Easily compare ChinaCache and CDNvideo 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 | CDNvideo |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | 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. |
Products
| Product | ChinaCache | CDNvideo |
|---|---|---|
| Dynamic content deliveryNon-cacheable content delivery. User login, shopping cart ... | Dynamic Content Acceleration | Acceleration of non-cacheable dynamic content |
| Small file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of small files (file size <1 MB) | Static Content Acceleration | Website 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 On Demand |
| Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization | Image optim | |
| DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain | Managed cloud-based authoritative DNS | |
| WAFWeb Application Firewall | Cloud WAF | |
| Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this. | Network and Application Anti-DDoS | |
| Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs | White Label | |
| Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers | K8S and Docker container orchestration |
Network
How many POP locations do ChinaCache and CDNvideo have in different parts of the world?
| Region | ChinaCache | CDNvideo |
|---|---|---|
| North America | 8 | 13 |
| Latin America | 1 | 7 |
| Europe | 3 | 11 |
| Russia & CIS | 0 | 31 |
| Asia excl. China | 10 | 23 |
| China | 400 | 100 |
| Oceania | 0 | 4 |
| Middle East | 1 | 8 |
| Africa | 1 | 7 |
Pricing
| Pricing & contract duration | ChinaCache | CDNvideo |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum contract term | 12 months | 1 month |
| Minimum monthly costs | Unknown | $50 |
| 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 | $0.05 |
| APAC traffic (low volume) | Unknown | $0.05 |
| LATAM traffic (low volume) | Unknown | $0.05 |
Features
| Web acceleration | ChinaCache | CDNvideo |
|---|---|---|
| Instant setupSign up, configure, start testing. | 5 minutes | |
| 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 | Non-Anycasted network |
| HTTP/2 | ||
| HTTP/3 | ||
| WebSockets | ||
| IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6? | At customer request | |
| Compression Reduce file size for faster delivery |
Resend from origin only
Does not compress on the edge
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| Origin pull - protocolHTTP only or HTTPS possible too? | HTTP and HTTPS |
HTTP and HTTPS.
IP address as origin is possible
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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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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 | ||
| Waiting RoomDuring peak traffic, route users to a virtual waiting room | ||
| Push / uploadStore your content directly on CDN, no customer origin | Upload via web interface. Storage costs apply | |
| Cache control - CDN caching |
CDN can honor origin headers
Custom rules can be set by CDN support team
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| Cache control - client caching | ||
| Serve Stale CDN serves cached but expired content in case origin is in trouble |
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| Purge Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN |
<3 minutes delay | Purging takes a few minutes |
| Purge - capabilities | Purge all, purge by directory | Purge all but not purge by directory or tag or header |
| Analytics | 1-5 minutes delay | |
| Log files | Logs are daily or hourly |
Download from the UI
Logs are ~ 30 minutes delayed
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| API | Purge, analytics, billing. Not configuration | Purge, analytics and configuration |
| HTTPS & Content Protection | ChinaCache | CDNvideo |
|---|---|---|
| CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net | Only for testing | Free |
| Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate | Free | |
| Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN | ||
| 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 | ChinaCache | CDNvideo |
|---|---|---|
| Documentation | Yes, but not public. | Yes, the Starters Guide is available to the public |
| Humans | Different levels of support are available. | All customers get 24/7 email, Skype and phone support |