Easily compare Leaseweb and Gcore 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 | Leaseweb | Gcore |
|---|---|---|
| Short profile | 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. | Gcore is a global CDN with a focus on gaming: "We expand the geographical presence of your game and speed up downloads for your players". Gcore is headquartered in Luxembourg and employs 400+ people. |
Products
| Product | Leaseweb | Gcore |
|---|---|---|
| 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? | Live Streaming | |
| Video on demandDelivery of on demand video | VoD | |
| Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization | Image Stack | |
| DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain | DNS | |
| WAFWeb Application Firewall | WAF | |
| Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this. | DDoS IP Protection | DDoS Protection |
| Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs | Private CDN | |
| Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers |
Network
How many POP locations do Leaseweb and Gcore have in different parts of the world?
| Region | Leaseweb | Gcore |
|---|---|---|
| North America | 6 | 17 |
| Latin America | 0 | 23 |
| Europe | 6 | 31 |
| Russia & CIS | 0 | 14 |
| Asia excl. China | 2 | 21 |
| China | 0 | 0 |
| Oceania | 0 | 4 |
| Middle East | 0 | 12 |
| Africa | 0 | 23 |
Pricing
| Pricing & contract duration | Leaseweb | Gcore |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum contract term | One month | One month |
| Minimum monthly costs | $49 | $37 |
| Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests | None | First 1 billion free, more cost $0.0079/10,000 |
| Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred | None | Yes |
| NA/EU traffic (low volume) | $0.06 per GB | $0.024 per GB |
| APAC traffic (low volume) | $0.06 per GB | $0.024 per GB |
| LATAM traffic (low volume) | $0.06 per GB | $0.024 per GB |
Features
| Web acceleration | Leaseweb | Gcore |
|---|---|---|
| Instant setupSign up, configure, start testing. | Leaseweb needs 1 business day to get you started | |
| Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs? | Instant | ~15 minutes |
Apex/root domain OK  No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com |
No global Anycast | Custom solution (host your DNS zone ...) |
| HTTP/2 | ||
| HTTP/3 | ||
| WebSockets | WebSockets docs | |
| IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6? | ||
| Compression Reduce file size for faster delivery |
Resend from origin or compress on the edge | Resend from origin, or compress on 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? | Can be different from origin host | |
| Origin ShieldOne POP pulls from origin, other POPs pull from the shield POP | Enable and configure Origin shielding | |
| Waiting RoomDuring peak traffic, route users to a virtual waiting room | ||
| Push / uploadStore your content directly on CDN, no customer origin | ||
| Cache control - CDN caching | Can set max-age override and set 404 caching TTL | Origin or CDN controlled |
| Cache control - client caching | Origin or CDN controlled | |
| Serve Stale CDN serves cached but expired content in case origin is in trouble |
CDN serves cached if origin is down | Always Online |
| Purge Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN |
Instant most of the time | Purge Speed |
| Purge - capabilities | Purge per file and purge all | Purge all, directory, and by file type/pattern |
| Analytics | Bandwidth, geo distribution and more | Many metrics, real-time updates |
| Log files | One hour delay. Fetch via FTP | Export logs to your storage. Logs are exported at the end of each hour. |
| API | Purge, analytics, configuration | Purge, analytics, configuration |
| HTTPS & Content Protection | Leaseweb | Gcore |
|---|---|---|
| CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net | Free. SNI | |
| Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate | ||
| Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN | Free. SNI | Manage self in control panel |
| Token authentication | Secure Token | |
| Geo blocking | Country Access Policy | |
| Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content | Referer Access Policy | |
| Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content | ||
| IP white/blacklisting | IP Access Policy |
Support
| Customer support | Leaseweb | Gcore |
|---|---|---|
| Documentation | Yes, public KB | Yes, public |
| Humans | 24/7 personal support via telephone and email. | Technical support depends on price plan. Pro plan and up get 24/7 mail, chat and phone support. |