Comparison of the Voxel and Internap CDNs

In the tables below you can easily compare Voxel and Internap for POP locations, pricing and features & support. We hope this helps you better understand the similarities and differences between these Content Delivery Networks.

POP locations	Voxel	Internap
POPs in North-America	16New York (8x), New Jersey (2x), Ashburn, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Jose and Palo Alto	Not Available
POPs in Europe	3London, Amsterdam (2x)	Not Available
POPs in Asia (not China)	2Hong Kong and Singapore	Not Available
POPs in China	0	Not Available
POPs in Australia	0	Not Available
POPs in South-America	0	Not Available
POPs in Middle-East	0	Not Available
POPs in Africa	0	Not Available

A POP is a Point Of Presence, an access point to the Internet. It is a physical, strategically placed location that houses multiple CDN servers.

Pricing	Voxel	Internap
Price US/EU traffic - low volume	$0.10 per GB	Not Available
Price US/EU traffic - high volume	$0.05 per GB, at 500 TB per month	Not Available
Extra charge for APAC region traffic	No extra charge	Not Available
Storage	$0.20 per GB per monthIt's actually $0.00027/GB per hour or $0.20/GB per month.	Yes, you pay for storage
Resellers		Turbobytes

Note: custom price plans are very common in the CDN market, especially for large volume customers. We recommend you always talk to the CDN provider about your needs and requirements and work with them to get a best-fit deal.

Features & Support	Voxel	Internap
Origin-Pull
Push (upload to CDN servers)		Files can be uploaded to the CDN POPs via FTP, the control panel and rsync.
Purge		Both MediaConsole (the Internap online control panel) and the API support single file, multiple file (folder), and wildcard purge. The Cache Purge Manager tool built into MediaConsole allows ad hoc or scheduled purges.
Purge All		Can be done via the online control panel and API.
Gzip	Only if origin server does Gzip	Only if origin server does GzipGzip compression reduces the file size (bytes) of text-based files like HTML, CSS and JavaScript by approximately 70%. It's a well-known web performance best practice to turn on Gzip on the server.
Persistent connections
Honors all origin server headers
Can override origin server headers	It is possible to very specifically alter headers.	Internap offers lots of possibilities for this.
Set caching headers for pushed files
Custom CNAMEs	CNAME is not possible for secure webpages (SSL)
HTTPS	Voxel charges $99 per month extra for handling traffic over SSL. A custom CNAME is not possible for secure pages.	Internap offers a free, shared wildcard certificate (no CNAME) and the option to upload your certificate, have a custom CNAME at $200/month.
Control Panel & statistics
Access Logs	Rsynch for the log files is supported.
API	Purge objects from VoxCAST's cache. Adjust the configuration of your VoxCAST CDN to change parameters like cache expiration time; origin settings; log formats; etc.
Support	Voxel believes in providing exceptional "Zero Bureaucracy" support to all customers and they handle support 24/7/365 from their New York and Singapore offices, phone and email. Response time depends on the type of issue and is generally within the hour.	Internap operates dual Network Operating Centers for geographic diversity, and staff the NOC with front line engineering resources who have the skills and tools to resolve network issues on the first call. The NOC is available 24/7/365 by phone, email, and chat. Internap received a Stevie® Award for 'Best Customer Service Department' of the Year at the 2011 American Business Awards.

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