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What are the comparisons between Azure CDN product features?

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Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) includes four products:

  • Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft
  • Azure CDN Standard from Akamai
  • Azure CDN Standard from Edgio (formerly Verizon)
  • Azure CDN Premium from Edgio (formerly Verizon).

Important

Azure CDN from Akamai is scheduled to be retired on October 31, 2023. You can no longer create new Azure CDN from Akamai after June 1, 2023. For more information, see Migrate CDN provider for guidance on migrating to another Azure CDN provider.

The following table compares the features available with each product.

Performance features and optimizations Standard Microsoft Standard Akamai Standard Edgio Premium Edgio
Dynamic site acceleration Offered via Azure Front Door Service ✓ ✓ ✓
     Dynamic site acceleration - adaptive image compression ✓
     Dynamic site acceleration - object prefetch ✓
General web delivery optimization ✓ ✓, Select this optimization type if your average file size is smaller than 10 MB ✓ ✓
Video streaming optimization via General Web Delivery ✓ via General Web Delivery via General Web Delivery
Large file optimization via General Web Delivery ✓, Select this optimization type if your average file size is larger than 10 MB via General Web Delivery via General Web Delivery
Change optimization type ✓
Origin Port All TCP ports Allowed origin ports All TCP ports All TCP ports
Global server load balancing (GSLB) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Fast purge ✓ ✓, Purge all and Wildcard purge aren't supported by Azure CDN from Akamai currently ✓ ✓
Asset pre-loading ✓ ✓
Cache/header settings (using caching rules) ✓ using Standard rules engine ✓ ✓
Customizable, rules based content delivery engine ✓ using Standard rules engine ✓ using rules engine
Cache/header settings ✓ using Standard rules engine ✓ using Premium rules engine
URL redirect/rewrite ✓ using Standard rules engine ✓ using Premium rules engine
Mobile device rules ✓ using Standard rules engine ✓ using Premium rules engine
Query string caching ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
HTTP/2 support ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Security Standard Microsoft Standard Akamai Standard Edgio Premium Edgio
HTTPS support with CDN endpoint ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Custom domain HTTPS ✓ ✓, Requires direct CNAME to enable ✓ ✓
Custom domain name support ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Geo-filtering ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Token authentication ✓
DDOS protection ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Bring your own certificate ✓ ✓ ✓
Supported TLS Versions TLS 1.2, TLS 1.0/1.1 - Configurable TLS 1.2 TLS 1.2 TLS 1.2
Analytics and reporting Standard Microsoft Standard Akamai Standard Edgio Premium Edgio
Azure diagnostic logs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Core reports from Edgio ✓ ✓
Custom reports from Edgio ✓ ✓
Advanced HTTP reports ✓
Real-time stats ✓
Edge node performance ✓
Real-time alerts ✓
Ease of use Standard Microsoft Standard Akamai Standard Edgio Premium Edgio
Easy integration with Azure services, such as Storage, Web Apps, and Media Services ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Management via REST API, .NET, Node.js, or PowerShell ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Compression MIME types Configurable Configurable Configurable Configurable
Compression encodings gzip, brotli gzip gzip, deflate, bzip2 gzip, deflate, bzip2

Migration

For information about migrating an Azure CDN Standard from Edgio profile to Azure CDN Premium from Edgio, see Migrate an Azure CDN profile from Standard Edgio to Premium Edgio.

Note

There is an upgrade path from Standard Edgio to Premium Edgio, there is no conversion mechanism between other products at this time.

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