Easily compare ChinaCache and CDN77 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 | ChinaCache | CDN77 |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CDN77 provides a solid set of content delivery products and solutions all over the world, with over 136 POPs and local caches on 6 continents. It delivers content for 6 out of 50 most visited websites worldwide and offers features such as TLS 1.3, Gzip compression and HTTP/3. They also offer real-time support provided by in-house engineers 24/7 |
Products
| Product | ChinaCache | CDN77 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Live streaming |
| Video on demandDelivery of on demand video | Media Acceleration | Video delivery |
| Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization | ||
| DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain | ||
| WAFWeb Application Firewall | ||
| Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this. | DDOS Mitigation | |
| Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs | Private CDN | |
| Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers |
Network
How many POP locations do ChinaCache and CDN77 have in different parts of the world?
| Region | ChinaCache | CDN77 |
|---|---|---|
| North America | 8 | 12 |
| Latin America | 1 | 7 |
| Europe | 3 | 19 |
| Russia & CIS | 0 | 3 |
| Asia excl. China | 10 | 5 |
| China | 400 | 0 |
| Oceania | 0 | 1 |
| Middle East | 1 | 6 |
| Africa | 1 | 1 |
Pricing
| Pricing & contract duration | ChinaCache | CDN77 |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum contract term | 12 months | 1 month |
| Minimum monthly costs | Unknown | $990/m |
| Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests | None | None |
| Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred | Unknown | None |
| NA/EU traffic (low volume) | Unknown | $0.004 per GB |
| APAC traffic (low volume) | Unknown | $0.004 per GB |
| LATAM traffic (low volume) | Unknown | $0.004 per GB |
Features
| Web acceleration | ChinaCache | CDN77 |
|---|---|---|
| Instant setupSign up, configure, start testing. | ||
| Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs? | <5 minutes | 3 minutes |
Apex/root domain OK  No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com |
Non-Anycasted network | Non-Anycasted network |
| HTTP/2 | ||
| HTTP/3 | ||
| WebSockets | ||
| IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6? | At customer request | Full IPv6 support on the whole network |
| Compression Reduce file size for faster delivery |
Compress on the fly.
Origin gets requests for uncompressed
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| Origin pull - protocolHTTP only or HTTPS possible too? | HTTP and HTTPS |
HTTP and HTTPS.
Custom port number can be configured
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| 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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Possible to set a specific Host header for communications with origin |
| Origin ShieldOne POP pulls from origin, other POPs pull from the shield POP | Free. Multilayer CDN architecture with multiple origin shield locations | |
| Waiting RoomDuring peak traffic, route users to a virtual waiting room | ||
| Push / uploadStore your content directly on CDN, no customer origin | Extra costs. S3-compatible API | |
| Cache control - CDN caching |
CDN can honor origin headers
Custom rules can be set by CDN support team
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Origin sent headers override CDN config rules |
| Cache control - client caching | Their support team is needed | |
| Serve Stale CDN serves cached but expired content in case origin is in trouble |
Cache-Control extensions support | |
| Purge Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN |
<3 minutes delay | Purge Speed |
| Purge - capabilities | Purge all, purge by directory | Purge all, specific URL or wildcard |
| Analytics | 5 to 10 minutes delayed. | |
| Log files | Logs are daily or hourly |
$49/month/CDN Resource. FTP, SFTP, rsync.
Logs are only 5 minutes delayed
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| API | Purge, analytics, billing. Not configuration | Purge, analytics, configuration |
| HTTPS & Content Protection | ChinaCache | CDN77 |
|---|---|---|
| CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net | Only for testing | Free (not SNI) |
| Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate | Let's Encrypt is free (SNI), or $99/year for SAN in their cert (no SNI) | |
| Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN | Free (SNI) | |
| Token authentication | ||
| Geo blocking | Can be enabled in client portal | |
| Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content | ||
| Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content | Can be enabled in client portal | |
| IP white/blacklisting | Can be enabled in client portal |
Support
| Customer support | ChinaCache | CDN77 |
|---|---|---|
| Documentation | Yes, but not public. | Yes, public. API docs |
| Humans | Different levels of support are available. | All customers get real-time 24/7 support via email, phone, chat and Skype. |