The best CDN providers of 2018 to speed up any website

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CloudFlare

Whatever you choose, Cloudflare delivers great performance. As we write, the benchmarking site CDNPerf ranks Cloudflare at third place for worldwide HTTP request response times out of a field of 20 top CDNs.

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Fastly

Perhaps Fastly’s strongest point, however, is just how configurable the service is. For example, there’s diverse support for different types of video caching, and tons of low-level controls for those who want to get stuck into the likes of manipulating HTTP headers to customize how content is served. For convenience, you can log in to multiple Fastly customer accounts with a single set of credentials.

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KeyCDN

More experienced users will appreciate options like Origin Shield – this allows you to specify a KeyCDN server to be the source for updates rather than the origin, reducing your server load. You're able to manipulate headers, cache or strip cookies, or set up a custom robots.txt. Once the service is running, a capable set of reporting tools enable watching CDN performance in near real-time. Some additional features are available as well, like Block Referrer that blacklists the domains that are hotlinking content or Image Processing, which is great for image optimization.

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MetaCDN

The best CDN providers 20191. CloudflareCapable free planLots of featuresGreat performance2. FastlyDelivers fast speedsHugely configurableCan be tricky to set up3. KeyCDNVery low pricesEasy setupPerformance isn’t the best4. MetaCDNShould deliver top performanceEasy-to-useBarely any configuration options5. StackPathEasy to set upPowerful security featuresLacks locations outside Europe and US6. MaxCDNEasy setupGood value-for-moneyAsian locations cost extra7. Amazon CloudFrontPlenty of advanced featuresHighly configurableTech support will cost you extra8. Microsoft Azure CDNDiverse spread of locationsBetter than average performanceNot very user-friendly9. CDN77Nicely pricedFree Let’s Encrypt SSL certificateNot many advanced settingsPerformance isn’t great10. LeasewebLoads of features on tapIn-depth reports and statsPriceyNot the speediest service

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StackPath

Another strength here comes on the security front, with this CDN giving users free shared SSL (or the option to use your own SSL certificate, if you prefer). There’s also anti-DDoS technology, a capable Web Application Firewall, and EdgeRules, a powerful tool that lets you customize the behavior of StackPath's CDN at different phases of the CDN request.

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MaxCDN

The best CDN providers 20191. CloudflareCapable free planLots of featuresGreat performance2. FastlyDelivers fast speedsHugely configurableCan be tricky to set up3. KeyCDNVery low pricesEasy setupPerformance isn’t the best4. MetaCDNShould deliver top performanceEasy-to-useBarely any configuration options5. StackPathEasy to set upPowerful security featuresLacks locations outside Europe and US6. MaxCDNEasy setupGood value-for-moneyAsian locations cost extra7. Amazon CloudFrontPlenty of advanced featuresHighly configurableTech support will cost you extra8. Microsoft Azure CDNDiverse spread of locationsBetter than average performanceNot very user-friendly9. CDN77Nicely pricedFree Let’s Encrypt SSL certificateNot many advanced settingsPerformance isn’t great10. LeasewebLoads of features on tapIn-depth reports and statsPriceyNot the speediest service

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Amazon CloudFront

Amazon CloudFront is the CDN facet of AWS (Amazon Web Services), so it’s certainly part of a heavyweight operation. And indeed CloudFront offers a raft of advanced features as you might expect, and you can customize all manner of things such as enabling automatic GZip compression for better speeds.

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Microsoft Azure CDN

The best CDN providers 20191. CloudflareCapable free planLots of featuresGreat performance2. FastlyDelivers fast speedsHugely configurableCan be tricky to set up3. KeyCDNVery low pricesEasy setupPerformance isn’t the best4. MetaCDNShould deliver top performanceEasy-to-useBarely any configuration options5. StackPathEasy to set upPowerful security featuresLacks locations outside Europe and US6. MaxCDNEasy setupGood value-for-moneyAsian locations cost extra7. Amazon CloudFrontPlenty of advanced featuresHighly configurableTech support will cost you extra8. Microsoft Azure CDNDiverse spread of locationsBetter than average performanceNot very user-friendly9. CDN77Nicely pricedFree Let’s Encrypt SSL certificateNot many advanced settingsPerformance isn’t great10. LeasewebLoads of features on tapIn-depth reports and statsPriceyNot the speediest service

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CDN77

You get a free Let's Encrypt SSL certificate, and CDN77 is pretty good value for money overall in terms of its per-GB pricing, although it’s not the cheapest outfit we’ve highlighted here. Pricing starts at $0.045 per GB of data for US and European locations, with Asia and Latin America being more expensive. If you want to test the waters, there’s a 14-day risk-free trial, and you don’t need to supply any payment details for this.

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LeaseWeb

The one somewhat bleak spot is Leaseweb’s performance, which seems somewhat off the pace going by CDNPerf’s findings, although it’s difficult to gauge exactly what results you’ll get in practice. Users who want a powerful range of features in their CDN could give the 30-day trial a go to find out.

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