Let's Encrypt vs. StackPath (formerly Highwinds or MaxCDN), discontinued

Let's Encrypt

1 Reviews and Ratings

StackPath (formerly Highwinds or MaxCDN), discontinued

5 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Let's Encrypt	Score10 out of 10	N/A	Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority (CA), provided by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). The solution aims to give people the digital certificates they need in order to enable HTTPS (SSL/TLS) for websites, for free, with the goal of creating a more secure and privacy-respecting Web.	N/A
StackPath (formerly Highwinds or MaxCDN), discontinued	Score9 out of 10	N/A	The StackPath (formerly Highwinds) Content Delivery Network provided a scalable DNS with load balancing, traffic management, DDoS protection and Web Application Firewall (WAF) to support and protect enterprise websites and applications. The product is discontinued, and the company has shut its doors.	N/A

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Let's Encrypt

StackPath (formerly Highwinds or MaxCDN), discontinued

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Pricing Offerings
Let's Encrypt	StackPath (formerly Highwinds or MaxCDN), discontinued
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User Ratings
	Let's Encrypt	StackPath (formerly Highwinds or MaxCDN), discontinued
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (4 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Let's Encrypt	StackPath (formerly Highwinds or MaxCDN), discontinued
Likelihood to Recommend	Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) No answers on this topic	Discontinued Products Well suited to: Startups - Very competitive pricing, better than AWS for object storage and CDN. The less technical - for those looking to implement a CDN, it doesn't get any easier than StackPath The more technical - Well documented API, serverless scripting and container deployments Fast object delivery - StackPath tends to be faster (sometimes much more ) than AWS S3. See below however... Not so well suited to: Multi-tiered web applications 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. Object storage works well if you don't need fine-grained bucket lifecycle or permissions management. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Pros	Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) No answers on this topic	Discontinued Products 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. Incentivized Andre Cheung CEO & Founder Read full review
Cons	Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) No answers on this topic	Discontinued Products Analytics. Many options hidden in API. Web console. Incentivized Jason Byrne Vice President Of Engineering Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) No answers on this topic	Discontinued Products 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. Incentivized Carlos Coque System Administrator Read full review
Return on Investment	Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) No answers on this topic	Discontinued Products 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 Incentivized Verified User Read full review
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