CacheFly CDN vs. IBM Cloud Internet Services

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CacheFly CDN
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
CacheFly offers a content delivery network.
$0
per month
IBM Cloud Internet Services
Score 8.8 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
IBM Cloud Internet Services is a set of edge network services for securing internet-facing applications from DDoS attacks, data theft, and bot attacks, as well as optimizing their web apps or ensuring global responsiveness and the ongoing availability of their internet-facing applications.
$275
per month, per domain
Pricing
CacheFly CDNIBM Cloud Internet Services
Editions & Modules
Free
$0
per month
Business
From $295.00
per month
Enterprise
From $2,495.00
per month
IBM Cloud Internet Services - Standard
$275.00
per month, per domain
IBM Cloud Internet Services - Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CacheFly CDNIBM Cloud Internet Services
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFree Plan $0/mo, 5TB, 1 Domain, Core Network - 19 PoPs North America and Europe, 24/7 Email Support Business Plans from $295/mo, 12TB, 50 Domains, Global Network – 64 PoPs, 24/7 Email & Phone Support Enterprise Plans from $2,495/mo, 64TB, 500 Domains, Global Network + Edge Acceleration Proxies – 109 PoPs, 24/7 Email, Phone, & Slack Support
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Community Pulse
CacheFly CDNIBM Cloud Internet Services
Considered Both Products
CacheFly CDN
Chose CacheFly CDN
Pricing was always competitive, but when it appeared someone else could do better Cachefly always matched.
IBM Cloud Internet Services
Chose IBM Cloud Internet Services
IBM Cloud difference is the ability to use PPC hardware and to use IBM I operating system. Other cloud providers have a better interface and features for regular unix/windows vms.
Chose IBM Cloud Internet Services
I have used Salesforce to explore it as an app but I have found them both able to solve my needs and requirements when it comes to security. While I choose IBM Cloud Internet Services for more accessibility, a better price was available with Saleforce. Although that is just my …
Chose IBM Cloud Internet Services
IBM Cloud Internet Services is the best service to use to ensure security, performance and reliability of applications deployed to IBM Cloud, as it is a service that provides in-built solutions for IBM Cloud Foundry applications. It also provides a great deal of pre-configured …
Chose IBM Cloud Internet Services
Another option we looked into was Cloudflare, but we ended up with IBM Cloud Internet services mostly because of the intuitive interface and reliable customer support center.
Chose IBM Cloud Internet Services
IBM Cloud Internet Services edged out Cisco solutions in terms of quality of user experience and need to have flexibility in parameterizing the solution in global organization. Amazon cloud solutions are comparable to IBM solutions.
Chose IBM Cloud Internet Services
Barracuda Web Filter is used to limit internet access to certain websites. This is a great tool with an easy to use interface that you can log into to monitor web browsing activities from your end user.
Chose IBM Cloud Internet Services
They are IBM products that my engineers ramp up on in terms of skills
Best Alternatives
CacheFly CDNIBM Cloud Internet Services
Small Businesses
Cloudflare
Cloudflare
Score 8.7 out of 10

No answers on this topic

Medium-sized Companies
Cloudflare
Cloudflare
Score 8.7 out of 10
Cisco ACI
Cisco ACI
Score 7.6 out of 10
Enterprises
Amazon CloudFront
Amazon CloudFront
Score 7.0 out of 10
Cisco ACI
Cisco ACI
Score 7.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
CacheFly CDNIBM Cloud Internet Services
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(0 ratings)
7.5
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
CacheFly CDNIBM Cloud Internet Services
Likelihood to Recommend
CacheFly CDN will open new doors for you to make your place in the online business world. This tool will help you a lot in increasing your productivity on a larger scale worldwide. This is the most appropriately designed tool that will help you meet all the needs of your business. If I talk about my organization I would say it is very useful too for productivity in our organization.
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In terms of business challenges, it simplifies the job of my engineers and significantly increases the productivity of my teams when they collaborate with IBM teams all over the world. Now that we have completed a proof-of-concept using the services supplied by IBM, we expect it to assist us in managing them more efficiently; thus far, management has been straightforward.
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Pros
  • Support has always been a positive experience
  • When doing initial cdn shopping it was nice to talk to a person to understand how pricing and structure worked compared to others where you just had to use a calculator.
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  • build servers in Power PC architecture (ppc)
  • take advantage of IBM datacenters infrastructure around the world
  • continue to use your apps running on AIX
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Cons
  • This is quite expensive tool.
  • Since this is a technical tool, there is a steep learning curve.
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  • Request proxying is done by way of DNS name resolution, which is inflexible.
  • Proxy services do not work on wildcard DNS entries.
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Usability
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I have seen faster and more user friendly interfaces like Azure
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Alternatives Considered
Pricing was always competitive, but when it appeared someone else could do better Cachefly always matched
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I have used Salesforce to explore it as an app but I have found them both able to solve my needs and requirements when it comes to security. While I choose IBM Cloud Internet Services for more accessibility, a better price was available with Saleforce. Although that is just my observation.
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Return on Investment
  • It is not expensive.
  • Through its APIs, I am in a position of building the custom analytics in real-time.
  • This tool helps us to enhance the productivity.
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  • Reduced security configuration time for Internet of Things applications by more than 50%
  • Provided better security incident SLA for CouchDB databases via IBM Cloudant
  • Reduced security verification time for CloudFoundry applications by ~15%
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CacheFly CDN Screenshots

Screenshot of Configure your CDN using presets  or fully customise - it's your choice.Screenshot of Monitor Performance in portal or connect API to your own reporting systemScreenshot of CacheFly makes account administration made easy.Screenshot of Your CDN Service DetailsScreenshot of CacheFly Configuration Options