What is Azure CDN?

The importance of user experience cannot be overstated in the context of delivering content online. The Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) significantly boosts site efficiency by reducing loading times, optimizing bandwidth usage, and enhancing overall responsiveness for users, whether you are managing websites, developing mobile apps, or streaming media, gaming applications, firmware updates, or IoT solutions. This CDN works seamlessly with a range of Azure services, such as Web Apps, Media Services, Storage, and Cloud Services, making it an invaluable tool for developers. Integrating the CDN into your applications is a straightforward process, allowing for quick implementation. With Azure's comprehensive APIs and developer tools, you can achieve the speed, reliability, and security necessary for swiftly building applications that operate on a global scale. Moreover, these APIs grant developers the flexibility to customize features for improved performance and availability. Addressing security vulnerabilities on the content distribution network, including DDoS attacks, is also crucial for protecting your assets. You can further bolster your security protocols by enabling HTTPS for your domain at no additional cost, which simplifies the management of certificates. By leveraging these capabilities, you can create a more secure and efficient online experience for your users, ultimately leading to greater satisfaction and engagement.

Pricing

Price Starts At:
$0.023 per GB
Free Trial Offered?:
Yes

Integrations

Offers API?:
Yes, Azure CDN provides an API

Screenshots and Video

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Company Facts

Company Name:
Microsoft
Date Founded:
1975
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cdn/

Product Details

Deployment
SaaS
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Online Training
Webinars
On-Site Training
Video Library
Support
Standard Support
24 Hour Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

Azure CDN Categories and Features

CDN Provider

Content Acceleration
DDoS Protection
Load Balancing
Managed CDN
Multi-CDN Switching
Reporting/Analytics
Software Downloads
Transparent Caching
Video Streaming
Web Application Firewalls (WAF)

Azure CDN Customer Reviews

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: CEO
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 20,000 or More
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    Excellent CDN for enterprises

    Date: Oct 25 2021
    Summary

    Recommended for enterprises serving images or any other content.
    Recommended for e-commerce sites.
    Recommended for any media assets.

    Positive

    Recommended for enterprises.
    Excellent response times, 230% faster serving of images on azure blob storage, 200% faster serving of videos on azure blob storage.
    Ability to use multiple CDN networks. Azure provides 3 CDNs :
    1. Akamai CDN
    2. Verizon CDN (edgecast CDN) : offers Standard and premium
    3. Azure CDN
    Each CDN has its own special features which makes a multi-CDN infrastructure very fast.
    Azure has more datacenters and regions than Google Cloud and AWS.
    Hence, very fast response times.
    Here's what tests say:
    Test Image: 5MB image with 1M requests per second.
    Latency comparison:
    Azure CDN : 5ms consistent latency
    AWS CloudFront : 40ms consistent latency
    Google Cloud CDN : 270ms fluctuating latency
    Azure has more CDN nodes than any other cloud provider.

    Negative

    Azure CDN does not provide dynamic acceleration of web content, but the other 2 CDNs provide it luckily.

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