Likelihood to Recommend OnApp CDN is great for virtually any site with a desire or requirement to offload processing resources to a content delivery network in general. The OnApp CDN is one of the largest, if not largest CDNs on the planet and is well equipped to handle virtually any type of file distribution, including video. Video distribution POPs on the OnApp CDN are less available because each host that offers video has special requirements they may or may not be willing to get involved with. If you plan to distribute video on OnApp CDN first check if the number of POPs available for serving video suit your needs
Read full review 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. Read full review Pros Ease of setup. You can be CDN enabled within a few minutes. Huge CDN network rivals any other out there. Competitive pricing due to web hosts who own OnApp CDN Edge Servers competing for traffic on their CDN POPs. Read full review 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. Read full review Cons There really is nothing I can think of. It's simple and intuitive to use after your first instruction on the system. Read full review Analytics. Many options hidden in API. Web console. Read full review Alternatives Considered We compared VMware for its virtualization capabilities and ended up deciding on OnApp as the UI was more intuitive for less technical support staff, which meant that our customers would have more staff available to help them with cloud related issues. We also checked our
Akamai specifically for CDN however again the OnApp platform seemed simpler and less expensive to leverage, and with the added benefit that we had more control of the CDN 'in-house' than using a fully third party platform
Read full review 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.
Read full review Return on Investment OnApp in general has been a good investment, though in the early days this was a questionable result as stability was nothing like what it is today. Things have gotten much better over the years and I would anticipate OnApp to generate ROI so long as customers are looking for cloud and CDN solutions in general. I'm not sure that investing in OnApp as a hosting provider specifically for the CDN capability will generate any positive return, but the OnApp system as a whole has the features required that most should be able to make a return on. Read full review 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 Read full review ScreenShots