CacheFly - CDN Planet

Company

Launched in 2002, CacheFly developed the world's first TCP-anycast based content delivery network. CacheFly has a focus on optimizing the CDN for throughput and has steadily built out the network to now have 50+ POPs on 6 continents. CacheFly provides a 100% uptime SLA and takes pride in acting as 'consultants to our customers'.
CacheFly website

Products

CacheFly has a wide range of content delivery and security solutions. Deliver cacheable and dynamic content, podcasts, large software downloads and video (live and on-demand).

View the table below for more insight into CacheFly products.
Hover over/touch the product to view a short description.

Yes

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Extra costs

Unknown

Product
Dynamic content deliveryNon-cacheable content delivery. User login, shopping cart ...
Small file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of small files (file size <1 MB)
Large file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of large files (file size >1 MB)
Live videoDelivery of live video. RTMP? Transcoding/transmuxing?		Ultra Low Latency Video Streaming
Video on demandDelivery of on demand video		VoD
Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization		Smart Image Optimization
DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain
WAFWeb Application Firewall
Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this.
Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs		Fully custom solution
Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers		Custom solutions available for edge scripting
Origin StorageReduce load on origin. Faster cache miss responses.		Storage Optimization System

Network

CacheFly has 50+ POPs on 6 continents including in Johannesburg, Dubai, Seoul and São Paulo. The China POPs are available for custom, private CDN implementations.
CacheFly network map
CacheFly China acceleration

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^* = planned POPs
^** = multiple POPs

North America	17 locations in 2 countries
		United States	Atlanta - Boston - Chicago - Dallas - Davenport - Denver - Los Angeles - Miami - New York - Phoenix - San Jose - San Juan - Seattle - Washington D.C.
		Canada	Calgary - Toronto - Montreal
Latin America	17 locations in 10 countries
		Argentina	Buenos Aires
		Brazil	Brasilia - Curitiba - Fortaleza - Porto Alegre - Rio de Janeiro - Salvador - São Paulo
		Bolivia	La Paz
		Chile	Santiago
		Colombia	Bogotá
		Costa Rica	San José
		Ecuador	Quito
		Mexico	Guadalajara - Querétaro
		Peru	Lima
		Puerto Rico	San Juan
Europe	16 locations in 16 countries
		Austria	Vienna
		Bulgaria	Sofia
		Switzerland	Zurich
		Czech Republic	Prague
		Germany	Frankfurt
		Spain	Madrid
		Finland	Helsinki
		France	Paris
		United Kingdom	London
		Italy	Milan
		Netherlands	Amsterdam
		Poland	Warsaw
		Portugal	Lisbon
		Romania	Bucharest
		Sweden	Stockholm
		Sierra Leone	Vilnius
Russia & CIS	No edge servers

Asia excl. China	7 locations in 7 countries
		Hong Kong	Hong Kong
		Japan	Tokyo
		Indonesia	Jakarta
		India	Mumbai
		South Korea	Seoul
		Thailand	Bangkok
		Singapore	Singapore
China	2 locations in 1 country
		China	Beijing - Shanghai
Oceania	3 locations in 1 country
		Australia	Melbourne - Perth - Sydney
Middle-East	5 locations in 5 countries
		United Arab Emirates	Dubai
		Israel	Tel Aviv
		Qatar	Doha
		Saudi Arabia	Riyadh
		Turkey	Istanbul
Africa	1 location in 1 country
		South Africa	Johannesburg

Pricing

CacheFly offers its services month-to-month with a discount for 12+ month commit. Free 14 day trial. Pricing is custom built to meet customer requirements for anything over 100 TB/m. Products/add-ons like Image Optimization and Security are priced separately.
CacheFly pricing

Pricing & contract duration
Minimum contract term		1 month
Minimum monthly costs		$595 (35 TB/m)
Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests		No
Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred		Yes
NA/EU traffic (low volume)		n/a
APAC traffic (low volume)		n/a
LATAM traffic (low volume)		n/a

Features

View the tables below for more insight into the features CacheFly supports.
Hover over/touch the feature name to view a short description.

Yes

Sort of/partially

Extra costs

Unknown

Web acceleration
Instant setupSign up, configure, start testing.
Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs?		5 - 180s depending on the change
Apex/root domain OK No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com		Must purchase dedicated IP Or use DNS provider that can do CNAME flattening
HTTP/2
WebSockets Technology for bidirectional communication in client-server apps
IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6?
Compression Reduce file size for faster delivery		Resend from origin, or compress on edge
Origin pull - protocolHTTP only or HTTPS possible too?		HTTP and HTTPS Match client to edge request protocol is possible
Origin pull - Host headerUse client > edge value? Set specific value?		Set specific Host header value or forward value from client to edge request
Origin Shield One POP pulls from origin, other POPs pull from the shield POP
Waiting RoomDuring peak traffic, route users to a virtual waiting room
Push / uploadStore your content directly on CDN, no customer origin		FTP. Some storage free, more storage available at additional costs
Cache control - CDN caching		Origin headers are honored. Can config overrides
Cache control - client caching		Origin headers are forwarded to client. Can config overrides
Serve Stale CDN serves cached but expired content in case origin is in trouble		CacheFly support team can activate this edge behaviour
Purge Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN		Purge Speed
Purge - capabilities		Purge all and by directory, not by tag or header
Analytics		Near real-time, lots of metrics
Log files		Pull via FTP or have pushed to customer endpoint Logs are 5 minutes delayed
API		Purge, analytics, configuration

HTTPS & Content Protection
CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net		Free
Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate		Custom pricing
Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN		EV cert and/or Non-SNI possible
Token authentication		Self-service activation/configuration
Geo blocking		Self-service activation/configuration. Predefined and custom rules
Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content
Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content		Available in a Custom/Private CDN scenario
IP white/blacklisting		Custom rules can be scripted (by support team at no extra charge)

Support

CacheFly provides support via email and phone to all customers, 24/7. Extra support services are available at an additional cost.Learn more about CacheFly support.

Documentation		Yes, public
Human support		All customers get 24/7 email and phone support and a dedicated implementation/solutions engineer. Extra support ('Elite managed') available at a fee with SLA for support response time
Status Page		CacheFly status page

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