Company
Gcore is a global CDN with a focus on gaming: "We expand the geographical presence of your game and speed up downloads for your players". Gcore is headquartered in Luxembourg and employs 400+ people.
Gcore website
Products
View the table below for more insight into Gcore products.
Hover over/touch the product to view a short description.
Product | ||
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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? | Live Streaming | |
Video on demandDelivery of on demand video | VoD | |
Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization | Image Stack | |
DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain | DNS | |
WAFWeb Application Firewall | WAF | |
Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this. | DDoS Protection | |
Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs | ||
Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers |
Network
Gcore has 140+ POPs on 6 continents, with a strong presence in the CIS countries. Total network capacity exceeds 110 Tbps and 11,000+ peering partners.
Gcore 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
Pricing
Gcore pricing is simple and easy to understand, with no hidden costs and one global rate for all bytes delivered. Signup is completely self-service and there is no need to talk to a sales representative. You can get discounted rates based on a commit in an annual contract. Gcore has a PAYG plan and 3 plans with monthly commits. The info below is for their 1 TB/m at $25 plan.
Gcore pricing
Pricing & contract duration | ||
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Minimum contract term | None | |
Minimum monthly costs | $25 | |
Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests | First 1 billion free, more cost $0.0075/million | |
Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred | Yes | |
NA/EU traffic (low volume) | $0.025 per GB | |
APAC traffic (low volume) | $0.025 per GB | |
LATAM traffic (low volume) | $0.025 per GB |
Features
Gcore provides API-friendly control of the CDN and easy integration with Terraform.
View the tables below for more insight into the features Gcore 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? | ~15 minutes | |
Apex/root domain OK
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Custom solution (host your DNS zone ...) | |
HTTP/2 | ||
WebSockets
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WebSockets docs | |
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 | |
Origin pull - Host headerUse client > edge value? Set specific value? | Can be different from origin host | |
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 | ||
Cache control - CDN caching | Origin or CDN controlled | |
Cache control - client caching | Origin or CDN controlled | |
Serve Stale
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Always Online | |
Purge
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Purge Speed | |
Purge - capabilities | Purge all, directory, and by file type/pattern | |
Analytics | Many metrics, real-time updates | |
Log files | Export logs to your storage. Logs are exported at the end of each hour. | |
API | Purge, analytics, configuration |
HTTPS & Content Protection | ||
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CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net | ||
Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate | ||
Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN | Manage self in control panel | |
Token authentication | Secure Token | |
Geo blocking | Country Access Policy | |
Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content | Referer Access Policy | |
Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content | ||
IP white/blacklisting | IP Access Policy |
Support
Responsive technical support, 24/7
Documentation | Yes, public | |
Human support | Phone, chat and email support is free and available 24/7 | |
Status Page | Gcore status page |
Contact Gcore
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