Company

Company	CloudFront	BaishanCloud
Short profile	CloudFront is the CDN of AWS (Amazon Web Services), the world's largest cloud services provider. CloudFront offers a mature set of content delivery products and has a big network of POPs on many continents. Solid documentation and APIs make CloudFront a developer-friendly CDN.	BaishanCloud is a leading provider of cloud data services in China and around the world. As the only service provider based in China to be recognized by Gartner as possessing 'global' network capabilities, BaishanCloud is one of the fastest growing companies in the CDN space.

Products

Product	CloudFront	BaishanCloud
Dynamic content deliveryNon-cacheable content delivery. User login, shopping cart ...
Small file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of small files (file size <1 MB)
Large file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of large files (file size >1 MB)
Live videoDelivery of live video. RTMP? Transcoding/transmuxing?
Video on demandDelivery of on demand video
Image OptimizationAutomatic image compression/optimization
DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain
WAFWeb Application Firewall
Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this.
Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs

Network

Region	CloudFront	BaishanCloud
North America	21	21
Latin America	2	8
Europe	17	22
Russia & CIS	0	10
Asia, excl China	11	25
China	0	350
Oceania	2	1
Middle-East	0	7
Africa	0	6

Pricing

Pricing & contract duration	CloudFront	BaishanCloud
Minimum contract term	None	No minimum
Minimum monthly costs	None	No minimum
Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests	$0.0075 - $0.022 per 10k requests	None
Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred	$0.02 - $0.16 per GB (free is origin is AWS)	None
NA/EU traffic (low volume)	$0.085 per GB	$0.05 per GB
APAC traffic (low volume)	$0.14 per GB (India: $0.17)	$0.10 per GB
LATAM traffic (low volume)	$0.25 per GB	$0.14 per GB

Features

Web acceleration	CloudFront	BaishanCloud
Instant setupSign up, configure, start testing.		Account creation requires a BaishanCloud employee's assistance
Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs?	~10 minutes	30 minutes
Apex/root domain OK No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com	Only if used together with AWS Route53
HTTP/2	HTTP/s announcement (Sep 2016)
IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6?	IPv6 support announcement (Oct 2016)
Compression Reduce file size for faster delivery	Resend, or compress on edge CloudFront can compress many content types on the edge	Resend, or compress on edge Fetch compressed or uncompressed from origin (configurable)
Origin pull - protocolHTTP only or HTTPS possible too?	HTTP and HTTPS	HTTP and HTTPS
Origin pull - Host headerUse client > edge value? Set specific value?	Can't configure specific other Host header	Configure specific other Host header CDN can also forward client request Host header to origin
Origin shieldOne POP pulls from origin, other POPs pull from the shield POP	CloudFront does request collapsing though
Push / uploadStore your content directly on CDN, no customer origin		Upload in the portal or via API
Cache control - CDN caching		By default, CDN honors origin headers Full and granular control is possible
Cache control - client caching		By default, CDN honors origin headers Full and granular control is possible
Serve stale CDN serves cached but expired content in case origin is in trouble	No Cache-Control extensions support	Cache-Control extensions support
Purge Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN	1 minute or faster	Instantly
Purge - capabilities	Purge all and by directory/file type (wildcards)	Purge all, purge by directory. Purge by tag/key is in development
Analytics	Amazon CloudFront Reports & Analytics	Many metrics in the UI
Log files	Only delivered to S3 CloudFront delivers access logs for a distribution up to several times an hour	Logs for a day can be downloaded the next day. Free
API	Purge, analytics, configuration	Purge, configuration, analytics

HTTPS & Content Protection	CloudFront	BaishanCloud
CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net	Free (not SNI)
Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate		SNI. Pricing is custom.
Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN	Free (SNI) or $600/m for non-SNI	Pricing is custom
Token authentication	Serving Private Content through CloudFront	Not self-service, support is needed
Geo blocking	Restricting the Geographic Distribution of Your Content	Not self-service, support is needed
Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content	Use AWS WAF for Referer Checking	Not self-service, support is needed
Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content		Not self-service, support is needed
IP white/blacklisting	Use AWS WAF to Block IP Addresses	Not self-service, support is needed

Support

Customer support	CloudFront	BaishanCloud
Documentation	Yes, public. API docs	Good documentation but not public
Humans	Community support is free. Email and phone support (AWS Support) available at extra costs	All customers get 24/7 email support. Phone support is free and available in English during US business hours and 24/7 in Chinese language.