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Hi, a good question, I had a chance to attend the latest JAMstack event in SF, and Netlify is a great product. We aren't trying to compete with them. At a techn
by redm 7y ago
Hi, a good question, I had a chance to attend the latest JAMstack event in SF, and Netlify is a great product. We aren't trying to compete with them. At a technical level, Netlify is a "build" up platform, and we are a CDN down platform.
Netlify takes a snapshot from VCS and performs a build process. This is imaged into a container and then Netlify has their "CDN" in front of it.
Fast.io is an origin, so processing is largely event driven, pulled on demand, cached on our L2 cache, and pushed to the edge. It's a more traditional CDN model.
There are lots of practical differences. 1) We don't have a build system. 2) We have much larger file limits, up to 20GB. 3) We focus on object analytics, not through our own UI, but by integrating with Mixpanel and Google Analytics. 4) Netlify optimizes content in the build process, we optimize as data passes through. The list goes on.
Netlify also charges a lot (the price just went up) $1000 for an "Enterprise" CDN. We are built around them.
More practically, we focus on object storage and distribution, which is great for files but not for site builds.
It's been a long day, I hope that answered your question.