MaxCDN and CacheFly popmap
= Both
= MaxCDN
= CacheFly
| Features | MaxCDN | CacheFly |
|---|---|---|
| PoPs | 18 | 41 |
| Purge All | Fully supported | Fully supported |
| Instant Purge | Fully supported | Fully supported |
| Control panel | Fully supported | Fully supported |
| Origin Push | Fully supported | Fully supported |
| Origin Pull | Fully supported | Fully supported |
| Origin Shield | Additional costs | Fully supported |
| GZIP Compression | Fully supported | Fully supported |
| Custom Rules | Fully supported | Fully supported |
| HTTP/2 Protocol | Not supported | Not supported |
| SPDY Protocol | Fully supported | Not supported |
| Raw Access Logs | Fully supported | Fully supported |
| Real time statistics | Additional costs | Fully supported |
| Online signup | Fully supported | Fully supported |
| API | Purge, Statistics, Configuration Management | Purge |
| Custom CNAMEs | Fully supported | Fully supported |
| Shared SSL Certificates | Fully supported | Fully supported |
| Custom SSL Certificates | Additional costs | Additional costs |
| Wildcard SSL Certificates | Additional costs | Additional costs |
| Support | Phone, Chat and Email support | 24/7/365 Email support, 9am-5pm Chat support |
| Video On Demand (VoD) | Fully supported | Fully supported |
| RTMP Streaming | Fully supported | Not supported |
| Multiple CDNs | Not supported | Not supported |
| CDN balancing tech | Not supported | Not supported |
| Storage | Not supported | Additional costs |
Pricing MaxCDN vs CacheFly
| Property | MaxCDN | CacheFly |
|---|---|---|
| Global flat fee | N/A | N/A |
| NA/EU Traffic (low volume) | $0.06 per GB | $0.10 per GB |
| NA/EU Traffic (high volume) | $0.03 per GB (310TB+) | $0.027 per GB (500TB+) |
| APAC Traffic | $0.095 per GB | $0.150 per GB |
| LATAM Traffic | N/A | $0.20 per GB |
| Extra costs | N/A | $0.008 per 10,000 Requests |
MAXCDN Description
MaxCDN is a Los Angeles-based CDN provider, founded in 2009. In 2013 the company re-branded their video on demand solution HDDN (High Definition Distribution Network), CloudCache and NetDNA products under a single MaxCDN banner. Additionlly, in 2016 MaxCDN was aqcuired by StackPath.
jQuery and BootstrapCDN are hosted on the MaxCDN network, and the company supports Google’s SPDY.
Notable customers of MaxCDN include Kodak, Nissan, The Next Web, Forbes, WP Engine and WPBeginner, and BuySellAds. Some of these brands are no longer customer of MaxCDN at the time of writing.
MAXCDN Resellers
MaxCDN is resold by Warpcache. As a multi-CDN provider, Warpcache both sells a variety of CDNs in a single package, or separately depending on a client’s wishes. Get in touch here, for more information about MaxCDN, pricing and features.
CACHEFLY Description
CacheFly is a Chicago-based CDN provider, with over 40 Points of Presence (PoPs) spread over six continents. Next to the usual locations, Cachefly has PoPs in India, Qatar, Egypt and South Africa.
The Cachefly network is optimised for throughput, making it more suitable for the delivery of large files.
Instead of DNS-based global loadbalancing, the company’s CDN infrastructure relies on TCP Anycast routing.
CacheFly offers the usual features in the CDN industry such as instant purge, origin shielding, real-time reporting and sub-accounts. They also offer a 100% availability SLA and 24⁄7 support.
Reviewer website TopTenReviews named CacheFly #1, Gold and Excellence award winner in the ‘Small Business CDN’ category for the third year in a row. Factors taken into account in the weighing were Performance, Setup & Compatibility, Security and Help & Support.
The 10 CDNs that were reviewed are, in order of score:
It should be noted that the selection of CDNs that were reviewed is incomplete, and seemingly arbitrary. At the time of writing, TopTenReviews is a customer of Akamai.
Customers in the Cachefly portfolio include, or have included: The Economist, Magellan, Jelly Belly, Bank of America, Budweiser, Trillian, Ars Technica, Virgin Games, Ameritrade, Cartoon Network, McKesson, Twit.tv, Blue Shell Games, BackBeat Media and Toyota.