Easily compare StackPath 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 | StackPath | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Short profile | StackPath launched in 2016 and promises global, high performance content delivery + top notch security (integrated web application firewall and DDoS mitigation) while keeping things simple, transparent and affordable. StackPath is developer-friendly with 24/7/365 support and a fully-documented API. | 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 | StackPath | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| 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? | ||
| Video on demandDelivery of on demand video | ||
| Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization | Image Optimization | |
| DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain | ||
| WAFWeb Application Firewall | Web Application Firewall | |
| Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this. | DDoS Mitigation | DDoS IP Protection |
| Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs | Private CDN | |
| Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers | Edge Compute |
Network
How many POP locations do StackPath and Leaseweb have in different parts of the world?
| Region | StackPath | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| North America | 15 | 6 |
| Latin America | 6 | 0 |
| Europe | 12 | 6 |
| Russia & CIS | 0 | 0 |
| Asia excl. China | 6 | 2 |
| China | 0 | 0 |
| Oceania | 2 | 0 |
| Middle East | 0 | 0 |
| Africa | 1 | 0 |
Pricing
| Pricing & contract duration | StackPath | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum contract term | One month | One month |
| Minimum monthly costs | $25 | $49 |
| Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests | None | None |
| Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred | Unknown | None |
| NA/EU traffic (low volume) | $0.04 per GB | $0.06 per GB |
| APAC traffic (low volume) | $0.04 per GB | $0.06 per GB |
| LATAM traffic (low volume) | $0.04 per GB | $0.06 per GB |
Features
| Web acceleration | StackPath | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Instant |
Apex/root domain OK  No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com |
No global Anycast | |
| 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 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? | ||
| 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 | ||
| Cache control - CDN caching | Full and granular control with EdgeRules | Can set max-age override and set 404 caching TTL |
| Cache control - client caching | Full and granular control with EdgeRules | |
| 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 |
Instant! | Instant most of the time |
| Purge - capabilities | Purge all, purge by directory/header, | Purge per file and purge all |
| Analytics | Real-time! | Bandwidth, geo distribution and more |
| Log files | Only for larger volume plans | One hour delay. Fetch via FTP |
| API | Purge, analytics, configuration | Purge, analytics, configuration |
| HTTPS & Content Protection | StackPath | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net | Free. SNI | Free. SNI |
| Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate | ||
| Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN | Free. SNI | Free. SNI |
| 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 | StackPath | Leaseweb |
|---|---|---|
| Documentation | Yes, public | Yes, public KB |
| Humans | 24/7 phone and email support included in all plans. Higher volume plans get a dedicated technical account manager | 24/7 personal support via telephone and email. |