Azure CDN vs Google Cloud CDN

Likelihood to Recommend

If you are looking for a secure, easy to manage, solution to store and distribute your content around the US and/or world, the Azure CDN may be the right solution. The only thing I would caution users on is that once your content is published and distributed it cannot be easily refreshed on the endpoints. Instead, you are at the mercy of the default time to live when the content was first uploaded.

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Andrew Mills

Senior Software Developer

Seventy Seven EnergyOil & Energy, 1001-5000 employees

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Google Cloud CDN has helped us in all startup projects and heavy projects and has provided millions of simultaneous requests to users through proper management in a secure and SSL platform. Reducing costs and reducing server congestion have been done very smartly and accurately, and users of our sites can quickly access content from anywhere in the world.

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Ali Kazempour

Information Technology Adviser

AZEREX LLC.Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees

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Pros

Easy to use and customizable settings.
You pay according to your resources usage.
High speed and security CDN with great support team.

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Ali Kazempour

Senior Professional Services Consultant Manager

AZEREX LLC.Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees

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Integrates easily with Google Cloud VMs.
Works with the Global Load Balancers as backend.
Worldwide POPs help in faster speed.

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Verified User

Vice-President in Engineering

Internet Company, 201-500 employees

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Cons

Unlike Cloudfront, Azure CDN does not yet support WebSockets.
Limited options for deploying endpoints that support authentication.

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Verified User

Director in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees

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Some users complain that pricing is challenging, I don't think so.

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Verified User

General Manager in Other

Food & Beverages Company, 1-10 employees

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Support Rating

Azure CDN 8.0

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Great support from the team whenever we're stuck. Very proactive in resolving issues and also making changes as per the requirements of the organization.

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Maria Carver

Production Specialist

The Dow Chemical CompanyChemicals, 10,001+ employees

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Google Cloud CDN 7.0

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As I said earlier, as we are already the Google Cloud Services user, Google Cloud CDN has some similarities in the UI and use cases, it's not so difficult to set up for us. Even after that there are 1000's of articles and blogs over the internet and Google documentation for most of the use cases and requirements.

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Lokesh Meena

Project Manager

FlipPaisaConsumer Services, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Azure CDN is certainly the favorite when you're already working in Azure like us. CloudFront has programmability and should obviously be considered first if you're already on AWS. I've seen use of CloudFlare for one-off sites (EG, my friends who are WordPress people and are intimidated by Azure and AWS).

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Erik Ralston

Chief Architect

LiveTilesComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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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 does not hold your hand by any stretch and organizations with experienced IT staff will find the best overall use from the service

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Bruce Emmerling

Digital Media Specialist

Digital Media SpecialistInformation Services, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

The speed at which we could stand up the CDN and push content made this significantly faster than putting together our own file server and pointing a CDN URL to it. The ease of management, from a plethora of free tools, allowed me to quickly get users up to speed on both Windows and Mac based PC's.

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Andrew Mills

Senior Software Developer

Seventy Seven EnergyOil & Energy, 1001-5000 employees

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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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Ali Kazempour

Information Technology Adviser

AZEREX LLC.Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

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Free Trial

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Azure CDN

Google Cloud CDN

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Azure CDN

Google Cloud CDN

Pros

Azure CDN

Google Cloud CDN

Cons

Azure CDN

Google Cloud CDN

Support Rating

Azure CDN

Google Cloud CDN

Alternatives Considered

Azure CDN

Google Cloud CDN

Return on Investment

Azure CDN

Google Cloud CDN

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

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