Edgecast - CDN Planet

Company

The Edgecast Platform is a division of Yahoo. In 2013, Verizon acquired Edgecast's Content Delivery Network (CDN) along with upLynk's video workflow technology to create a next-generation platform. This platform streamlines the streaming video workflow including encoding, SSAI and delivery, plus accelerates and secures websites and content for broadcasters, retailers and enterprises. In 2021, Edgecast became part of Yahoo.
Edgecast website

Products

The Edgecast Platform provides an integrated platform offering security, global content delivery, and streaming. Their focus is on video delivery and OTT, with features like Server-side Ad Insertion, Manifest Manipulation, QUIC Enabled and Digital Rights Management.

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

= Yes
= Sort of/partially
= No
= Unknown

Product
Dynamic content deliveryNon-cacheable content delivery. User login, shopping cart ...	Network
Small file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of small files (file size <1 MB)	Network
Large file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of large files (file size >1 MB)	Network
Live videoDelivery of live video. RTMP? Transcoding/transmuxing?	Live Events
Video on demandDelivery of on demand video	Encode
Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization	Dynamic Imaging
DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain	DNS
WAFWeb Application Firewall	Web Application Firewall
Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this.	DDoS
Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs
Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers	Edge Compute Rules and Lua scripting

Network

The Edgecast Platform has 140+ POPs on 6 continents. China delivery is provided through a partnership with ChinaCache.
Edgecast Platform network map

Click the country flag icon to navigate to a page showing all CDNs with POP(s) in that country.
Locations marked with ^* are not active yet but on the CDN's roadmap.

Region	POPs	Locations
North America	18	Ashburn - Atlanta - Boston - Chicago - Dallas - Denver - Detroit - Houston - Las Vegas - Los Angeles - Miami - New York - Philadelphia - Phoenix - Pittsburgh - San Jose - Seattle - Washington D.C.
Latin America	12	Buenos Aires Valparaíso Barranquilla - Bogotá - Medellin Rio de Janeiro - São Paulo Guadalajara - Mexico City - Puebla - Querétaro Lima
Europe	15	Vienna Frankfurt Copenhagen Madrid Helsinki Paris - Marseille London - Manchester Milan Riga Amsterdam Warsaw Lisbon Stockholm
Russia & CIS	0
Asia excl. China	12	Hong Kong Jakarta Bangalore - Chennai - Mumbai - New Delhi Osaka - Tokyo Seoul Manila Singapore Taipei
China	100	Partnership with ChinaCache
Oceania	3	Melbourne - Sydney Auckland
Middle-East	3	Fujairah Kuwait City Muscat
Africa	2	Mombasa Johannesburg

Pricing

The Edgecast Platform typically requires annual contracts with pricing depending on traffic volume and what features/services you need. Get in touch to learn more about their services and prices.
Edgecast Platform contact form

Pricing & contract duration
Minimum contract term	Unknown
Minimum monthly costs	Unknown
Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests	Unknown
Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred	Unknown
NA/EU traffic (low volume)	Unknown
APAC traffic (low volume)	Unknown
LATAM traffic (low volume)	Unknown

Features

View the tables below for more insight into the features Edgecast 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.	Available through Microsoft Azure
Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs?	A few minutes
Apex/root domain OK No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com	Anycasted network (regional)
HTTP/2
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
Origin pull - Host headerUse client > edge value? Set specific value?	Configure specific other Host header
Origin ShieldOne POP pulls from origin, other POPs pull from the shield POP	Single POP shield or multiple. Full control
Push / uploadStore your content directly on CDN, no customer origin	Origin Storage
Cache control - CDN caching	Full and granular control
Cache control - client caching	Full and granular control
Serve Stale CDN serves cached but expired content in case origin is in trouble
Purge Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN	No longer than 1 min, often much faster
Purge - capabilities	Purge all, purge by directory, by file extension
Analytics	Real-time, with many metrics in the UI
Log files	< 60 seconds
API	Purge, analytics, configuration

HTTPS & Content Protection
CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net
Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate	Non-SNI. Pricing is custom. Wildcard possible
Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN	Pricing is custom
Token authentication	Included as core feature
Geo blocking	Included as core feature
Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content	Included as core feature
Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content	Supported via special configuration
IP white/blacklisting	Included as core feature

Support

Edgecast provides support via email and phone to all customers.

Customer support
Documentation	Yes, public
Humans	All customers get 24/7 email and phone support.

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