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Edge distribution platforms are highly distributed, edge-based, integrated networks and cloud delivery infrastructures that provide the following as-a-service functionality: edge compute and storage, web application and perimeter security, content and API acceleration, data and analytics, and AI application infrastructure.

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Fastly Deliver

By Fastly

4.8
(282 Ratings)

Fastly is a company that specializes in developing an edge cloud platform. This platform is designed to enhance the effectiveness and strength of websites and applications. Notable users of this platform include social media, e-commerce, news media and gaming sites. Through their platform, Fastly aims to facilitate improved web and app performance.

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CloudFront CDN

By Amazon Web Services (AWS)

4.6
(271 Ratings)

Amazon Web Services (AWS), established in 2006, is focused on providing essential infrastructure services to businesses globally in the form of cloud computing. The key advantage offered through cloud computing, particularly via AWS, is its capacity to shift fixed infrastructure expenses into flexible costs. Businesses have been able to forgo extensive planning and procurement of servers and other Information Technology (IT) resources, owing to AWS. AWS seeks to provide businesses with prompt and cost-effective access to resources using Amazon's expertise and economies of scale, as and when their business requires. Currently, AWS offers a robust, scalable, economic infrastructure platform on the cloud powering an extensive array of businesses worldwide. It operates across numerous industries with data center locations in various parts of the globe including U.S., Europe, Singapore, and Japan.

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Akamai CDN

By Akamai

4.7
(269 Ratings)

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences – helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. Akamai Connected Cloud, a massively distributed edge and cloud platform, puts apps and experiences closer to users and keeps threats farther away.

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Cloudflare CDN

By Cloudflare

4.4
(268 Ratings)

Cloudflare, is a provider of WAAP, SASE, SSE, SD-WAN, CDN, and Edge Developer services. Cloudflare empowers organizations to make their employees, applications and networks faster and more secure everywhere, while reducing complexity and cost. Cloudflare delivers all services from a single intelligent global network platform, providing customers with a unified platform of cloud-native products and developer tools, so any organization can gain the control they need to work, develop, and accelerate their business.

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Google Cloud CDN

By Google

4.7
(135 Ratings)

Googlers is a company that creates products intended to create opportunities for an extensive audience, regardless of their location across the globe. The company values diverse perspectives, imaginations and non-conformity to predefined norms and impossibilities. The goal is to build products while incorporating uniqueness of each individual involved in this process, aiming to make their products accessible and useful to all.

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Microsoft Azure CDN

By Microsoft

4.6
(100 Ratings)

Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft is dedicated to advancing human and organizational achievement.

Microsoft Security helps protect people and data against cyberthreats to give peace of mind.

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Tata Communications CDN

By Tata Communications

4.5
(56 Ratings)

Tata Communications is a global organization that facilitates the digital transformation of businesses. The company is key in processing around 30% of global internet routes, and has a pivotal role in connecting firms to prominent cloud service providers. As a long-standing player in the India's digital evolution, the company has been instrumental in the adoption of digital services over the last quarter of a century. Tata Communications acknowledges that connectivity is a fundamental necessity for the economy, and is dedicated to serving industry leaders in this new era of communication. In 2020, the company introduced 'Secure Connected Digital Experience' (SCDx), developed to address the increasing global demand for new operational methods. This includes the accelerated shift towards remote working, rising digital commerce, increasing security threats, and the move to more contactless experiences. The company operates in over 200 countries worldwide.

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StackPath CDN (Legacy)

By StackPath

4.1
(44 Ratings)

StackPath is an edge cloud platform dedicated to providing cloud services that ensure proximity to end users. The platform's key strategy is the placement of the edge compute—including virtual machines and containers—and edge applications—like the Content Delivery Network (CDN) and Web Application Firewall (WAF)—in densely populated global areas. This strategy is tied together with a secure private network fabric and a unified management system. From large businesses to singular entrepreneurs, StackPath is relied upon for the delivery of quick, secure, and efficient services for latency-sensitive workloads and applications.

