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"They still have the best performing and most feature-ful CDN available." I don't think thats true. Do you have an actual reference for this? I've used CLoudFl

by redm 6y ago

"They still have the best performing and most feature-ful CDN available." I don't think thats true. Do you have an actual reference for this? I've used CLoudFlare heavily, along with Akamai, Fastly, Verizon, Bunny, etc. I would say CloudFlare is the most approachable CDN with a wide set of easily accessible features. Its free tier is terrific too. I would argue that feature for feature, CDN's like Akamai have a much larger feature set, and are also far more complex to deploy.

manigandham 6y ago
Cloudflare is more than just a CDN unlike Fastly and Bunny. Verizon and Akamai are clearly enterprise focused with long feature lists but they still don't match the same useful and modern features like Workers.
- DoctorOW 6y ago
  The place where Cloudflare truly doesn't have competition is in the non-enterprise space. If you're worried about your blog or SMB website getting overloaded or attacked you'd probably be pretty tempted to switch to Cloudflare's free plan. I can't imagine Akamai or Verizon even bothering themselves with a customer that small.
  - manigandham 6y ago
    And many of those small customers have turned into large customers. Clearly their success shows that it's a big market so it's even more strange that there's such a lack of competition.
    - ac29 6y ago
      As near as I can tell, Cloudflare has never turned a profit, so its debatable to what extent they have been a "success". Not every business is comfortable running at a loss indefinitely.
      - ksec 6y ago
        Well Cloudflare is now publicly listed, and as far as I can tell, they are investing far more in growth, hence the loss. And their cash flow is pretty damn good with growing revenue. Not a problem in today's ultra low interest rate. As a matter of fact, it is the preferred model in today's economic climate.
      - manigandham 6y ago
        It's a public company with about 80% gross profit margin and growing rapidly. It seems they're taking the best approach in reinvesting to scale as much as possible while they can.

by redm 6y ago

manigandham 6y ago

Cloudflare is more than just a CDN unlike Fastly and Bunny. Verizon and Akamai are clearly enterprise focused with long feature lists but they still don't match the same useful and modern features like Workers.

DoctorOW 6y ago
The place where Cloudflare truly doesn't have competition is in the non-enterprise space. If you're worried about your blog or SMB website getting overloaded or attacked you'd probably be pretty tempted to switch to Cloudflare's free plan. I can't imagine Akamai or Verizon even bothering themselves with a customer that small.
- manigandham 6y ago
  And many of those small customers have turned into large customers. Clearly their success shows that it's a big market so it's even more strange that there's such a lack of competition.
  - ac29 6y ago
    As near as I can tell, Cloudflare has never turned a profit, so its debatable to what extent they have been a "success". Not every business is comfortable running at a loss indefinitely.
    - ksec 6y ago
      Well Cloudflare is now publicly listed, and as far as I can tell, they are investing far more in growth, hence the loss. And their cash flow is pretty damn good with growing revenue. Not a problem in today's ultra low interest rate. As a matter of fact, it is the preferred model in today's economic climate.
    - manigandham 6y ago
      It's a public company with about 80% gross profit margin and growing rapidly. It seems they're taking the best approach in reinvesting to scale as much as possible while they can.