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Founded in 2012, Kingsoft Cloud owns data centers and POPs around the globe, provides users services and solutions for vertical industries. Relying on technology accumulation, they focus on video and file delivery and support varied protocols including RTMP, HLS, HDS, HTTP TS and HTTP FLV.
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Kingsoft Cloud Products

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Yes
Sort of/partially
No
Extra costs
Unknown
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? Live Stream Acceleration
Video on demandDelivery of on demand video Video On Demand Acceleration
Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization Need to enable Kingsoft Standard Storage Service
DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain
WAFWeb Application Firewall
Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this.
Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs
Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers

Kingsoft Cloud Network

Kingsoft Cloud has a huge amount of POPs in mainland China and a growing number of nodes outside China.
Kingsoft Cloud network map

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* = planned POPs
** = multiple POPs

North America 5 locations in 1 country
United States flag United States Los Angeles - New York - San Francisco - Seattle - Washington D.C.
Latin America No edge servers
Europe 1 location in 1 country
Germany flag Germany Frankfurt
Russia & CIS 1 location in 1 country
Russia flag Russia Moscow
Asia excl. China 8 locations in 8 countries
Hong Kong flag Hong Kong Hong Kong
Indonesia flag Indonesia Jakarta
India flag India Bangalore
Japan flag Japan Tokyo
Malaysia flag Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
Singapore flag Singapore Singapore
Thailand flag Thailand Bangkok
Taiwan flag Taiwan Taipei
China 600 locations in 1 country
China flag China All major cities and provinces in China
Oceania No edge servers
Middle East 1 location in 1 country
United Arab Emirates flag United Arab Emirates Dubai
Africa No edge servers

Kingsoft Cloud Pricing

Kingsoft Cloud does not require annual contracts. The low volume pay-as-you-go rates are about the same as many other global CDNs. Get in touch to learn more about their services and prices.
Kingsoft Cloud

Pricing & contract duration
Minimum contract term No minimum
Minimum monthly costs No minimum
Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests None
Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred None
NA/EU traffic (low volume) $0.03 per GB
APAC traffic (low volume) $0.07 per GB
LATAM traffic (low volume) $0.08 per GB

Kingsoft Cloud Features

Solid support for all the basic/core features. Kingsoft Cloud enables the customer to use a staging environment, free of charge.

View the tables below for more insight into the features Kingsoft Cloud supports.
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Yes
Sort of/partially
No
Extra costs
Unknown
Web acceleration
Instant setupSign up, configure, start testing. Account creation requires a Kingsoft Cloud employee's assistance
Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs? 5 minutes
Apex/root domain OK Blog: Root domain on CDN and performance No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com
HTTP/2
HTTP/3
WebSockets CDN Guide: WebSockets Technology for bidirectional communication in client-server apps
IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6?
Compression CDN Guide: Compression Reduce file size for faster delivery Resend, or compress on edge
tooltip Fetch compressed or uncompressed from origin (configurable)
Origin pull - protocolHTTP only or HTTPS possible too? HTTP and HTTPS.
tooltip Match protocol
Origin pull - Host headerUse client > edge value? Set specific value? Configure specific other Host header
tooltip CDN can also forward client request Host header to origin
Origin Shield CDN Guide: Origin Shield One POP pulls from origin, other POPs pull from the shield POP Setup by a Kingsoft Cloud employee
Waiting RoomDuring peak traffic, route users to a virtual waiting room
Push / uploadStore your content directly on CDN, no customer origin Customers can use Kingsoft Standard Storage Service Product. Upload via API. $0.1 per GB stored
Cache control - CDN caching By default, CDN honors origin headers
tooltip Full and granular control is possible
Cache control - client caching By default, CDN honors origin headers
tooltip Full and granular control is possible
Serve Stale CDN Guide: Serve Stale CDN serves cached but expired content in case origin is in trouble Cache-Control extensions support
Purge CDN Guide: Purge Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN Avg. purge time is 40s, 99.97% completed within 5 minutes
Purge - capabilities Purge all, purge by directory, soft purge
Analytics
Log files Accessible via UI and API. Free
API Purge, configuration, analytics, logs
HTTPS & Content Protection
CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net SNI
Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate SNI. Pricing is custom
Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN SNI. Pricing is custom. EV cert possible
Token authentication Support is needed, custom pricing
Geo blocking Support is needed, custom pricing
Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content Whitelist/blacklist on Referer header (max 100 entries)
Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content
IP white/blacklisting Whitelist/blacklist on IP (max 100 entries)

Kingsoft Cloud Support

Kingsoft Cloud provides support via email and phone to all customers.

Documentation Good documentation but not public
Human support Free, 24/7 email support and phone support
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