StackPath

Company

StackPath launched in 2016 and is built on top of the MaxCDN platform. StackPath promises global, high performance content delivery + top notch security (integrated web application firewall) while keeping things simple, transparent and affordable. StackPath is developer-friendly with 24/7/365 support and a fully-documented API.
StackPath website

Products

StackPath targets publishers, ad networks and other companies that need small files delivered to end users at high performance. Large file delivery and video are not focus areas currently.

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

Network

StackPath has a focus on North America and Europe and a high POP density there. Their global network also has POPs in Brazil, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia.
StackPath network map

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Region	POPs	Locations
North America	10	Ashburn - Atlanta - Chicago - Dallas - Los Angeles - Miami - New York - San Jose - Seattle Toronto
Latin America	1	Sao Paulo
Europe	7	Amsterdam Frankfurt London Milan Paris Warsaw Stockholm
Russia & CIS	0
Asia, excl China	3	Hong Kong Tokyo Singapore
China	0
Oceania	1	Sydney
Middle-East	0
Africa	0

Pricing

StackPath keeps pricing simple. No long-term contracts, no hidden costs. StackPath offers plans ranging from $20/m to $600/m and all plans have free SSL, WAF and DDoS protection. 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.
StackPath pricing

Pricing & contract duration
Minimum contract term	One month
Minimum monthly costs	$20
Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests	None
Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred	Unknown
NA/EU traffic (low volume)	$0.10 per GB
APAC traffic (low volume)	$0.10 per GB
LATAM traffic (low volume)	$0.10 per GB

Features

StackPath has a good feature set, including instant configuration updates, instant purging, real-time analytics and origin shield.

View the tables below for more insight into the features StackPath 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.
Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs?	Instant!
Apex/root domain OK No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com	Not all POPs part of Anycast network
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't be different from origin host
Origin shieldOne POP pulls from origin, other POPs pull from the shield POP
Push / uploadStore your content directly on CDN, no customer origin
Cache control - CDN caching	Full and granular control with EdgeRules
Cache control - client caching	Full and granular control with EdgeRules
Serve stale CDN serves cached but expired content in case origin is in trouble
Purge Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN	Instant!
Purge - capabilities	Purge all
Analytics	Real-time!
Log files	Only for larger volume plans
API	Purge, analytics, configuration

HTTPS & Content Protection
CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net	Free. SNI
Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate
Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN	Free. SNI
Token authentication
Geo blocking
Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content
Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content
IP white/blacklisting

Support

StackPath is proud of the support they provide their customers. Phone, chat and email is available to all customers at no extra charge.

Customer support
Documentation	Yes, public
Humans	24/7 phone and email support included in all plans. Higher volume plans get a dedicated technical account manager

Learn more about StackPath

StackPath acquired Highwinds in Q1 2017. StackPath claims 'more than 30,000 customers already use StackPath technology, ranging from Fortune 100 companies to early stage startups'. StackPath is headquartered in Dallas, with offices in Los Angeles, Orlando, Seattle, Tel Aviv, and Belgrade.

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