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Medianova CDN

By Medianova

4.6
(29 Ratings)

Medianova offers global content delivery network (CDN) solutions and cloud platforms. The company specializes in streaming, encoding, caching, microcaching, hybrid CDN, cloud storage parallel to S3, API, and website acceleration. It operates a 100% SSD-powered Anycast network, and has a presence across 50+ points of presence in 21 countries, making it a significant player in secure CDN service delivery within Europe and the Middle East.

At the heart of Medianova's technology is caching content close to the end-user, real-time self-service platforms, and content optimization using GPU powered technologies.

The firm's innovations include a Dockerized CDN Platform that is patent pending, along with HTTP/2, TLS1.3, BBR, Brotli, and image optimization techniques for faster content delivery and improved digital experiences. With its extensive global presence, Medianova processes a high volume of images and requests, and conducts numerous live event streams daily.

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Edgio Delivery

By Edgio

4.2
(22 Ratings)

Edgio provides globally scaled, edge-enabled solutions for businesses looking to meet the growing consumer demand for fast, secure, and frictionless digital experiences.

Edgio enables companies deliver online experiences and content faster, safer, and with more control. Edgio's developer-friendly, globally scaled edge network, combined with fully integrated application and media solutions, provides a single platform for the delivery of high-performing, secure web properties and streaming content. Through this fully integrated platform and end-to-end edge services, companies can deliver content quicker and more securely, thus boosting overall revenue and business value.

Edgio focusses on speed of applications and websites together with enabling high performance, with security embedded at each layer.

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Imperva CDN

By Thales Group (Imperva)

4.9
(21 Ratings)

Imperva is a cybersecurity firm that assists organizations in safeguarding critical applications, APIs, and data across various scales and locations. It adopts a comprehensive approach that amalgamates edge, application security, and data security to offer protection to businesses at all levels of their digital journey. Imperva Threat Research and the worldwide intelligence community contribute to Imperva's knowledge of the evolving threat landscape. This understanding allows incorporation of the most recent security, privacy, and compliance expertise into the offered solutions.

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Lumen CDN Solutions

By Lumen

3.9
(19 Ratings)

Lumen is a multinational technology focused on igniting business growth by connecting people, data, and applications – quickly, securely, and effortlessly. Leveraging its robust network, the company offers a wide variety of services ranging from metro connectivity to long-haul data transport, edge cloud, security, and managed service capabilities. Lumen is committed to continuous improvement and innovation in its service offerings to meet customer needs today and as they build for tomorrow.

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The Nitrogen Platform

By N7 - The Nitrogen Platform

4.8
(18 Ratings)

Nitrogen operates as a digital experience and streaming platform with a key focus on enhancing website performance, security, and scalability. Through the usage of artificial intelligence, Nitrogen optimizes website speeds and boosts SEO rank. Its software, known as the N7 Digital Experience Accelerator, accelerates performance utilizing methods such as predictive caching and instantaneous rendering of catalogue and product pages. Nitrogen also offers an Adaptive Image Optimization feature using AI/ML for real-time image optimization. Its Global CDN Network supports accelerated content delivery, high-quality video, enhanced security and personalized experiences with edge computing. Nitrogen also offers web application security, DDoS protection, and AI/ML-based bot mitigation through its N7 Security feature. Lastly, the N7 Real Digital Experience Monitor tool fosters user interaction insights and server-side application transaction monitoring.

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Tencent Cloud CDN

By Tencent Cloud

4.2
(15 Ratings)

Tencent is a technologically-driven enterprise that seeks to improve internet utility for individuals. Through its social platforms like Weixin and QQ, the company provides a space for digital connectivity, content access, and utilization of daily life services. Additionally, Tencent assists businesses to enhance their digital presence and increase outreach by offering an efficient advertising platform. In the bid to foster expansive business growth, this company also provides financial technology and services to guide businesses in digital transitions. Tencent has a commitment towards technological innovation and makes substantial investments in acquiring skilled personnel. This practice allows Tencent to play an active role in the progression of the internet industry. Tencent, established in 1998 in Shenzhen, China, is also publicly traded.

