CDNs in Australia
We know of 18 content delivery networks that have edge servers in one or more locations in Australia. 3 content delivery network providers have plans to launch a new POP in Australia.
* = planned POP
** = multiple POPs
| CDN | POP Locations | Cities |
|---|---|---|
| Akamai | ? | |
| BelugaCDN | 1 | Sydney |
| Bunny CDN | 5 | Adelaide - Brisbane - Melbourne - Perth - Sydney |
| BytePlus | 1 | Sydney - Queensland* |
| CacheFly | 3 | Melbourne - Perth - Sydney - Brisbane* |
| CDN77 | 1 | Sydney |
| CDNetworks | 2 | Melbourne - Sydney |
| CDNvideo | 2 | Melbourne - Sydney |
| Cloudflare | 8 | Adelaide - Brisbane - Canberra - Christchurch - Hobart - Melbourne - Perth - Sydney |
| CloudFront | 4 | Melbourne** - Perth** - Sydney** - Perth |
| EdgeNext | 1 | Sydney |
| Fastly | 5 | Adelaide - Brisbane - Melbourne - Perth - Sydney |
| Gcore | 2 | Melbourne - Sydney - Perth* |
| Imperva | 2 | Melbourne - Sydney |
| Lumen | 4 | Brisbane - Melbourne - Perth - Sydney |
| StackPath | 2 | Melbourne - Sydney |
| Tata Communications | 1 | Sydney |
| Tencent Cloud | 1 | Melbourne |
Is Cloudflare the best CDN for Australia?
Of all cdn providers in Australia, Cloudflare is the cdn company with edge servers in the most different locations (8). This does not mean Cloudflare is the best content delivery network in Australia in terms of performance. However, having more POP locations in the country does typically help deliver content with low latency, especially in large countries.
Akamai in Australia
Akamai is generally considered to be the largest CDN with edge servers in the most countries. However, the content delivery network company never publishes details about how many POPs they have in a country or where their CDN edge servers are located. The Akamai website has a public PDF with all countries where Akamai maintains Server Points of Presence and Australia is listed in that document, but specifics are not mentioned. It remains unknown how many POPs or edge servers Akamai has in Australia.
Improve performance in Australia with Multi-CDN
All CDNs have performance issues every now and then, most likely also in Australia. Regional outages, elevated latency and hardware failures are not uncommon, resulting in damage to your brand and revenue loss.
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Australia - Facts & Figures
Australia has a population of ~25 million and a nominal GDP per capita of ~$52000. Australia is in time zones UTC+8 to +10.5.
Wikipedia: Australia
