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Lumen versus Medianova

Easily compare Lumen and Medianova for POP locations, products, pricing, features & support. We hope this helps you better understand the similarities and differences between these content delivery networks.

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Company

Company Lumen Medianova
Short profile Lumen (formerly known as Centurylink or Level 3) owns and operates a global Tier-1 network and - logically - their CDN runs on top of it. Lumen CDN has POPs on many continents and their product focus is on video, large object delivery and edge computing. Medianova has grown to become a global, established player with a strong presence in the Middle East and Europe. Medianova uses modern technologies like their patent pending Dockerized CDN Platform, BBR, Brotli and Anycast and offers a wide range of content delivery solutions from their 50+ data centers.

Products

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Extra costs
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Product Lumen Medianova
Dynamic content deliveryNon-cacheable content delivery. User login, shopping cart ... CDN Edge Compute Dynamic Site Acceleration
Small file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of small files (file size <1 MB) CDN and/or CDN Edge Compute Content Delivery and Optimization
Large file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of large files (file size >1 MB)
Live videoDelivery of live video. RTMP? Transcoding/transmuxing? CDN and/or CDN Mesh Delivery Internet Live Streaming
Video on demandDelivery of on demand video CDN and/or CDN Mesh Delivery Video on Demand
Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization part of CDN Edge Compute Image Optimization
DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain
WAFWeb Application Firewall WAF WAF
Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this. Lumen DDoS Hyper (on-demand) and DDoS Mitigation Service
Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs CDN Mesh Delivery for Enterprise Private CDN
Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers Edge Compute

Network

How many POP locations do Lumen and Medianova have in different parts of the world?

Region Lumen Medianova
North America 28 9
Latin America 11 1
Europe 35 11
Russia & CIS 0 1
Asia excl. China 7 1
China 0 0
Oceania 5 0
Middle East 4 7
Africa 3 1

Pricing

Pricing & contract duration Lumen Medianova
Minimum contract term Unknown 1 month
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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Web acceleration Lumen Medianova
Instant setupSign up, configure, start testing. Not yet, but coming soon.
Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs? No longer than 15 minutes - Often instant One to three minutes
Apex/root domain OK Blog: Root domain on CDN and performanceNo performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com Available with Section product for an additional fee
HTTP/2
HTTP/3
WebSockets
IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6?
Compression CDN Guide: CompressionReduce file size for faster delivery Resend from origin, or compress on edge 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
tooltip 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
Waiting RoomDuring peak traffic, route users to a virtual waiting room
Push / uploadStore your content directly on CDN, no customer origin FTP, SFTP, rsync. Storage costs apply FTP, SFTP, Rsync
Cache control - CDN caching
Cache control - client caching
Serve Stale CDN Guide: Serve StaleCDN serves cached but expired content in case origin is in trouble Cache-Control extensions support
Purge CDN Guide: PurgeInvalidate or delete cached objects on CDN Instant Instant. Purge all may take up to 1 minute
Purge - capabilities Purge all but not purge by directory or tag or header Purge file paths, purge all
Analytics Near real-time
Log files Not by default, only on request
API Purge, analytics, configuration Purge, analytics, configuration, encoding
HTTPS & Content Protection Lumen Medianova
CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net Free (not SNI)
Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate
Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN SNI
Token authentication
Geo blocking Streaming
Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content Streaming
Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content
IP white/blacklisting Streaming

Support

Customer support Lumen Medianova
Documentation Yes, but not public Yes, public
Humans All customers get 24/7 email support with 3 minutes response time and access to Technical Account Managers