Microsoft Azure provided two Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) – Akamai and Verizon. Today, customers can choose one more provider – Microsoft. The price is half that of the other CDNs, but the service is in preview. Microsoft offers similar features to the others: HTTPS endpoint, custom domain certificate, content purge, compression, geo-filtering, and core analytics.
Feature comparison
| Pricing tier | Worldwide widespread | Powerful features |
|---|---|---|
| Premium Verizon | 53 global POPs 33 countries |
Token authentication Performance analytics Realtime analytics Mobile device rules Custom rules engine Cache/Header settings URL redirect/rewrite |
| Standard Verizon | 53 global POPs 33 countries |
Custom domain HTTPS Content Load Dynamic delivery |
| Standard Akamai | 30 countries | Media optimization Dynamic delivery |
| Standard Microsoft | 54 global POPs 16 regional cache POPs 33 countries |
Custom domain HTTPS |
Point-of-presence comparison
| Pricing tier | Western Europe | Northern Europe | Southern Europe | Central Europe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | Amsterdam London Paris |
Copenhagen Helsinki Riga Stockholm |
Madrid Milan |
Frankfurt Vienna Warsaw |
| Akamai | Amsterdam Aubervilliers Chessington Dublin Hemel Hempstead London Paris Slough |
Ballerup Skondal Stockholm |
Madrid Milan |
Frankfurt Zürich |
| Microsoft | Amsterdam Brussels Dublin Durham London Manchester Marseille Paris |
Copenhagen Helsinki Stockholm |
Athens Madrid Milan |
Frankfurt Prague Vienna Zürich |