pushy salesperson.
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Return on Investment
  • Alibaba Cloud CDN has boosted our web performance by 300X which ensured more user to come to our platform
  • Addition of their CDN also guaranteed Zero downtime in our app.
  • Their faster issue resolving and great support engineers are always helping us whenever there's a issue.
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  • It has certainly reduced costs and significantly reduced the loading of servers. It has always helped in times of high traffic.
  • Full integration with Google Cloud data storage also saves time and enhances change power.
  • Great for Streaming Video which increases the speed of playing live videos.
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