Company
Limelight (NASDAQ: LLNW) has been a strong player in the CDN market since 2001. Limelight has a large, high-capacity network with POPs on many continents and offers digital content delivery, live and on-demand video, cloud security and edge computing services.
Limelight website
Products
Limelight provides content delivery, video delivery, cloud security, IoT and edge cloud services, and origin storage.
View the table below for more insight into Limelight 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 ... |
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Small file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of small files (file size <1 MB) |
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Large file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of large files (file size >1 MB) |
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Live videoDelivery of live video. RTMP? Transcoding/transmuxing? |
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Video on demandDelivery of on demand video |
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Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization |
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DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain |
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WAFWeb Application Firewall |
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Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this. |
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Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs |
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Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers |
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Origin StorageReduce load on origin. Faster cache miss responses. |
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Network
Limelight claims to have 'the world's largest, global private network specializing in low latency video, web and digital content delivery and edge cloud services. Limelight's secure Tier 1 CDN offers 70+ Tbps egress capacity and 98+% caching efficiency. Limelight offers China delivery leveraging in-country partnerships.
Limelight network map.
Limelight China Delivery
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Locations marked with * are not active yet but on the CDN's roadmap.
Pricing
Limelight 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.
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Minimum contract term | 12 months |
Minimum monthly costs | Varies by product and service |
Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests | None |
Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred | Yes |
NA/EU traffic (low volume) | Confidential, market competitive |
APAC traffic (low volume) | Confidential, market competitive |
LATAM traffic (low volume) | Confidential, market competitive |
Features
View the tables below for more insight into the features Limelight supports.
Hover over/touch the feature name to view a short description.
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HTTPS & Content Protection | |
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CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net |
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Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate |
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Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN |
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Token authentication |
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Geo blocking |
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Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content |
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Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content |
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IP white/blacklisting |
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Support
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Documentation |
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