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Edgio Global CDN

Read 1 Edgio Global CDN review
735 views|586 comparisons
100% willing to recommend
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1,435 views|1,256 comparisons
91% willing to recommend
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Featured Review
Eduardo Oviedo-Blanco
A CDN solution to enhance loading times and streamline navigation
Anto Anish
Our data is cached faster and sites load faster
We mostly distribute images through the CDN. Earlier, we were directly caching from the server to CDN. Since we started using the solution, there... Read more →
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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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    Questions from the Community
    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Edgio Global CDN?
    Top Answer:The product is affordable.
    What needs improvement with Edgio Global CDN?
    Top Answer:Edgio could improve their documentation.
    What is your primary use case for Edgio Global CDN?
    Top Answer:We use the solution for high volume traffic. It is used across various e-commerce platforms to enhance loading times and streamline navigation, ultimately optimizing user experience.
    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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    What needs improvement with Windows Azure CDN?
    Top Answer:I believe Windows Azure CDN can improve monitoring and measuring overall end-user performance. Providing monitoring tools or agents that can be integrated into our pages would be highly beneficial… more »
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    Ranking
    10th
    out of 34 in CDN
    Views
    735
    Comparisons
    586
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    312
    Rating
    9.0
    6th
    out of 34 in CDN
    Views
    1,435
    Comparisons
    1,256
    Reviews
    9
    Average Words per Review
    358
    Rating
    8.4
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    Limelight Content Delivery, Limelight Orchestrate Delivery, Limelight Origin Storage
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    Edgio
    Microsoft
    Overview

    Edgio helps build and deliver secure web apps across the globe in milliseconds. Our fully programmable edge network offers comprehensive services to maximize security, performance availability and site operations. 

    All services run at the edge of our private, global network with 250 Tbps of bandwidth capacity. We process 5% of all web traffic and are rapidly growing. Edgio is trusted and relied on by TD Ameritrade, Plus500, Solvay Bank, Yahoo, Deckers Brands, and Coach.

    We offer two best-of-breed CDN services, depending on your needs:

    Global CDN: Ranked as one of the fastest and largest CDNs on earth – our private global network gives you the reliability, bandwidth, and compute capacity to support the most demanding media and software downloads worldwide.

    Next-Gen Web CDN: Natively unify fundamental web application services for protection, acceleration, and development. Our web CDN enables better coordination, management and visibility across your web and API properties. 

    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
    TD Ameritrade, Plus500, Solvay Bank, Yahoo, Deckers Brands, and Coach
    NORAD, Agreeya Mobility
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Manufacturing Company12%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Healthcare Company9%
    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%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise62%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business46%
    Midsize Enterprise23%
    Large Enterprise31%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise35%
    Large Enterprise52%
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    Edgio Global CDN is ranked 10th in CDN with 1 review while Windows Azure CDN is ranked 6th in CDN with 10 reviews. Edgio Global CDN is rated 9.0, while Windows Azure CDN is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Edgio Global CDN writes "A CDN solution to enhance loading times and streamline navigation". 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". Edgio Global CDN is most compared with Fastly, Verizon EdgeCast, Fortinet FortiDDoS, Cloudflare and Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, whereas Windows Azure CDN is most compared with Amazon CloudFront, Akamai, Azure Front Door, Verizon EdgeCast and StackPath CDN.

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