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Gcore CDN

By Gcore

4.8
(11 Ratings)

The company concentrates on providing advanced edge and cloud solutions to the media and entertainment industry. The primary business problem it addresses is the industry's need for efficient and reliable technological solutions that support media and entertainment operations, ranging from content creation and management to distribution. By leveraging the potential of edge and cloud technology, the firm assists in streamlining workflows, facilitating collaborative work environments, enhancing content accessibility, and rendering real-time insights. The company's diverse portfolio of solutions caters to the myriad requirements of the fast-evolving media and entertainment industry, thereby effectively counteracting the challenges encountered during digital transformation processes.

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CDN77 CDN

By CDN77

4.5
(7 Ratings)

The CDN77’s 200 Tbps network is a powerful mixture of strategically located PoPs and cache servers deployed directly inside the networks of ISPs, all interconnected with a global private backbone built upon 100G and 400G infrastructure. The network topology consists of upstreams to 16 top-level transit providers, more than 300 PNIs, and direct local access to 3000+ ISPs.

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iMDP

By MainStreaming

5
(7 Ratings)

MainStreaming is a company that caters to broadcasters, media, and enterprise companies across the globe. The venture provides an innovative solution that allows these entities to deliver live and on-demand video content. Its service integrates all operational phases, including ingestion, encoding, management, and distribution of video. The primary goal is to render the best Quality of Experience for the targeted audience of its clients.

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QuantCDN

By QuantCDN

4.7
(3 Ratings)

QuantCDN is a comprehensive static web and Jamstack technology provider. It serves static presentations of websites form its worldwide edge network instead of relying on high-cost backend infrastructure, CMS applications, and databases. It offers Drupal and WordPress CMS plugins that help to automatically monitor and update content as it changes, establishing smooth integration with popular static site generators and the Jamstack ecosystem. Its primary function lies in enhancing web performance by reducing backend reliance.

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Chinafy

By Chinafy

5
(2 Ratings)

Chinafy is a service designed to bridge the gap between the Chinese and Western internet systems. The driving force behind the company is a comprehensive web compatibility and acceleration service that caters to various kinds of businesses such as regional governments, multinational corporations, and local ventures. While the primary role of Cloud and CDN providers revolves around accelerating content delivery, their impact on web performance in China remains minimal, leaving a significant market untapped. To combat this, Chinafy incorporates a full-stack approach that works with any site configuration to optimize functionality across content, codes, and networks. This process alleviates some of the common complications faced by marketers, engineers, and DevOps.

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Azion Web Platform

By Azion

5
(1 Rating)

Azion is the web platform that enables businesses to build, secure, and scale modern applications on a fully managed global infrastructure. With a suite of solutions for Application Development, cybersecurity, and AI, Azion empowers developers and enterprises to deliver high-performance and secure digital experiences worldwide.

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Features of Edge Distribution Platforms

Updated December 2025

Mandatory Features:

  • Web application and API protection (WAAP). This enables protection at the perimeter with a focus on web application firewalls (WAFs), distributed denial of service (DDoS) mitigation, protection against advanced API attacks, and automated (bot) traffic management.

  • Edge-based cloud platforms with general compute and storage capabilities. These include function platform as a service (PaaS), web developer platforms, key-value stores, object storage, and other cloud services for distributed workloads. It does not include IoT platforms, 5G, mobile networking, or stand-alone physical edge computing devices. They enable global edge code execution that automates the placement and ongoing operations of latency and location-sensitive workloads closer to users and devices, facilitating cloud-out edge computing.

  • Content delivery networks (CDNs). They deliver dynamic and static web optimization, DNS optimization, origin shields, front-end optimization, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) certifications, and Hypertext Transfer Protocol Version 3 and Quick UDP Internet Connections support.

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