Easily compare EdgeNext and Leaseweb 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 | EdgeNext | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Short profile | EdgeNext is a leading provider of edge cloud services specializing in China, APAC, MEA and global cloud delivery. As the only service provider with extensive POPs in China to be recognized by Gartner as possessing 'global' network capabilities, EdgeNext is one of the fastest-growing companies in the CDN space. | Leaseweb has been an established player in the (enterprise) hosting market for many years and launched their CDN mid 2013. Leaseweb claims 'the most competitive price in the CDN market' and has a reseller program. |
Products
| Product | EdgeNext | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Dynamic content deliveryNon-cacheable content delivery. User login, shopping cart ... | Dynamic Acceleration | |
| Small file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of small files (file size <1 MB) | CDN | |
| Large file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of large files (file size >1 MB) | CDN | |
| Live videoDelivery of live video. RTMP? Transcoding/transmuxing? | Streaming | |
| Video on demandDelivery of on demand video | Streaming | |
| Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization | ||
| DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain | Global, including China | |
| WAFWeb Application Firewall | Part of the Security CDN | |
| Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this. | Part of the Security CDN | DDoS IP Protection |
| Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs | Private CDN | |
| Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers |
Network
How many POP locations do EdgeNext and Leaseweb have in different parts of the world?
| Region | EdgeNext | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| North America | 29 | 6 |
| Latin America | 7 | 0 |
| Europe | 16 | 6 |
| Russia & CIS | 2 | 0 |
| Asia excl. China | 35 | 2 |
| China | 1100 | 0 |
| Oceania | 1 | 0 |
| Middle-East | 16 | 0 |
| Africa | 4 | 0 |
Pricing
| Pricing & contract duration | EdgeNext | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum contract term | None for self-service customers | One month |
| Minimum monthly costs | None for self-service customers | $49 |
| Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests | None | None |
| Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred | None | None |
| NA/EU traffic (low volume) | Unknown | $0.06 per GB |
| APAC traffic (low volume) | Unknown | $0.06 per GB |
| LATAM traffic (low volume) | Unknown | $0.06 per GB |
Features
| Web acceleration | EdgeNext | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Instant setupSign up, configure, start testing. | Self-service create account and configure account (EdgeNext to approve account) | Leaseweb needs 1 business day to get you started |
| Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs? | <5 minutes | Instant |
Apex/root domain OK  No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com |
No global Anycast | |
| HTTP/2 | ||
| WebSockets | ||
| IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6? | ||
| Compression Reduce file size for faster delivery |
Resend from origin, or compress on edge
Fetch compressed or uncompressed from origin (configurable)
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Resend from origin or compress on the edge |
| 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
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 in the portal or via API | |
| Cache control - CDN caching | Full and granular control | Can set max-age override and set 404 caching TTL |
| Cache control - client caching | Full and granular control | |
| Serve Stale CDN serves cached but expired content in case origin is in trouble |
Cache-Control extensions support | CDN serves cached if origin is down |
| Purge Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN |
Instant | Instant most of the time |
| Purge - capabilities | Purge all, purge by directory, soft purge | Purge per file and purge all |
| Analytics | Many metrics in the UI | Bandwidth, geo distribution and more |
| Log files | Available for download in Portal or via API. Format can be customized. | One hour delay. Fetch via FTP |
| API | Purge, configuration, analytics, logs | Purge, analytics, configuration |
| HTTPS & Content Protection | EdgeNext | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net | Free. SNI | |
| Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate | SNI. Pricing is custom. | |
| Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN | Pricing is custom | Free. SNI |
| Token authentication | Not self-service, support is needed | |
| Geo blocking | Not self-service, support is needed | |
| Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content | Self-service | |
| Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content | Self-service | |
| IP white/blacklisting | Self-service |
Support
| Customer support | EdgeNext | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Documentation | Good documentation but not public | Yes, public KB |
| Humans | 24/7 email support and phone support. Multiple support packages are available | 24/7 personal support via telephone and email. |