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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'.
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CacheFly 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
Sort of/partially
No
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

CacheFly 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

Click the country flag icon to navigate to a page showing all CDNs with POP(s) in that country
* = planned POPs
** = multiple POPs

North America 17 locations in 2 countries
United States flag United States Atlanta - Boston - Chicago - Dallas - Davenport - Denver - Los Angeles - Miami - New York - Phoenix - San Jose - San Juan - Seattle - Washington D.C.
Canada flag Canada Calgary - Toronto - Montreal
Latin America 18 locations in 10 countries
Argentina flag Argentina Buenos Aires
Brazil flag Brazil Brasília - Curitiba - Fortaleza - Porto Alegre - Rio de Janeiro - Salvador - São Paulo
Bolivia flag Bolivia La Paz
Chile flag Chile Santiago
Colombia flag Colombia Bogotá
Costa Rica flag Costa Rica San José
Ecuador flag Ecuador Quito
Mexico flag Mexico Guadalajara - Mexico City - Querétaro
Peru flag Peru Lima
Puerto Rico flag Puerto Rico San Juan
Europe 16 locations in 16 countries
Austria flag Austria Vienna
Bulgaria flag Bulgaria Sofia
Switzerland flag Switzerland Zurich
Czech Republic flag Czech Republic Prague
Germany flag Germany Frankfurt
Spain flag Spain Madrid
Finland flag Finland Helsinki
France flag France Paris
United Kingdom flag United Kingdom London
Italy flag Italy Milan
Lithuania flag Lithuania Vilnius
Netherlands flag Netherlands Amsterdam
Poland flag Poland Warsaw
Portugal flag Portugal Lisbon
Romania flag Romania Bucharest
Sweden flag Sweden Stockholm
Russia & CIS No edge servers
Asia excl. China 7 locations in 7 countries
Hong Kong flag Hong Kong Hong Kong
Japan flag Japan Tokyo
Indonesia flag Indonesia Jakarta
India flag India Mumbai
South Korea flag South Korea Seoul
Thailand flag Thailand Bangkok
Singapore flag Singapore Singapore
China 2 locations in 1 country
China flag China Beijing - Shanghai
Oceania 3 locations in 1 country
Australia flag Australia Melbourne - Perth - Sydney
Middle East 5 locations in 5 countries
United Arab Emirates flag United Arab Emirates Dubai
Israel flag Israel Tel Aviv
Qatar flag Qatar Doha
Saudi Arabia flag Saudi Arabia Riyadh
Turkey flag Turkey Istanbul
Africa 1 location in 1 country
South Africa flag South Africa Johannesburg

CacheFly 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 Transformation and Security are priced separately.
CacheFly pricing.

Special Offer for StackPath CDN Customers

StackPath customers switching to CacheFly are offered a special deal: 64 TB for $595. Visit the CacheFly for StackPath customers page.

Pricing & contract duration
Minimum contract term 1 month
Minimum monthly costs $0 (5 TB/m)
Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests No
Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred No
NA/EU traffic (low volume) $0.03 per GB
APAC traffic (low volume) $0.03 per GB
LATAM traffic (low volume) $0.03 per GB

CacheFly 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
No
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 Blog: Root domain on CDN and performance No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com Must purchase dedicated IP
tooltip Or use DNS provider that can do CNAME flattening
HTTP/2
HTTP/3
WebSockets CDN Guide: WebSockets Technology for bidirectional communication in client-server apps
IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6? Custom enablement
Compression CDN Guide: Compression Reduce file size for faster delivery Resend from origin
Origin pull - protocolHTTP only or HTTPS possible too? HTTP and HTTPS
tooltip 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. Support for AWS Origin Secret Key Header
Origin Shield CDN Guide: 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 or Cloud Storage can be enabled
Cache control - CDN caching Origin headers are honored. Can config caching overrides
Cache control - client caching Origin headers are forwarded to client. Can config overrides
Serve Stale CDN Guide: Serve Stale CDN serves cached but expired content in case origin is in trouble CacheFly support team can activate this edge behaviour
Purge CDN Guide: 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 with Log Streaming to customer endpoint
tooltip 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
Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN Upload your own Certificate or Include Automatic Certificate
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)

CacheFly 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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