My choice is INXY (
www.inxy.com/cdn). They have tens of highly effective and cheap networks with per-gigabyte pricing. Besides, servers are located in the USA, Europe, Asia, Russia and Latin America, so you will definitely figure out a great solution. They have free trial for up to a month, and customer support is always friendly and available.
Interesting. I've never heard of them. Checking them out.
I am really happy with MaxCDN but it's starting to get really expensive with the price increases!
I guess they no longer offer the free 100gb? Min I can see is paid 500gb.
I'm thinking of trying MaxCDN.
I emailed Beluga and they never responded back. So I never bothered using them. Then after like 2.5 months I get a response apologizing saying they missed my ticket. I was badly turned off from that.
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Trying out Inxy:
They asked me a variety of questions... Some interesting responses. They are trying to tell me they're CHEAPER than MaxCDN and better performance than MaxCDN while quoting me a higher prices. Their support is interesting and really pushes their product.
Sales Manager: Hello, what can I do for you today? Good news - get Verizon CDN network for just $10 USD per 1 TB - only 20% of our regular price. Could you be interested?
Me: Is that a monthly price or per terabyte used over time?
Sales Manager: Hello! We have a pey as you go model and you pay for used traffic. We actually offer several solutions.
Let me ask you a few questions, that will help you choose a CDN provider for you and to tell you the certain price for your needs.
Me: Interesting.
Sales Manager: First of all, what locations do you want CDN to cover?
Me: Absolutely!
- North America, especially West Coast & East Coast
- Europe, with a focus in the Nordic states
- Tel Aviv (we get a lot of Israeli traffic)
- Sydney
Sales Manager: Ok! And how much traffic do you have monthly?
The price and discounts depend on it
Nick?
Me: About 375 GB a month. It grows by about 10-25 GB a month.
Sales Manager: Ok, what kind of data do you want t ocache? Do you have your project already done? If yes, give me the link please
Me: nickpic.host
Images
Sales Manager: Thanks! Do you plan to use SSL or the static content will be available via http?
Me: I plan on having SSL for the website. I am restarting apache later this week so it'd take effect. I already have it running on my current CDN,
https://cdn.nicpic.host
Sales Manager: Ok! As I've told you, we have several solutions with different options. Can you tell me, what's your desired bduget you want to meet? That will help to choose a solution in the price range you want
Me: I currently pay MaxCDN $19.50 a month for about 350 GB of traffic.
Sales Manager: Ok, let me check what we can offer you
Me: This includes their premium edge servers in Latin America, Tel Aviv, and Japan.
Sales Manager: We can offer yo ua solution with free SSL support - it's highwinds. It takes 3rd place in terms of performance in the world. For worldwide coverage the price is 0.00$ for 1GB of traffic monthly. Is it acceptable for you? For NA+EU coverage it will be cheaper, if it's enough for your needs.
Nick?
Me: You guys are more expensive than the CDN I currently use already.
Sales Manager: The services we provide are much more reliable and the performance is much better than maxcdn. We know the CDN market very well. Let me check maybe we will be able to give you some discounts.
Me: I'm paying $19.50 a month for 350 GB that includes the extra locations fee (their CEO gave it to me) and a robust SSL certificate. From a quick Google search I can only see two CDNs that rank ihgher than MaxCDN and that's Akamai and EdgeCast.
Sales Manager: As we see from our research, Highwinds takes 3rd place. We've checked in through testings. We ca also offer you Verizon (Edgecast) but SSL support is an additioonal option.
Me: I'm curious of what it'd be like for our Australian users.
Sales Manager: For shared SSL it costs $50 for setup (1 time fee) and $50 monthly.
Me: For setup? So you ugys don't have SNI support? I isntalled my own SSL on MaxCDN.
Sales Manager: Highwinds don't charge for SSL support - so you can upload your own certificate for CNAME
Vustom SSL from Verizon is rather expensive if you want to upload your certificate
Custom* - sorry
That's why I've offered Highwinds
Me: Awww
Sales Manager: We can lower the price to 0.075$ for worldwide coverage (Highwinds). It's the best I can. If NA+EU is enough, then the price is lower of course