Azure Front Door vs Verizon EdgeCast comparison

Azure Front Door

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Verizon EdgeCast

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100% willing to recommend

Azure Front Door

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Azure Front Door and Verizon EdgeCast based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two CDN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Azure Front Door vs. Verizon EdgeCast Report (Updated: May 2024).

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Azure Front Door vs. Verizon EdgeCast

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Front Door

Ranking in CDN

3rd

Average Rating

8.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Web Application Firewall (WAF) (9th), Microsoft Security Suite (15th)

Verizon EdgeCast

Ranking in CDN

12th

Average Rating

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the CDN category, the mindshare of Azure Front Door is 22.7%, up from 17.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Verizon EdgeCast is 0.4%, down from 1.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

CDN

Unique Categories:

Web Application Firewall (WAF)

3.8%

Microsoft Security Suite

2.7%

No other categories found

Featured Reviews

reviewer2315781

Software architect at CDW

Nov 28, 2023

The product provides excellent documentation and easy-to-use features, and it enables organizations to set up content security policies

Our website is built through a Gatsby process and generic static files. All the static content for the site gets hosted in the CDN. We use Azure Front Door as an entry point for it The solution has improved our organization by allowing us to utilize the Rules Engine feature. Rules Engine is a…

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Archana Heeralal

Security Engineer at Amazon

Jun 27, 2023

The product is easy to use and easy to implement, but we have to raise new feature requests frequently because the product is new

There were a few limitations in the product. While evaluating it, we found a couple of gaps. Rate Limiting features were not completely developed. The new feature requests used to take a little longer. The product was not mature, which is why it did not have a couple of features we needed. There were limitations and gaps in the product because it was new. Some of the WAF features were missing. Custom rules did not work. We could not create more than 15 custom rules. We had to raise new feature requests all the time. We could not see the logic behind the rules.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"I particularly appreciate its load-balancing capabilities as it allows us to manage multiple instances and support a global presence effectively."

"Has a great application firewall and we like the security."

"I am impressed with the tool's integrations."

"The solution is good."

"It inspects the traffic at the network level before it comes into Azure. We can do SSL offloading, and it can detect abnormalities before the traffic comes into the application. It can be used globally and is easy to set up. It is also quite stable and scalable."

"The price is one of the most important aspects of the product. It's quite affordable."

"You can assign as many web application firewall policies as you want to the same instance of Front Door."

"The web application firewall is a great feature."

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"The product is easy to use and easy to implement."

"It's super easy to use and integrate with."

"The Rules Engine V4 is the most valuable feature."

Cons

"It lacks sufficient functionality."

"There's a limitation on the amount of global rules we can add."

"This is a relatively expensive solution."

"There is room for improvement and they're working on it."

"My suggestion for improvement would be to enhance the Data Export feature to include specific tables, particularly the Azure Diagnostics table."

"I'm responsible for the governance and cost control of Azure. I'm not a specialist in any products and therefore I couldn't really speak effectively to features that are lacking or missing."

"The product needs to improve its latency."

"We should be able to use Front Door defenders with multiple cloud vendors. Currently, they can be used only with the Azure cloud. Azure Front Door should also be able to do global load balancing and provide internal front door services. Microsoft should clearly define what Traffic Manager, Application Gateway, and Azure Front Door products do. These are similar products, and people get confused between these products."

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"We could not create more than 15 custom rules."

"The web interface of the Verizon Edgecast portal is very old. It's not user-friendly, slow, and it is missing some valuable features like the ability to make bulk changes."

"In the next release, I would like to see more global endpoints for their CDN and a lower price."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is expensive."

"The transition to the premium tier has led to increased costs, making it more expensive than the classic tier."

"The solution is a bit expensive."

"It is on a pay-as-you-go basis."

"The pricing of the solution is good."

"The product is cheaper compared to other solutions."

"When I modeled it out, we are spending somewhere between $600 to $800 a month with Verizon EdgeCast."

"Be careful about the options because to have all the features can be very expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

22%

Financial Services Firm

16%

Manufacturing Company

Media Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What's the difference between Azure Front Door and Application Gateway?

We found Azure Front Door to be easily scaled and very stable. The implementation is very fast and Microsoft provides excellent support. Azure Front Door can quickly detect abnormalities before the...

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What do you like most about Azure Front Door?

Rules Engine is a valuable feature.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Front Door?

The transition to the premium tier has led to increased costs, making it more expensive than the classic tier. However, we acknowledge that this pricing reflects additional features and capabilities.

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What do you like most about Verizon EdgeCast?

The product is easy to use and easy to implement.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Verizon EdgeCast?

The product is cheaper compared to other solutions.

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What needs improvement with Verizon EdgeCast?

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Also Known As

Azure Front-Door

EdgeCast

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Verizon

Overview

Azure Front Door is a global, scalable entry-point that uses the Microsoft global edge network to create fast, secure, and widely scalable web applications. With Front Door, you can transform your global consumer and enterprise applications into robust, high-performing personalized modern applications with contents that reach a global audience through Azure.

To learn more about our solution, ask questions, and share feedback, join our Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity Community.

EdgeCast is the world's fastest and most reliable content delivery network. EdgeCast helps companies dramatically accelerate delivery of static and dynamic web content, significantly improving the end user experience regardless of location.

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