Company

Company	BaishanCloud	Medianova
Short profile	BaishanCloud is a leading provider of cloud data services in China and around the world. As the only service provider based in China to be recognized by Gartner as possessing 'global' network capabilities, BaishanCloud is one of the fastest growing companies in the CDN space.	Medianova is originally a Turkey CDN, but in the last few years has grown quickly to become a global player with a strong presence in Europe. Medianova uses modern technologies like their patent pending Dockerized CDN Platform, HTTP/2, BBR and Brotli.

Products

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• = Sort of/partially
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• = Extra costs
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Product	BaishanCloud	Medianova
Dynamic content deliveryNon-cacheable content delivery. User login, shopping cart ...	Dynamic Acceleration	Dynamic Site Acceleration
Small file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of small files (file size <1 MB)	Cloud Delivery
Large file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of large files (file size >1 MB)	Cloud Delivery
Live videoDelivery of live video. RTMP? Transcoding/transmuxing?	Streaming	Internet Live Streaming
Video on demandDelivery of on demand video	Streaming	Video on Demand
Image OptimizationAutomatic image compression/optimization	Cloud Delivery	Image Optimization
DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain	Available in Q4 2020
WAFWeb Application Firewall	Cloud Security
Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this.	Cloud Security
Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs		Private CDN
Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers

Network

Region	BaishanCloud	Medianova
North America	11	7
Latin America	1	1
Europe	6	13
Russia & CIS	0	1
Asia excl. China	18	2
China	400	0
Oceania	4	1
Middle-East	2	5
Africa	1	2

Pricing

Pricing & contract duration	BaishanCloud	Medianova
Minimum contract term	12 months	12 months
Minimum monthly costs	Unknown	Varies by product and service
Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests	Unknown	Unknown
Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred	Unknown	Unknown
NA/EU traffic (low volume)	Unknown	Confidential, market competitive
APAC traffic (low volume)	Unknown	Confidential, market competitive
LATAM traffic (low volume)	Unknown	Not applicable

Features

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• = Sort of/partially
• = No
• = Extra costs
• = Unknown

Web acceleration	BaishanCloud	Medianova
Instant setupSign up, configure, start testing.	Account creation requires a BaishanCloud employee's assistance
Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs?	30 minutes	One to three minutes
Apex/root domain OK No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com
HTTP/2
IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6?
Compression Reduce file size for faster delivery	Resend from origin, or compress on edge Fetch compressed or uncompressed from origin (configurable)	Compress on the fly. Brotli support!
Origin pull - protocolHTTP only or HTTPS possible too?	HTTP and HTTPS	HTTP and HTTPS
Origin pull - Host headerUse client > edge value? Set specific value?	Configure specific other Host header CDN can also forward client request Host header to origin	Can 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	Upload in the portal or via API	FTP, SFTP, Rsync
Cache control - CDN caching	Full and granular control
Cache control - client caching	Full and granular control
Serve stale CDN serves cached but expired content in case origin is in trouble	Cache-Control extensions support	Cache-Control extensions support
Purge Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN	Instantly (<1 second)	Instant. Purge all may take up to 1 minute
Purge - capabilities	Purge all, purge by directory, soft purge	Purge file paths, purge all
Analytics	Many metrics in the UI	Near real-time
Log files	Available for download in Portal or via API. Format can be customized.	Not by default, only on request
API	Purge, configuration, analytics, logs	Purge, analytics, configuration, encoding

HTTPS & Content Protection	BaishanCloud	Medianova
CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net		Free (not SNI)
Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate	SNI. Pricing is custom.
Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN	Pricing is custom	SNI
Token authentication	Not self-service, support is needed
Geo blocking	Not self-service, support is needed	Streaming
Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content	Not self-service, support is needed	Streaming
Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content	Not self-service, support is needed
IP white/blacklisting	Not self-service, support is needed	Streaming

Support

Customer support	BaishanCloud	Medianova
Documentation	Good documentation but not public	Yes, public
Humans	24/7 email support and phone support. Multiple support packages are available	All customers get 24/7 email support with 3 minutes response time and access to Technical Account Managers