Easily compare CDNetworks and Leaseweb for POP locations, products, pricing, features & support. We hope this helps you better understand the similarities and differences between these content delivery networks.
Company
| Company | CDNetworks | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Short profile | Founded in 2000, CDNetworks has been in the content delivery space longer than most other CDNs. CDNetworks always had, and still has, a strong focus on emerging markets like Brazil and Russia. CDNetworks has a wide range of content delivery/acceleration and security products. | Leaseweb has been an established player in the (enterprise) hosting market for many years and launched their CDN mid 2013. Leaseweb claims 'the most competitive price in the CDN market' and has a reseller program. |
Products
| Product | CDNetworks | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Dynamic content deliveryNon-cacheable content delivery. User login, shopping cart ... | Dynamic Web Acceleration | |
| Small file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of small files (file size <1 MB) | Content Acceleration | |
| Large file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of large files (file size >1 MB) | ||
| Live videoDelivery of live video. RTMP? Transcoding/transmuxing? | Media Acceleration | |
| Video on demandDelivery of on demand video | Media Acceleration | |
| Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization | Cloud Image Optimization | |
| DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain | Cloud DNS+ | |
| WAFWeb Application Firewall | Web Application Firewall | |
| Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this. | DDoS Mitigation | DDoS IP Protection |
| Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs | Private CDN | |
| Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers | Edge Computing Platform |
Network
How many POP locations do CDNetworks and Leaseweb have in different parts of the world?
| Region | CDNetworks | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| North America | 11 | 6 |
| Latin America | 7 | 0 |
| Europe | 13 | 6 |
| Russia & CIS | 18 | 0 |
| Asia excl. China | 19 | 2 |
| China | 20 | 0 |
| Oceania | 1 | 0 |
| Middle-East | 9 | 0 |
| Africa | 4 | 0 |
Pricing
| Pricing & contract duration | CDNetworks | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum contract term | 12 months | One month |
| Minimum monthly costs | Unknown | $49 |
| Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests | Unknown | None |
| Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred | Unknown | None |
| NA/EU traffic (low volume) | Unknown | $0.06 per GB |
| APAC traffic (low volume) | Unknown | $0.06 per GB |
| LATAM traffic (low volume) | Unknown | $0.06 per GB |
Features
| Web acceleration | CDNetworks | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Instant setupSign up, configure, start testing. | Can't sign up and get started. Must talk to sales. | Leaseweb needs 1 business day to get you started |
| Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs? | ~ 15 minutes | Instant |
Apex/root domain OK  No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com |
Non-Anycasted network | No global Anycast |
| HTTP/2 | ||
| WebSockets | ||
| IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6? | ||
| Compression Reduce file size for faster delivery |
Resend from origin, or compress on edge | Resend from origin or compress on the edge |
| 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
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| Origin ShieldOne POP pulls from origin, other POPs pull from the shield POP | Multiple POPs can act as shield | |
| Waiting RoomDuring peak traffic, route users to a virtual waiting room | ||
| Push / uploadStore your content directly on CDN, no customer origin | ||
| Cache control - CDN caching | Full and granular control | Can set max-age override and set 404 caching TTL |
| Cache control - client caching | Full and granular control | |
| Serve Stale CDN serves cached but expired content in case origin is in trouble |
CDN serves cached if origin is down | |
| Purge Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN |
Completion time is 5 - 10 minutes | Instant most of the time |
| Purge - capabilities | Purge all, purge by directory, by file extension | Purge per file and purge all |
| Analytics | Bandwidth, geo distribution and more | |
| Log files | One hour delay. Fetch via FTP | |
| API | Purge, analytics, configuration | Purge, analytics, configuration |
| HTTPS & Content Protection | CDNetworks | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Customer support | CDNetworks | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Documentation | Yes, but not public | Yes, public KB |
| Humans | All customers get 24/7 email and phone support | 24/7 personal support via telephone and email. |