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StackPath Edge Delivery

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What is StackPath Edge Delivery?

The StackPath (formerly Highwinds) Content Delivery Network provides a scalable DNS with load balancing, traffic management, DDoS protection and Web Application Firewall (WAF) to support and protect enterprise websites and applications.

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Great CDN with extra features

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Carlos Coque
System Administrator in Information Technology at IBEX Payroll Services (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Great Content Delivery Network with extra features

Pros

  • Improving website loading speed
  • Monitoring website access speed
  • Monitoring website availability

Cons

  • Easy of management
  • Web interface

Most Important Features

  • Performance improvement
  • Availability assurance
  • Test our websites from multiple locations

Return on Investment

  • Increase in confidence
  • Higher level of service

An ex-CDN professional use StackPath because of its rich services/features and granular configuration options.

Incentivized
Andre CheungView profile
CEO & Founder in Corporate at Robotics Cats (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • Price competitive.
  • Easy to use.
  • Good reporting.
  • Quick to deploy.
  • Start-up friendly.
  • Good technical information via blog, FAQ and community discussion.
  • I can talk to real person for urgent support.

Cons

  • Improve CDN performance in Asia and South America.
  • More price ranges to meet different customer needs.
  • Annual customer satisfaction review.

Return on Investment

  • Improve our average global website load time from 6 seconds to 2 seconds.
  • Provide peace-of-mind about the security of our online properties.

Alternatives Considered

KeyCDN, Verizon Media Platform (formerly EdgeCast), ChinaCache and CDN77

Other Software Used

Firebase, Google Analytics, Google Cloud Storage

Easy to Use, Delivers on Promise. Still maturing.

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Jason ByrneView profile
Vice President Of Engineering in Engineering at FloSports (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • Caching.
  • Fast network.
  • Edge scripting.

Cons

  • Analytics.
  • Many options hidden in API.
  • Web console.

Return on Investment

  • Easy to implement.
  • Easy to maintain.
  • Good rates.
  • Flexible.

Alternatives Considered

Cloudflare, Amazon CloudFront and Fastly

Other Software Used

Cloudflare, AWS Lambda, Fastly

Can't do better than StackPath if you need just a CDN

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Verified User
Director in Information Technology (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

  • Service availability
  • Ease of integration with various web properties
  • Easy to use administration interface
  • Free private SSL certs for CDN
  • Cheap object storage and delivery

Cons

  • The management interface is easy to use but a bit crowded. Wouldn't mind being able to create a custom dashboard.
  • The web application firewall could be more robust when compared to CloudFlare.
  • They don't yet support TLS1.3
  • They will serve assets when your origin is not available but it isn't a full site delivery service.

Most Important Features

  • CDN and multiple POPs
  • Competitive pricing
  • Performance and availability

Return on Investment

  • Easy 25-30% improvement in website performance vs non CDN solution
  • Less expensive and faster object storage than AWS
  • Aided greatly in maintaining KPIs in terms of performance, availability

Alternatives Considered

Amazon CloudFront, Fastly and Akamai

Other Software Used

Fastly, Cloudflare, Amazon Web Services