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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Cloud CDN

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/AThe Google Cloud CDN is touted as a low cost option with tight integration with Google Cloud apps and services.N/A

    Netlify

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ANetlify is a platform for developers from the company of the same name in San Francisco, used to build performant and dynamic web sites, e-commerce stores and applications. By uniting an ecosystem of technologies, services and APIs into one workflow.

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    Pricing
    Google Cloud CDNNetlify
    Editions & Modules
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    Free
    $0
    300 credit limit / month
    Personal
    $9
    per month per user
    Pro
    $20
    per month per user
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    Google Cloud CDNNetlify
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Best Alternatives
    Google Cloud CDNNetlify
    Small Businesses
    Amazon CloudFront
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    Score4.8 out of 10
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    Score8.2 out of 10
    SAP Extension Suite (discontinued)
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Azure CDN
    Score7.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google Cloud CDNNetlify
    Likelihood to Recommend
    4.0
    (10 ratings)
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Google Cloud CDNNetlify
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    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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    Netlify
    Netlify is a static website host, so it obviously wouldn't work for hosting dynamic websites built in PHP, such as WordPress or Drupal. It works very well with static sites with a git codebase on something like GitHub. It has automatic deployments, which include preview websites. It works very well with this workflow. There are solutions for allowing content authoring on static websites on Netlify, but I would probably reach for something like WordPress or Drupal for that.
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    Pros
    Google
    • The intelligent categorization and management of site content cache in Google Cloud CDN is unique and offers the best results with simple settings.
    • It has powerful servers in all geographical regions of the world and the speed of the site will increase many times for the customer with smart routing.
    • It has AnyCast IP feature and website receives a single global IP address. In this case, the site loads at the same speed worldwide.
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    Netlify
    • I can connect Github/Gitlab repos or drag and drop code folders directly to host them onto the platform, and can customize build and publish details. It handles all granular details itself, so I don't have to worry about configuring everything like I would have to do on an IaaS like AWS
    • Netlify Platform has inbuilt scalability support - meaning automatic upgrading of servers to handle traffic, without us needing to do anything at all, again, unlike IaaS, where we'd have to manually configure scaling
    • It has a built in CDN, meaning static applications can be served blazing fast over the web without worrying about traffic or latency
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    Cons
    Google
    • 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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    Netlify
    • it is not aimed at it but first party laravel support would be nice.
    • their free tier was so handy, i wish they start some similar efforts
    • incorporate more WebOps mindset
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    Usability
    Google
    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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    Netlify
    We interact with the CLI via our CI/CD pipeline. It was very straightforward to get set up, and their documentation is thorough. There are a ton of examples online of various setups. We needed to deploy a React SPA, so we required redirects, which was straightforward with Netlify.
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    Support Rating
    Google
    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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    Netlify
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    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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    Netlify
    Netlify Platform is the first choice that we are using in this organization continuously and it's been a very promising platform to use. It also maintains the things very well. it also giving a very good updates. It is very easy to use and very easy to learn. overall it is good.
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • Google Cloud CDN has worked great as a tool to provide more reliable and faster interactive web experiences such as with e-learning sites.
    • The product can require additional training costs, even for experienced IT administrators.
    • Overall, ongoing costs can also be prohibitive for organizations with smaller web presences.
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    Netlify
    • it's free to get started and to work on small frontend projects for testing and qa
    • very nice DNS Management
    • quick and easy to use, reduces dev efforts
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    ScreenShots

    Netlify Screenshots

    Screenshot of where to gather feedback right from the browser with Netlify collaborative Deploy Previews. Share progress early and often with preview links created automatically for every deploy. Netlify automatically builds a new Deploy Preview as a unique permanent URL for each Pull/Merge Request. With no coding or setup, every preview enables reviewers to submit feedback complete with screenshots, videos, and annotations.Screenshot of a team overview in the Netlify platform, used to monitor a team's usage, showing the number of team members and how much build capacity and bandwidth the team is using.Screenshot of Netlify Edge Functions, which help run code at the edge, close to end users. Netlify Edge Functions use Deno and the powerful V8 JavaScript runtime to run globally distributed functions for the fastest possible response times.Screenshot of Discover, connect, and configure dev tools and APIs all within the Netlify Integrations Hub to extend the limits of web performance and team productivity.Screenshot of Netlify Graph, which eases access to API services. Graph Authentication handles token refresh and scope management so APIs stay connected over time.Screenshot of Netlify Analytics, which bring data captured directly from servers, presented simply.