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ChinaCache versus CacheFly

Easily compare ChinaCache and CacheFly 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 ChinaCache CacheFly
Short profile Founded in 1998, publicly traded on NASDAQ (CCIH), ChinaCache is the first CDN in China and generally considered to be one of the better CDNs for China delivery because of their network, knowledge and experience from working with (enterprise) multinational customers. The ChinaCache network and services are not limited to mainland China and ChinaCache has been growing steadily outside China in the past years. Launched in 2002, CacheFly developed the world's first TCP-anycast based content delivery network. CacheFly has a focus on optimizing the CDN for throughput and has steadily built out the network to now have 50+ POPs on 6 continents. CacheFly provides a 100% uptime SLA and takes pride in acting as 'consultants to our customers'.

Products

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Sort of/partially
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Extra costs
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Product ChinaCache CacheFly
Dynamic content deliveryNon-cacheable content delivery. User login, shopping cart ... Dynamic Content Acceleration
Small file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of small files (file size <1 MB) Static Content Acceleration
Large file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of large files (file size >1 MB) Download Acceleration
Live videoDelivery of live video. RTMP? Transcoding/transmuxing? Media Acceleration Ultra Low Latency Video Streaming
Video on demandDelivery of on demand video Media Acceleration VoD
Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization Smart Image Optimization
DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain
WAFWeb Application Firewall
Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this.
Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs Fully custom solution
Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers Custom solutions available for edge scripting

Network

How many POP locations do ChinaCache and CacheFly have in different parts of the world?

Region ChinaCache CacheFly
North America 8 17
Latin America 1 18
Europe 3 16
Russia & CIS 0 0
Asia excl. China 10 7
China 400 2
Oceania 0 3
Middle East 1 5
Africa 1 1

Pricing

Pricing & contract duration ChinaCache CacheFly
Minimum contract term 12 months 1 month
Minimum monthly costs Unknown $0 (5 TB/m)
Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests None No
Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred Unknown No
NA/EU traffic (low volume) Unknown $0.03 per GB
APAC traffic (low volume) Unknown $0.03 per GB
LATAM traffic (low volume) Unknown $0.03 per GB

Features

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Sort of/partially
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Extra costs
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Web acceleration ChinaCache CacheFly
Instant setupSign up, configure, start testing.
Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs? <5 minutes 5 - 180s depending on the change
Apex/root domain OK Blog: Root domain on CDN and performanceNo performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com Non-Anycasted network Must purchase dedicated IP
tooltip Or use DNS provider that can do CNAME flattening
HTTP/2
HTTP/3
WebSockets
IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6? At customer request Custom enablement
Compression CDN Guide: CompressionReduce file size for faster delivery Resend from origin
Origin pull - protocolHTTP only or HTTPS possible too? HTTP and HTTPS HTTP and HTTPS
tooltip Match client to edge request protocol is possible
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
Set specific Host header value or forward value from client to edge request. Support for AWS Origin Secret Key Header
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 or Cloud Storage can be enabled
Cache control - CDN caching CDN can honor origin headers
tooltip Custom rules can be set by CDN support team
Origin headers are honored. Can config caching overrides
Cache control - client caching Origin headers are forwarded to client. Can config overrides
Serve Stale CDN Guide: Serve StaleCDN serves cached but expired content in case origin is in trouble CacheFly support team can activate this edge behaviour
Purge CDN Guide: PurgeInvalidate or delete cached objects on CDN <3 minutes delay Purge Speed
Purge - capabilities Purge all, purge by directory Purge all and by directory, not by tag or header
Analytics Near real-time, lots of metrics
Log files Logs are daily or hourly Pull via FTP or have pushed with Log Streaming to customer endpoint
tooltip Logs are 5 minutes delayed
API Purge, analytics, billing. Not configuration Purge, analytics, configuration
HTTPS & Content Protection ChinaCache CacheFly
CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net Only for testing Free
Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate
Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN Upload your own Certificate or Include Automatic Certificate
Token authentication Self-service activation/configuration
Geo blocking Self-service activation/configuration. Predefined and custom rules
Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content
Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content Available in a Custom/Private CDN scenario
IP white/blacklisting Custom rules can be scripted (by support team at no extra charge)

Support

Customer support ChinaCache CacheFly
Documentation Yes, but not public. Yes, public
Humans Different levels of support are available. All customers get 24/7 email and phone support and a dedicated implementation/solutions engineer. Extra support ('Elite managed') available at a fee with SLA for support response time