Easily compare Lumen and CDNvideo 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 | CDNvideo |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CDNvideo is a global CDN provider with a wide network of servers located on five continents and a part of Wangsu group owning the second largest CDN in the world (>86K servers + bandwidth of 42 TB/sec). Their specialties are live streaming, VoD, HTTP caching, transcoding and website acceleration. CDNvideo has developed an unlimited cloud storage and an HTML5 player enabling P2P streaming and 360-degree video demonstration. |
Products
| Product | Lumen | CDNvideo |
|---|---|---|
| Dynamic content deliveryNon-cacheable content delivery. User login, shopping cart ... | CDN Edge Compute | Acceleration of non-cacheable dynamic content |
| Small file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of small files (file size <1 MB) | CDN and/or CDN Edge Compute | Website acceleration |
| Large file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of large files (file size >1 MB) | ||
| 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 On Demand |
| Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization | part of CDN Edge Compute | Image optim |
| DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain | Managed cloud-based authoritative DNS | |
| WAFWeb Application Firewall | WAF | Cloud WAF |
| Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this. | Lumen DDoS Hyper (on-demand) and DDoS Mitigation Service | Network and Application Anti-DDoS |
| Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs | CDN Mesh Delivery for Enterprise | White Label |
| Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers | Edge Compute | K8S and Docker container orchestration |
Network
How many POP locations do Lumen and CDNvideo have in different parts of the world?
| Region | Lumen | CDNvideo |
|---|---|---|
| North America | 28 | 13 |
| Latin America | 11 | 7 |
| Europe | 35 | 11 |
| Russia & CIS | 0 | 31 |
| Asia excl. China | 7 | 23 |
| China | 0 | 100 |
| Oceania | 5 | 4 |
| Middle East | 4 | 8 |
| Africa | 3 | 7 |
Pricing
| Pricing & contract duration | Lumen | CDNvideo |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum contract term | Unknown | 1 month |
| Minimum monthly costs | Unknown | $50 |
| 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 | $0.05 |
| APAC traffic (low volume) | Unknown | $0.05 |
| LATAM traffic (low volume) | Unknown | $0.05 |
Features
| Web acceleration | Lumen | CDNvideo |
|---|---|---|
| Instant setupSign up, configure, start testing. | Not yet, but coming soon. | 5 minutes |
| Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs? | No longer than 15 minutes - Often instant | 5 minutes |
Apex/root domain OK  No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com |
Available with Section product for an additional fee | Non-Anycasted network |
| HTTP/2 | ||
| HTTP/3 | ||
| WebSockets | ||
| IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6? | ||
| Compression Reduce file size for faster delivery |
Resend from origin, or compress on edge |
Resend from origin only
Does not compress on the edge
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| 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 | ||
| Waiting RoomDuring peak traffic, route users to a virtual waiting room | ||
| Push / uploadStore your content directly on CDN, no customer origin | FTP, SFTP, rsync. Storage costs apply | Upload via web interface. Storage costs apply |
| Cache control - CDN caching | ||
| Cache control - client caching | ||
| Serve Stale CDN serves cached but expired content in case origin is in trouble |
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| Purge Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN |
Instant | Purging takes a few minutes |
| Purge - capabilities | Purge all but not purge by directory or tag or header | Purge all but not purge by directory or tag or header |
| Analytics | 1-5 minutes delay | |
| Log files |
Download from the UI
Logs are ~ 30 minutes delayed
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| API | Purge, analytics, configuration | Purge, analytics and configuration |
| HTTPS & Content Protection | Lumen | CDNvideo |
|---|---|---|
| CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net | Free | |
| Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate | Free | |
| Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN | ||
| Token authentication | ||
| Geo blocking | ||
| Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content | ||
| Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content | ||
| IP white/blacklisting |
Support
| Customer support | Lumen | CDNvideo |
|---|---|---|
| Documentation | Yes, but not public | Yes, the Starters Guide is available to the public |
| Humans | All customers get 24/7 email, Skype and phone support |