Company

Company	Verizon Media	Medianova
Short profile	The Verizon Media Platform is a division of Verizon. In 2013, Verizon acquired EdgeCast's Content Delivery Network (CDN) along with upLynk's video workflow technology to create a next-generation platform. This platform streamlines the streaming video workflow including encoding, SSAI and delivery, plus accelerates and secures websites and content for broadcasters, retailers and enterprises.	Medianova is originally a Turkey CDN, but in the last few years has grown quickly to become a global player with a strong presence in Europe. Medianova uses modern technologies like their patent pending Dockerized CDN Platform, HTTP/2, BBR and Brotli.

Products

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Product	Verizon Media	Medianova
Dynamic content deliveryNon-cacheable content delivery. User login, shopping cart ...	Network	Dynamic Site Acceleration
Small file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of small files (file size <1 MB)	Network
Large file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of large files (file size >1 MB)	Network
Live videoDelivery of live video. RTMP? Transcoding/transmuxing?	Live Events	Internet Live Streaming
Video on demandDelivery of on demand video	Encode	Video on Demand
Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization	Dynamic Imaging	Image Optimization
DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain	DNS
WAFWeb Application Firewall	Web Application Firewall
Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this.	DDoS
Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs		Private CDN
Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers	Edge Compute Rules and Lua scripting

Network

Region	Verizon Media	Medianova
North America	18	7
Latin America	12	1
Europe	15	13
Russia & CIS	0	1
Asia excl. China	12	2
China	100	0
Oceania	3	1
Middle-East	3	5
Africa	2	2

Pricing

Pricing & contract duration	Verizon Media	Medianova
Minimum contract term	Unknown	12 months
Minimum monthly costs	Unknown	Varies by product and service
Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests	Unknown	Unknown
Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred	Unknown	Unknown
NA/EU traffic (low volume)	Unknown	Confidential, market competitive
APAC traffic (low volume)	Unknown	Confidential, market competitive
LATAM traffic (low volume)	Unknown	Not applicable

Features

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Web acceleration	Verizon Media	Medianova
Instant setupSign up, configure, start testing.	Available through Microsoft Azure
Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs?	A few minutes	One to three minutes
Apex/root domain OK No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com	Anycasted network (regional)
HTTP/2
IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6?
Compression Reduce file size for faster delivery	Resend from origin, or compress on edge	Compress on the fly. Brotli support!
Origin pull - protocolHTTP only or HTTPS possible too?	HTTP and HTTPS	HTTP and HTTPS
Origin pull - Host headerUse client > edge value? Set specific value?	Configure specific other Host header	Can be different from origin host
Origin ShieldOne POP pulls from origin, other POPs pull from the shield POP	Single POP shield or multiple. Full control
Push / uploadStore your content directly on CDN, no customer origin	Origin Storage	FTP, SFTP, Rsync
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		Cache-Control extensions support
Purge Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN	No longer than 1 min, often much faster	Instant. Purge all may take up to 1 minute
Purge - capabilities	Purge all, purge by directory, by file extension	Purge file paths, purge all
Analytics	Real-time, with many metrics in the UI	Near real-time
Log files	< 60 seconds	Not by default, only on request
API	Purge, analytics, configuration	Purge, analytics, configuration, encoding

HTTPS & Content Protection	Verizon Media	Medianova
CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net		Free (not SNI)
Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate	Non-SNI. Pricing is custom. Wildcard possible
Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN	Pricing is custom	SNI
Token authentication	Included as core feature
Geo blocking	Included as core feature	Streaming
Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content	Included as core feature	Streaming
Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content	Supported via special configuration
IP white/blacklisting	Included as core feature	Streaming

Support

Customer support	Verizon Media	Medianova
Documentation	Yes, public	Yes, public
Humans	All customers get 24/7 email and phone support.	All customers get 24/7 email support with 3 minutes response time and access to Technical Account Managers