Company

Company	Tencent Cloud	ArvanCloud
Short profile	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.	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

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• = Sort of/partially
• = No
• = Unknown

Product	Tencent Cloud	ArvanCloud
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	CDN
Large file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of large files (file size >1 MB)	CDN	CDN
Live videoDelivery of live video. RTMP? Transcoding/transmuxing?	LVB (Live Video Broadcast )	Live Streaming
Video on demandDelivery of on demand video	VOD	Video Platform
Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization
DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain	DNSpod	Cloud DNS
WAFWeb Application Firewall	WAF	Cloud Security
Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this.	Anti-DDoS Advanced Anti-DDoS Pro also available	Cloud Security
Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs
Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers	Serverless Cloud Function

Network

Region	Tencent Cloud	ArvanCloud
North America	11	5
Latin America	2	0
Europe	6	6
Russia & CIS	1	0
Asia excl. China	21	6
China	1100	0
Oceania	1	1
Middle-East	4	7
Africa	1	0

Pricing

Pricing & contract duration	Tencent Cloud	ArvanCloud
Minimum contract term	None	None
Minimum monthly costs	None	None
Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests	None	$0.0014 per 10k requests
Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred	None	$0.037 - $0.05 per GB
NA/EU traffic (low volume)	$0.045 per GB	$0.037 per GB
APAC traffic (low volume)	$0.067 - $0.09 per GB (varies per region)	$0.05 per GB
LATAM traffic (low volume)	$0.11 per GB	Not applicable

Features

• = Yes
• = Sort of/partially
• = No
• = Extra costs
• = Unknown

Web acceleration	Tencent Cloud	ArvanCloud
Instant setupSign up, configure, start testing.	Self-service, credit card required
Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs?	5 minutes	Instant
Apex/root domain OK No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com	Use DNSPod for DNS	Anycasted network
HTTP/2
IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6?
Compression Reduce file size for faster delivery	Resend from origin, or compress on edge Fetch compressed or uncompressed from origin (configurable)	Resend from origin, or compress on edge
Origin pull - protocolHTTP only or HTTPS possible too?	HTTP, HTTPS, match protocol	HTTP and HTTPS. IP address as origin is possible
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	Configure specific other Host header CDN can also forward client request Host header to origin
Origin ShieldOne POP pulls from origin, other POPs pull from the shield POP	Custom implementation by Tencent DevOps team
Push / uploadStore your content directly on CDN, no customer origin	Cloud Object Storage with free tier. Upload in the portal or via API	Object Storage service. $0.023 per GB
Cache control - CDN caching	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	Serve stale if origin sends 5xx	Always Online feature can be turned on. No Cache-Control extensions support
Purge Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN	5 minutes	Purging takes ~10 seconds
Purge - capabilities	Purge all, purge by directory	Purge all and purge by directory, but not by tag or header
Analytics	Many metrics available in console and via API	Near real-time Insight into Origin Server Response Time
Log files	W3C formatted. Available for download in console and via API. Log roll period and delay depends on traffic volume.	Pushed to customer's syslog server in real-time Free in paid plans
API	Purge, configuration, analytics, logs	Purge, analytics and configuration

HTTPS & Content Protection	Tencent Cloud	ArvanCloud
CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net
Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate	SNI. First 20 DV certs are free. Wildcard allowed TrustAsia is the Certificate Authority	Free. SNI
Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN	SNI and free. Wildcard allowed.	Free. SNI. EV cert is possible
Token authentication	4 types of token/URL signing available
Geo blocking	Not self-service, support is needed	Part of the Cloud Security product
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	Part of the Cloud Security product

Support

Customer support	Tencent Cloud	ArvanCloud
Documentation	Good, extensive and public documentation	Yes, public and available in English and Persian/Farsi languages
Humans	24/7 support via the console. Multiple VIP support packages are available	Phone support is available. Service level depends on customer's price plan