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  • "The solution's price depends on how much traffic you have. So, it was okay for us. Payments are to be made on a monthly basis since one has to pay for what they used."
  • "The solution's price is above the medium range."
  • "The tool's pricing is cheap."
  • "I rate the price of Windows Azure CDN a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is high."
  • "On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a five out of ten."
  • "It comes at a relatively affordable cost."
  • "The pricing is extremely high, almost 9 out of 10."
  • "The tool's pricing is cheap."

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    What do you like most about Windows Azure CDN?
    Top Answer:One of the tool's best features is its ability to handle edge cases. For instance, we encountered a situation where we needed to remove certain files from public access. The solution offered a purge… more »
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Windows Azure CDN?
    Top Answer:The tool's pricing is cheap.
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    Ranking
    21st
    out of 34 in CDN
    Views
    244
    Comparisons
    170
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    0
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    6th
    out of 34 in CDN
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    1,435
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    1,256
    Reviews
    9
    Average Words per Review
    358
    Rating
    8.4
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    Overview
    Highwinds Content Delivery Network Features include: HTTP Caching- Core delivery of all types of content. Secure Delivery (SSL)- Secure and protect your digital assets. Instant Purge- Remove content from cache in milliseconds. Script Engine- Programmable CDN with custom business logic. Advanced Analytics- Greater detail and more customization options. API- Easy-to-use, expansive, RESTful API. Command & Control- Real-time operations and instant configurations. Command & Control- Real-time operations and instant configurations.Mobile Content- Optimized CDN for mobile devices.
    Windows Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) caches static web content at strategically placed locations to provide maximum throughput for delivering content to users. The CDN offers developers a global solution for delivering high-bandwidth content by caching the content at physical nodes across the world.
    Sample Customers
    Valve Corporation, Hudl, LiveRail, CCP Games, Playwire, Dotstudioz
    NORAD, Agreeya Mobility
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    REVIEWERS
    Aerospace/Defense Firm25%
    Manufacturing Company25%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    Healthcare Company13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization31%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Comms Service Provider7%
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    REVIEWERS
    Small Business46%
    Midsize Enterprise23%
    Large Enterprise31%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise35%
    Large Enterprise52%
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    Highwinds CDN is ranked 21st in CDN while Windows Azure CDN is ranked 6th in CDN with 10 reviews. Highwinds CDN is rated 0.0, while Windows Azure CDN is rated 8.4. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows Azure CDN writes "A globally distributed network of servers that can efficiently deliver web content to consumers". Highwinds CDN is most compared with Cloudflare and Akamai, whereas Windows Azure CDN is most compared with Amazon CloudFront, Akamai, Azure Front Door, Verizon EdgeCast and StackPath CDN.

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