Company

Company	CDNvideo	Tencent Cloud
Short profile	CDNvideo is a global CDN provider with a wide network of servers located on five continents and a part of Wangsu group owning the second largest CDN in the world (>86K servers + bandwidth of 42 TB/sec). Their specialties are live streaming, VoD, HTTP caching, transcoding and website acceleration. CDNvideo has developed an unlimited cloud storage and an HTML5 player enabling P2P streaming and 360-degree video demonstration.	Tencent Cloud is a leading global CDN that has resources distributed in 50+ countries and the highest service volume of all CDNs in Asia. It has a massive network with 1,100+ nodes in mainland China, extending beyond major ISPs to more than a dozen local providers.

Products

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Product	CDNvideo	Tencent Cloud
Dynamic content deliveryNon-cacheable content delivery. User login, shopping cart ...		ECDN (Enterprise CDN)
Small file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of small files (file size <1 MB)	Website acceleration	CDN
Large file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of large files (file size >1 MB)		CDN
Live videoDelivery of live video. RTMP? Transcoding/transmuxing?	Live Streaming	LVB (Live Video Broadcast )
Video on demandDelivery of on demand video	Video On Demand	VOD
Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization
DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain		DNSpod
WAFWeb Application Firewall		WAF
Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this.		Anti-DDoS Advanced Anti-DDoS Pro also available
Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs
Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers		Serverless Cloud Function

Network

Region	CDNvideo	Tencent Cloud
North America	13	11
Latin America	7	2
Europe	11	6
Russia & CIS	37	1
Asia excl. China	23	21
China	100	1100
Oceania	4	1
Middle-East	8	4
Africa	7	1

Pricing

Pricing & contract duration	CDNvideo	Tencent Cloud
Minimum contract term	1 month	None
Minimum monthly costs	$50	None
Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests	None	None
Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred	None	None
NA/EU traffic (low volume)	$0.05	$0.055 per GB
APAC traffic (low volume)	$0.05	$0.081 - $0.12 per GB (varies per region)
LATAM traffic (low volume)	$0.05	$0.12 per GB

Features

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• = Extra costs
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Web acceleration	CDNvideo	Tencent Cloud
Instant setupSign up, configure, start testing.	5 minutes	Self-service, credit card required
Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs?	5 minutes	5 minutes
Apex/root domain OK No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com	Non-Anycasted network
HTTP/2
IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6?
Compression Reduce file size for faster delivery	Resend from origin only Does not compress on the edge	Resend from origin, or compress on edge Fetch compressed or uncompressed from origin (configurable)
Origin pull - protocolHTTP only or HTTPS possible too?	HTTP and HTTPS. IP address as origin is possible	HTTP, HTTPS, match protocol
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 IP address or hostname Can be same host as in client-to-CDN requests
Origin ShieldOne POP pulls from origin, other POPs pull from the shield POP		Custom implementation by Tencent DevOps team
Push / uploadStore your content directly on CDN, no customer origin	Upload via web interface. Storage costs apply	Cloud Object Storage with free tier. Upload in the portal or via API
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		Serve stale if origin sends 5xx
Purge Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN	Purging takes a few minutes	5 minutes
Purge - capabilities	Purge all but not purge by directory or tag or header	Purge all, purge by directory
Analytics	1-5 minutes delay	Many metrics available in console and via API
Log files	Download from the UI Logs are ~ 30 minutes delayed	W3C formatted. Available for download in console and via API. Log roll period and delay depends on traffic volume.
API	Purge, analytics and configuration	Purge, configuration, analytics, logs

HTTPS & Content Protection	CDNvideo	Tencent Cloud
CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net	Free
Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate	Free	SNI. First 20 DV certs are free. Wildcard allowed TrustAsia is the Certificate Authority
Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN		SNI and free. Wildcard allowed.
Token authentication		4 types of token/URL signing available
Geo blocking		Not self-service, support is needed
Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content		Based on Referrer or IP address
Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content
IP white/blacklisting		Console and API. Block/allow individual IPs and IP ranges

Support

Customer support	CDNvideo	Tencent Cloud
Documentation	Yes, the Starters Guide is available to the public	Good, extensive and public documentation
Humans	All customers get 24/7 email, Skype and phone support	24/7 support via the console. Multiple VIP support packages are available