Easily compare Edgio 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 | Edgio | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Short profile | Edgio is the result of the merger between well-known CDNs Edgecast and Limelight Networks and now a global edge platform with 300+ edge locations across the globe. The Edgio platform has four pillars: Delivery, Streaming, Security and AppOps. | 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 | Edgio | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Dynamic content deliveryNon-cacheable content delivery. User login, shopping cart ... | Delivery | |
| Small file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of small files (file size <1 MB) | Delivery | |
| Large file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of large files (file size >1 MB) | Delivery | |
| Live videoDelivery of live video. RTMP? Transcoding/transmuxing? | Streaming | |
| Video on demandDelivery of on demand video | Streaming | |
| Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization | Dynamic Imaging | |
| DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain | DNS | |
| WAFWeb Application Firewall | Security | |
| Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this. | Security | DDoS IP Protection |
| Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs | Private CDN | |
| Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers | App Edge |
Network
How many POP locations do Edgio and Leaseweb have in different parts of the world?
| Region | Edgio | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| North America | 18 | 6 |
| Latin America | 12 | 0 |
| Europe | 15 | 6 |
| Russia & CIS | 0 | 0 |
| Asia excl. China | 12 | 2 |
| China | 100 | 0 |
| Oceania | 3 | 0 |
| Middle-East | 3 | 0 |
| Africa | 2 | 0 |
Pricing
| Pricing & contract duration | Edgio | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum contract term | Unknown | One month |
| Minimum monthly costs | Unknown | $49 |
| Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests | Unknown | None |
| Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred | Unknown | 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 | Edgio | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Instant setupSign up, configure, start testing. | Available through Microsoft Azure | Leaseweb needs 1 business day to get you started |
| Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs? | A few minutes | Instant |
Apex/root domain OK  No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com |
Anycasted network (regional) | No global Anycast |
| HTTP/2 | ||
| WebSockets | WebSockets docs | |
| IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6? | ||
| Compression Reduce file size for faster delivery |
Resend from origin, or compress on edge | 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 | |
| Origin ShieldOne POP pulls from origin, other POPs pull from the shield POP | Single POP shield or multiple. Full control | |
| Waiting RoomDuring peak traffic, route users to a virtual waiting room | ||
| Push / uploadStore your content directly on CDN, no customer origin | Origin Storage | |
| 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 |
CDN serves cached if origin is down | |
| Purge Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN |
Purge Speed | Instant most of the time |
| Purge - capabilities | Purge all, purge by directory, by file extension | Purge per file and purge all |
| Analytics | Real-time, with many metrics in the UI | Bandwidth, geo distribution and more |
| Log files | < 60 seconds | One hour delay. Fetch via FTP |
| API | Purge, analytics, configuration | Purge, analytics, configuration |
| HTTPS & Content Protection | Edgio | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net | Free. SNI | |
| Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate | Non-SNI. Pricing is custom. Wildcard possible | |
| Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN | Pricing is custom | Free. SNI |
| Token authentication | Included as core feature | |
| Geo blocking | Included as core feature | |
| Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content | Included as core feature | |
| Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content | Supported via special configuration | |
| IP white/blacklisting | Included as core feature |
Support
| Customer support | Edgio | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Documentation | Yes, public | Yes, public KB |
| Humans | All customers get 24/7 email and phone support. | 24/7 personal support via telephone and email. |