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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure CDN

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft offers a content delivery network, Azure CDN.N/A

    StackPath Edge Delivery

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe StackPath (formerly Highwinds) Content Delivery Network provides a scalable DNS with load balancing, traffic management, DDoS protection and Web Application Firewall (WAF) to support and protect enterprise websites and applications.N/A
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Best Alternatives
    Azure CDNStackPath Edge Delivery
    Small Businesses
    Amazon CloudFront
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Amazon CloudFront
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Google Cloud CDN
    Score6.2 out of 10
    Google Cloud CDN
    Score6.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Amazon CloudFront
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Azure CDN
    Score7.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Azure CDNStackPath Edge Delivery
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    Azure CDNStackPath Edge Delivery
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Azure CDN has at hand an infinity of applications and tools to implement in your system and have better control of your data in a clean and secure platform on the web, we recommend this program since the percentage of solutions provided by this program is very high and find a way to make each user's job easier.
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    StackPath
    Well suited to:
    1. Startups - Very competitive pricing, better than AWS for object storage and CDN.
    2. The less technical - for those looking to implement a CDN, it doesn't get any easier than StackPath
    3. The more technical - Well documented API, serverless scripting and container deployments
    4. Fast object delivery - StackPath tends to be faster (sometimes much more ) than AWS S3. See below however...
    Not so well suited to:
    1. Multi-tiered web applications
    2. Ultra high bandwidth requirements. Stackpath isn't meant to be a substitute for AWS or Azure when you're looking to push 100s of TBs of traffic.
    3. Object storage works well if you don't need fine-grained bucket lifecycle or permissions management.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • I found the CDN very easy to setup and configure within the Azure Portal.
    • Being Azure, there are plenty of free tools that allow you to manage the CDN from a UI that is not the portal. This was especially handy when I trained end users how to manage content within their specific realm.
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    StackPath
    • Price competitive.
    • Easy to use.
    • Good reporting.
    • Quick to deploy.
    • Start-up friendly.
    • Good technical information via blog, FAQ and community discussion.
    • I can talk to real person for urgent support.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Tough learning curve--you have to be comfortable with the Azure Cloud logic and UI to use it easily
    • Special or uncommon use cases' pricing can be hard to forecast/follow
    • Can be expensive for simple use cases
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    StackPath
    • Analytics.
    • Many options hidden in API.
    • Web console.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    I give it 9/10 rating because it solved my problem by Caching my website content on global servers to load faster.
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    StackPath
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    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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    StackPath
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    More user friendly and it’s so easy to learn, the prices may be close to each other, but the service is excellent.
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    StackPath
    When we identified the need for having a Content Delivery Network to improve our website loading performance we researched a bit and found StackPath. Reading its reviews and the info on its website we have found that they had everything we needed so we didn't need to look for other products.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Azure CDN reduced origin instance load by removing the need to constantly serve large numbers of static files, meaning applications can be deployed with smaller/fewer instances.
    • Azure CDN reduces apparent load times to customers by serving cached files out of POPs in the local region of those clients, instead of requiring those clients to make multiple, lengthy requests through to the origin servers.
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    StackPath
    • Easy 25-30% improvement in website performance vs non CDN solution
    • Less expensive and faster object storage than AWS
    • Aided greatly in maintaining KPIs in terms of performance, availability
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