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.
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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 | 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 | 18 locations in 10 countries | ||
Argentina | Buenos Aires | ||
Brazil | Brasília - 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 - Mexico City - 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 | ||
Lithuania | Vilnius | ||
Netherlands | Amsterdam | ||
Poland | Warsaw | ||
Portugal | Lisbon | ||
Romania | Bucharest | ||
Sweden | Stockholm | ||
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 |
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 | ||
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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.
Web acceleration | ||
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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
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HTTP/2 | ||
HTTP/3 | ||
WebSockets Technology for bidirectional communication in client-server apps | ||
IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6? | Custom enablement | |
Compression Reduce file size for faster delivery | Resend from origin | |
Origin pull - protocolHTTP only or HTTPS possible too? | HTTP and HTTPS
Match client to edge request protocol is possible
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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 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 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 with Log Streaming to customer endpoint
Logs are 5 minutes delayed
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API | Purge, analytics, configuration |
HTTPS & Content Protection | ||
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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 |
Learn more about CacheFly
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