G-Core Labs

Company

G-Core Labs is a global CDN with a strong POP map in Russia and CIS. They acquired SkyparkCDN in 2017. G-Core Labs is headquartered in Luxembourg, with offices in Moscow, Minsk and Perm.
G-Core Labs website

Products

View the table below for more insight into G-Core Labs products.
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= Sort of/partially
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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?
Video on demandDelivery of on demand video
Image OptimizationAutomatic image compression/optimization
DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain
WAFWeb Application Firewall
Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this.
Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs

Network

G-Core Labs has POPs on 6 continents, with a strong presence in Russia and in the CIS countries (15 POPs).
G-Core Labs network map

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Region	POPs	Locations
North America	7	Ashburn - Chicago - Dallas - Los Angeles - Miami - San Jose - Seattle
Latin America	1	São Paulo
Europe	11	Vienna Amsterdam Prague Frankfurt London Madrid Paris Milan Luxembourg Warsaw Stockholm
Russia & CIS	15	Kazan - Krasnoyarsk - Khabarovsk - Kizlyar - Moscow - Novosibirsk - Orel - Ufa - Vladivostok - Yekaterinburg Pavlodar Bishkek Kiev Tashkent Minsk
Asia, excl China	4	Hong Kong Tokyo Seoul Singapore
China	0
Oceania	1	Sydney
Middle-East	2	Dubai Tel Aviv
Africa	0

Pricing

G-Core Labs 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.
G-Core Labs pricing

Pricing & contract duration
Minimum contract term	Unknown
Minimum monthly costs	$250
Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests	None
Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred	Unknown
NA/EU traffic (low volume)	$0.05 per GB
APAC traffic (low volume)	$0.05 per GB
LATAM traffic (low volume)	$0.05 per GB

Features

View the tables below for more insight into the features G-Core Labs supports.
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= 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?	~30 seconds
Apex/root domain OK No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com	Custom solution (host your DNS zone ...)
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?	Can be different from origin host
Origin shieldOne POP pulls from origin, other POPs pull from the shield POP	Currently in beta
Push / uploadStore your content directly on CDN, no customer origin
Cache control - CDN caching	Origin headers are inherited
Cache control - client caching	Origin headers are inherited
Serve stale CDN serves cached but expired content in case origin is in trouble
Purge Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN	A few minutes
Purge - capabilities	Purge all, directory and file type
Analytics	Many metrics, real-time updates
Log files	Real-time streaming of logs to your server (Syslog)
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
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

Customer support
Documentation	Yes, public
Humans	Phone, chat and email support is free and available 24/7

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