Easily compare Leaseweb and Tencent Cloud 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 | Tencent Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Tencent Cloud is a leading global CDN that has resources distributed in 50+ countries and the highest service volume of all CDNs in Asia. It has a massive network with 1,100+ nodes in mainland China, extending beyond major ISPs to more than a dozen local providers. |
Products
| Product | Leaseweb | Tencent Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Dynamic content deliveryNon-cacheable content delivery. User login, shopping cart ... | ECDN (Enterprise CDN) | |
| 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? | LVB (Live Video Broadcast ) | |
| Video on demandDelivery of on demand video | VOD | |
| Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization | ||
| DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain | DNSpod | |
| WAFWeb Application Firewall | WAF | |
| Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this. | DDoS IP Protection |
Anti-DDoS Advanced
Anti-DDoS Pro also available
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| Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs | Private CDN | |
| Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers | Serverless Cloud Function |
Network
How many POP locations do Leaseweb and Tencent Cloud have in different parts of the world?
| Region | Leaseweb | Tencent Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| North America | 6 | 7 |
| Latin America | 0 | 2 |
| Europe | 6 | 6 |
| Russia & CIS | 0 | 1 |
| Asia excl. China | 2 | 21 |
| China | 0 | 1100 |
| Oceania | 0 | 1 |
| Middle East | 0 | 4 |
| Africa | 0 | 1 |
Pricing
| Pricing & contract duration | Leaseweb | Tencent Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum contract term | One month | None |
| Minimum monthly costs | $49 | None |
| 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) | $0.06 per GB | $0.045 per GB |
| APAC traffic (low volume) | $0.06 per GB | $0.067 - $0.09 per GB (varies per region) |
| LATAM traffic (low volume) | $0.06 per GB | $0.11 per GB |
Features
| Web acceleration | Leaseweb | Tencent Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Instant setupSign up, configure, start testing. | Leaseweb needs 1 business day to get you started | Self-service, credit card required |
| Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs? | Instant | 5 minutes |
Apex/root domain OK  No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com |
No global Anycast | Use DNSPod for DNS |
| HTTP/2 | ||
| HTTP/3 | ||
| WebSockets | ||
| 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
Fetch compressed or uncompressed from origin (configurable)
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| Origin pull - protocolHTTP only or HTTPS possible too? | HTTP and HTTPS | HTTP, HTTPS, match protocol |
| Origin pull - Host headerUse client > edge value? Set specific value? |
Can be IP address or hostname
Can be same host as in client-to-CDN requests
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| Origin ShieldOne POP pulls from origin, other POPs pull from the shield POP | Custom implementation by Tencent DevOps team | |
| Waiting RoomDuring peak traffic, route users to a virtual waiting room | ||
| Push / uploadStore your content directly on CDN, no customer origin | Cloud Object Storage with free tier. Upload in the portal or via API | |
| Cache control - CDN caching | Can set max-age override and set 404 caching TTL | Full and granular control |
| 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 | Serve stale if origin sends 5xx |
| Purge Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN |
Instant most of the time | 5 minutes |
| Purge - capabilities | Purge per file and purge all | Purge all, purge by directory |
| Analytics | Bandwidth, geo distribution and more | Many metrics available in console and via API |
| Log files | One hour delay. Fetch via FTP | W3C formatted. Available for download in console and via API. Log roll period and delay depends on traffic volume. |
| API | Purge, analytics, configuration | Purge, configuration, analytics, logs |
| HTTPS & Content Protection | Leaseweb | Tencent Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net | Free. SNI | |
| Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate |
SNI. First 20 DV certs are free. Wildcard allowed
TrustAsia is the Certificate Authority
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| Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN | Free. SNI | SNI and free. Wildcard allowed. |
| Token authentication | 4 types of token/URL signing available | |
| Geo blocking | Not self-service, support is needed | |
| Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content | Based on Referrer or IP address | |
| Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content | ||
| IP white/blacklisting | Console and API. Block/allow individual IPs and IP ranges |
Support
| Customer support | Leaseweb | Tencent Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Documentation | Yes, public KB | Good, extensive and public documentation |
| Humans | 24/7 personal support via telephone and email. | 24/7 support via the console. Multiple VIP support packages are available |