We performed a comparison between Cloudflare and Windows Azure CDN 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."Smaller businesses have seen great ROI due to the low investment and strong performance."
"The DDoS protection is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"Generally, I am satisfied with this product."
"The solution offers the flexibility to control configuration rules."
"The simplicity of the overall dashboard makes it a great product for a user like me who has less understanding of the internet than a developer or other more technical people. It gives me peace of mind. I also love the easy customization of the Page Rules."
"What I like best about Cloudflare is that my company can use it to trace and manage applications and monitor traffic. The solution tells you if there's a spike in traffic. Cloudflare also sends you a link to check your equipment and deployment and track it through peering, so it's a valuable tool."
"There are key things that are used for our enterprise customers, such as Lambda and DNS."
"Cloudflare has many features."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that one can access Windows Azure CDN from anywhere."
"The most valuable feature of Windows Azure CDN is its effectiveness."
"It is a stable solution."
"One of the most valuable aspects is the capability to store extensive datasets and objects in the cloud, enabling their download through shared access signatures."
"We use the product for faster content delivery with low latency."
"The fact that it just delivers what it is supposed to do is its most valuable feature...The initial setup is very straightforward."
"I enjoy engaging in discussions with colleagues possessing unique expertise. I leverage the three platforms—Azure, Google, and AWS extensively. This allows me to offer diverse solutions to customers, commonly referred to as a multi-cloud approach."
"One of the tool's best features is its ability to handle edge cases. For instance, we encountered a situation where we needed to remove certain files from public access. The solution offered a purge feature that allowed us to remove these files. This feature ensured that the files were deleted from all edge servers. Subsequently, we were able to upload new versions of the files."
"Latencies are always a problem."
"The product needs to improve its automation."
"There are some issues with the CDN services."
"The pricing could be improved."
"Cloudflare's console should be made more user-friendly."
"Sometimes their more advanced caching tools can cause higher first-byte times and problems with JavaScript."
"For the free and Pro plans, Cloudflare could use a simple bot to provide information to users. This would improve support, especially for less advanced users who utilize the free components."
"The solution could use more analytics on the backend to give us more insights into everything. More reports would be helpful."
"We have experienced issues with switch connectivity."
"I aim to enhance the reporting."
"I believe Windows Azure CDN can improve monitoring and measuring overall end-user performance. Providing monitoring tools or agents that can be integrated into our pages would be highly beneficial. Setting up a custom domain with Windows Azure CDN involves proving domain ownership, which can take some time. The process is relatively straightforward if your DNS or domain registrar is already integrated with Microsoft. However, the verification process may be more time-consuming if you use a different service provider."
"The high price of Windows Azure CDN is an area of concern where improvements can be made."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"The response time of the support team must be improved."
"There were a few bugs that were very disappointing. So, that is a part of the reason why we started using Fastly."
"They should include configuration for cache rules."
Cloudflare is ranked 1st in CDN with 56 reviews while Windows Azure CDN is ranked 6th in CDN with 10 reviews. Cloudflare is rated 8.4, while Windows Azure CDN is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cloudflare writes "It's easy to set up because you point the DNS to it, and it's working in under 15 minutes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows Azure CDN writes "A globally distributed network of servers that can efficiently deliver web content to consumers". Cloudflare is most compared with Akamai, Azure Front Door, Imperva DDoS, AWS Shield and Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, whereas Windows Azure CDN is most compared with Amazon CloudFront, Akamai, Azure Front Door, Verizon EdgeCast and AWS Global Accelerator. See our Cloudflare vs. Windows Azure CDN report.
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