Highwinds (2000-2017) was a well-known independent CDN provider famed for developer tools, streaming acceleration, and RESTful APIs. Acquired by StackPath in 2017, its core technology now lives in the StackPath edge platform.
🚀 CDN Acceleration
Compare 72 CDN providers covering global edge networks and domestic CDN platforms.
Hivelocity is an edge computing and bare metal server provider with integrated CDN acceleration and DDoS protection, leveraging 35+ self-operated data centers and bare metal architecture for a "bare metal + CDN" integrated solution.
Instart Logic, a pioneer in smart CDN founded in 2010 in the United States, invented the Learnable CDN concept using machine learning, browser prefetch (SmartPrefetch), automatic WebP conversion, and page load optimization. Acquired by Akamai in 2021, its core technology now lives in the Akamai intelligent edge platform.
Internap is a veteran US internet infrastructure provider famed for its Flow Control Platform (FCP) smart IP route optimization, serving global enterprises with CDN, colocation, bare metal cloud, and hybrid infrastructure before being acquired by Flexential in 2022.
JD Cloud CDN, proven by 618 and 11.11 billion-traffic campaigns, deploys 1500+ national nodes in synergy with JD logistics, excelling in e-commerce image acceleration, promotion concurrency, and dynamic acceleration.
Kingsoft Cloud CDN is a professional video cloud CDN provider in China with its proprietary X-KCDN smart acceleration engine and KSC265 codec, offering significant advantages in game live streaming, short video, and online education with live latency as low as 300ms.
Level 3, founded in 1998 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, is a globally leading CDN acceleration and Tier-1 IP backbone network operator, running one of the world's largest owned fiber networks with CDN nodes deployed directly at the backbone edge.
Limelight Networks, founded in 2001 and headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, is a global CDN provider specializing in content delivery and streaming acceleration, renowned for its Orchestrator software-defined CDN platform. In 2022 it merged with Verizon's media business to form Edgio.
NYC Server is a New York-based hosting and CDN provider with an owned NYC data center offering dedicated servers, cloud servers, and CDN acceleration in one package, 5-15ms US East Coast latency, focused on North American SMBs and streaming customers.
OnApp CDN is a CDN infrastructure software platform. Hosting providers, telecom operators, and enterprises can build and run their own branded CDN services using its software stack.
Rackspace, founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is one of the world's earliest managed cloud service providers. Rackspace CDN is a fully managed CDN acceleration service built on Akamai's global content delivery network, layered with the signature Fanatical Experience.
SafeLinked CDN is Sangfor's secure acceleration CDN platform with Tbps-scale DDoS protection, WAF, and Bot management as core capabilities, delivering a CDN+security integrated solution for government and enterprise customers that meets MLPS 2.0 compliance.
Section.io was an early practitioner of edge computing, offering a programmable CDN platform based on VCL and Lua with a modular edge app marketplace. Acquired by StackPath in 2018, its edge computing technology was integrated into the StackPath platform, making it an important pioneer in CDN edge computing history.
ServerCDN is a budget-friendly CDN acceleration provider known for a simple console and transparent pricing, suitable for global acceleration needs of small and medium websites and developer projects.
SwiftCDN, founded in 2018 and headquartered in the United States, is a CDN acceleration platform focused on WordPress deep optimization and minimal deployment experience. Its philosophy makes CDN configuration as simple as DNS, enabling global acceleration in minutes through a clean console.
TurboBytes is a multi-CDN performance optimization management platform that helps enterprises manage and optimize multiple CDN services via smart routing, real-time monitoring, and a cost optimization engine, now integrated into Cedexd's edge ecosystem.
Verizon Digital Media CDN (VDMS) is Verizon's enterprise-grade CDN acceleration brand, its technology core originating from EdgeCast, which Verizon acquired in 2013. In 2022 Verizon sold the media business to Limelight Networks, renamed Edgio. VDMS history represents a typical telecom operator's journey into CDN.
Verizon Digital Media Services (VDMS) is Verizon's enterprise digital media brand integrating EdgeCast CDN, streaming acceleration, and WAF/DDoS security. In 2022 it was sold with Verizon's media business to Apollo Global Management and merged with Limelight Networks to form Edgio.
Voxel is a pioneer in game server hosting and CDN acceleration, founded in 2002 and known for bare-metal game servers, download acceleration, and DDoS protection, serving global 3A game publishers. Acquired by Internap in 2014, its technology is integrated into the Flexential ecosystem.
Yotta is a US-headquartered global CDN and cloud provider operating edge nodes across major internet hubs, offering integrated CDN solutions for static acceleration, dynamic optimization, and video streaming delivery.
Surge is a one-command CLI static website deployment tool with custom domain, free SSL, and global CDN acceleration, ideal for frontend developers to deploy static sites quickly.
Verizon Media CDN provides enterprise-grade global content delivery, originally Edgecast + Yahoo CDN, later integrated into the Edgio platform with deep expertise in video streaming and enterprise CDN.
DuckDuckGo is a privacy-focused search engine and browser company that promises not to track users or build user profiles, serving as the primary privacy alternative to Google Search.
Taskade, founded in 2018 by John Li and Max Mansour and headquartered in the United States, is an AI-powered, remote-first productivity workspace combining task management, mind maps, and real-time collaboration.