Easily compare Lumen and ArvanCloud 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 | Lumen | ArvanCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Short profile | Lumen (formerly known as Centurylink or Level 3) owns and operates a global Tier-1 network and - logically - their CDN runs on top of it. Lumen CDN has POPs on many continents and their product focus is on video, large object delivery and edge computing. | ArvanCloud is global provider of cloud services, including CDN, Security and DNS. ArvanCloud wants to stand out in the CDN market with low pricing and excellent customer support. Their anycasted network has POPs on several continents. Later in 2020 a new POP will launch in Pakistan and ArvanCloud will expand its presence in India and Turkey. |
Products
| Product | Lumen | ArvanCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Dynamic content deliveryNon-cacheable content delivery. User login, shopping cart ... | CDN Edge Compute | |
| Small file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of small files (file size <1 MB) | CDN and/or CDN Edge Compute | CDN |
| Large file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of large files (file size >1 MB) | CDN | |
| Live videoDelivery of live video. RTMP? Transcoding/transmuxing? | CDN and/or CDN Mesh Delivery | Live Streaming |
| Video on demandDelivery of on demand video | CDN and/or CDN Mesh Delivery | Video Platform |
| Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization | part of CDN Edge Compute | |
| DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain | Cloud DNS | |
| WAFWeb Application Firewall | WAF | Cloud Security |
| Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this. | Lumen DDoS Hyper (on-demand) and DDoS Mitigation Service | Cloud Security |
| Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs | CDN Mesh Delivery for Enterprise | |
| Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers | Edge Compute |
Network
| Region | Lumen | ArvanCloud |
|---|---|---|
| North America | 28 | 5 |
| Latin America | 11 | 0 |
| Europe | 35 | 6 |
| Russia & CIS | 0 | 0 |
| Asia excl. China | 7 | 6 |
| China | 0 | 0 |
| Oceania | 5 | 1 |
| Middle-East | 4 | 7 |
| Africa | 3 | 0 |
Pricing
| Pricing & contract duration | Lumen | ArvanCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum contract term | Unknown | None |
| Minimum monthly costs | Unknown | None |
| Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests | Unknown | $0.0014 per 10k requests |
| Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred | Unknown | $0.037 - $0.05 per GB |
| NA/EU traffic (low volume) | Unknown | $0.037 per GB |
| APAC traffic (low volume) | Unknown | $0.05 per GB |
| LATAM traffic (low volume) | Unknown | Not applicable |
Features
| Web acceleration | Lumen | ArvanCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Instant setupSign up, configure, start testing. | Not yet, but coming soon. | |
| Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs? | No longer than 15 minutes - Often instant | Instant |
Apex/root domain OK  No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com |
Available with Section product for an additional fee | Anycasted network |
| HTTP/2 | ||
| WebSockets | ||
| 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 edge |
| Origin pull - protocolHTTP only or HTTPS possible too? | HTTP and HTTPS. |
HTTP and HTTPS.
IP address as origin is possible
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| 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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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 | ||
| Push / uploadStore your content directly on CDN, no customer origin | FTP, SFTP, rsync. Storage costs apply | Object Storage service. $0.023 per GB |
| Cache control - CDN caching | ||
| Cache control - client caching | ||
| Serve Stale CDN serves cached but expired content in case origin is in trouble |
Always Online feature can be turned on.
No Cache-Control extensions support
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| Purge Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN |
Instant | Purging takes ~10 seconds |
| Purge - capabilities | Purge all but not purge by directory or tag or header | Purge all and purge by directory, but not by tag or header |
| Analytics |
Near real-time
Insight into Origin Server Response Time
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| Log files |
Pushed to customer's syslog server in real-time
Free in paid plans
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| API | Purge, analytics, configuration | Purge, analytics and configuration |
| HTTPS & Content Protection | Lumen | ArvanCloud |
|---|---|---|
| CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net | ||
| Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate | Free. SNI | |
| Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN | Free. SNI. EV cert is possible | |
| Token authentication | ||
| Geo blocking | Part of the Cloud Security product | |
| Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content | ||
| Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content | ||
| IP white/blacklisting | Part of the Cloud Security product |
Support
| Customer support | Lumen | ArvanCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Documentation | Yes, but not public | Yes, public and available in English and Persian/Farsi languages |
| Humans | Phone support is available. Service level depends on customer's price plan |