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.
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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 |
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
Click the country flag icon to navigate to a page showing all CDNs with POP(s) in that country
* = planned POPs
** = multiple POPs
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 | ||
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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.
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
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Must purchase dedicated IP
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HTTP/2 | ||
WebSockets
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IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6? | ||
Compression
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Resend from origin, or compress on edge | |
Origin pull - protocolHTTP only or HTTPS possible too? |
HTTP and HTTPS
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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 | |
Origin Shield
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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
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CacheFly support team can activate this edge behaviour | |
Purge
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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
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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 | 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 |
Contact CacheFly
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