• Home
  • AWS Global Accelerator vs. Verizon EdgeCast

AWS Global Accelerator vs Verizon EdgeCast comparison

Cancel
You must select at least 2 products to compare!
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Logo
AWS Global Accelerator
3,759 views|2,546 comparisons
Verizon Logo
Verizon EdgeCast
Read 3 Verizon EdgeCast reviews
1,182 views|881 comparisons
100% willing to recommend
Comparison Buyer's Guide
Download the complete report
Buyer's Guide
CDN
April 2024
Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between AWS Global Accelerator and Verizon EdgeCast based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out what your peers are saying about Cloudflare, Microsoft, Akamai and others in CDN.
To learn more, read our detailed CDN Report (Updated: April 2024).
Download the complete report
769,789 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Featured Review
Use AWS Global Accelerator?
Archana Heeralal
The product is easy to use and easy to implement, but we have to raise new feature requests frequently because the product is new
Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use.
Here are some excerpts of what they said:
Pricing and Cost Advice
Information Not Available
  • "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."
  • "The product is cheaper compared to other solutions."

    • More Verizon EdgeCast Pricing and Cost Advice →

    report
    See Which Vendors Are Best For You
    Use our free recommendation engine to learn which CDN solutions are best for your needs.
    See Recommendations
    769,789 professionals have used our research since 2012.
    Questions from the Community
    How do I choose between AWS Global Accelerator and Amazon CloudFront?
    Top Answer:Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Amazon’s Web Service Global Accelerator or Amazon CloudFront global content delivery network was the better fit for us. We decided to go with… more »
    How does Amazon CloudFront compare with AWS Global Accelerator?
    Top Answer:Below, you'll find more information on how CloudFront compares against Global Accelerator. Still, if you need to deliver static and dynamic content to users worldwide, CloudFront may be a good choice… more »
    What do you like most about Verizon EdgeCast?
    Top Answer:The product is easy to use and easy to implement.
    Read all 3 answers   →
    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Verizon EdgeCast?
    Top Answer:The product is cheaper compared to other solutions.
    Read all 3 answers   →
    What needs improvement with Verizon EdgeCast?
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Read all 3 answers   →
    Ranking
    8th
    out of 34 in CDN
    Views
    3,759
    Comparisons
    2,546
    Reviews
    0
    Average Words per Review
    0
    Rating
    N/A
    12th
    out of 34 in CDN
    Views
    1,182
    Comparisons
    881
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    491
    Rating
    7.0
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    EdgeCast
    Learn More
    Amazon Web Services (AWS)
    Verizon
    Overview

    AWS Global Accelerator is a service that improves the availability and performance of your applications with local or global users. It provides static IP addresses that act as a fixed entry point to your application endpoints in a single or multiple AWS Regions, such as your Application Load Balancers, Network Load Balancers or Amazon EC2 instances.

    AWS Global Accelerator uses the AWS global network to optimize the path from your users to your applications, improving the performance of your TCP and UDP traffic. AWS Global Accelerator continually monitors the health of your application endpoints and redirects traffic to healthy endpoints in less than 30 seconds.

    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.
    Sample Customers
    Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
    Janet
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company22%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company24%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Media Company6%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise66%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise59%
    Buyer's Guide
    CDN
    April 2024
    Download Free Report
    Find out what your peers are saying about Cloudflare, Microsoft, Akamai and others in CDN. Updated: April 2024.
    DOWNLOAD NOW
    769,789 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    AWS Global Accelerator is ranked 8th in CDN while Verizon EdgeCast is ranked 12th in CDN with 3 reviews. AWS Global Accelerator is rated 0.0, while Verizon EdgeCast is rated 7.6. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Verizon EdgeCast writes "The product is easy to use and easy to implement, but we have to raise new feature requests frequently because the product is new". AWS Global Accelerator is most compared with Azure Front Door, Cloudflare, Akamai, Amazon CloudFront and Windows Azure CDN, whereas Verizon EdgeCast is most compared with Akamai, Edgio Global CDN, Windows Azure CDN, Cloudflare and Azure Front Door.

    See our list of best CDN vendors.

    We monitor all CDN reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.