Launched in 2002, CacheFly developed the world's first TCP-anycast based content delivery network. CacheFly has a focus on optimizing the CDN for throughput and has steadily built out the network to now have 50+ POPs on 6 continents. CacheFly provides a 100% uptime SLA and takes pride in acting as 'consultants to our customers'.
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CacheFly Products
CacheFly has a wide range of content delivery, storage and security solutions. Deliver cacheable and dynamic content, podcasts, large software downloads and video (live and on-demand). Object Storage, Log Streaming, Dedicated Cache
View the table below for more insight into CacheFly products.
Hover over/touch the product to view a short description.
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| Dynamic content deliveryNon-cacheable content delivery. User login, shopping cart ... | ||
| Small file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of small files (file size <1 MB) | ||
| Large file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of large files (file size >1 MB) | ||
| Live videoDelivery of live video. RTMP? Transcoding/transmuxing? | Ultra Low Latency Video Streaming | |
| Video on demandDelivery of on demand video | VoD | |
| Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization | Smart Image Optimization | |
| DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain | ||
| WAFWeb Application Firewall | ||
| Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this. | ||
| Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs | Fully custom solution | |
| Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers | Custom solutions available for edge scripting | |
| Origin StorageReduce load on origin. Faster cache miss responses. | Storage Optimization System |
CacheFly Network
CacheFly has 50+ POPs on 6 continents including in Johannesburg, Dubai, Seoul and São Paulo. The China POPs are available for custom, private CDN implementations.
CacheFly network map
Click the country flag icon to navigate to a page showing all CDNs with POP(s) in that country
* = planned POPs
** = multiple POPs
| North America | 16 locations in 2 countries | ||
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United States | Atlanta - Boston - Chicago - Dallas - Davenport - Denver - Los Angeles - Miami - New York - Phoenix - San Jose - Seattle - Washington D.C. | |
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Canada | Calgary - Toronto - Montreal | |
| Latin America | 18 locations in 10 countries | ||
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Argentina | Buenos Aires | |
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Brazil | Brasília - Curitiba - Fortaleza - Porto Alegre - Rio de Janeiro - Salvador - São Paulo | |
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Bolivia | La Paz | |
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Chile | Santiago | |
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Colombia | Bogotá | |
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Costa Rica | San José | |
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Ecuador | Quito | |
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Mexico | Guadalajara - Mexico City - Querétaro | |
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Peru | Lima | |
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Puerto Rico | San Juan | |
| Europe | 16 locations in 15 countries | ||
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Austria | Vienna* | |
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Bulgaria | Sofia | |
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Switzerland | Zürich | |
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Czech Republic | Prague | |
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Germany | Frankfurt | |
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Spain | Madrid | |
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Finland | Helsinki | |
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France | Paris - Marseille* | |
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United Kingdom | London | |
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Italy | Milan - Palermo | |
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Lithuania | Vilnius | |
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Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
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Poland | Warsaw | |
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Portugal | Lisbon | |
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Romania | Bucharest | |
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Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Russia & CIS | No edge servers | ||
| Asia excl. China | 7 locations in 7 countries | ||
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Hong Kong | Hong Kong | |
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Japan | Tokyo | |
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Indonesia | Jakarta | |
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India | Mumbai | |
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South Korea | Seoul | |
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Thailand | Bangkok | |
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Singapore | Singapore | |
| China | 2 locations in 1 country | ||
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China | Beijing - Shanghai | |
| Oceania | 3 locations in 1 country | ||
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Australia | Melbourne - Perth - Sydney - Brisbane* | |
| Middle East | 5 locations in 5 countries | ||
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United Arab Emirates | Dubai | |
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Israel | Tel Aviv | |
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Qatar | Doha | |
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Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | |
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Turkey | Istanbul | |
| Africa | 4 locations in 4 countries | ||
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Egypt | Cairo | |
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Kenya | Nairobi | |
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Nigeria | Lagos | |
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South Africa | Johannesburg | |
CacheFly Pricing
CacheFly offers its services month-to-month with a discount for 12+ month commit. Free 14 day trial. Pricing is custom built to meet customer requirements for anything over 100 TB/m. Products/add-ons like Image Transformation and Security are priced separately.
CacheFly pricing.
Special Offer for StackPath CDN Customers
StackPath customers switching to CacheFly are offered a special deal: 64 TB for $595. Visit the CacheFly for StackPath customers page.
| Pricing & contract duration | ||
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| Minimum contract term | 1 month | |
| Minimum monthly costs | $0 (5 TB/m) | |
| Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests | No | |
| Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred | No | |
| NA/EU traffic (low volume) | $0.03 per GB | |
| APAC traffic (low volume) | $0.03 per GB | |
| LATAM traffic (low volume) | $0.03 per GB | |
CacheFly Features
View the tables below for more insight into the features CacheFly supports.
Hover over/touch the feature name to view a short description.
| Web acceleration | ||
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| Instant setupSign up, configure, start testing. | ||
| Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs? | 5 - 180s depending on the change | |
Apex/root domain OK
No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com
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Must purchase dedicated IP
Or use DNS provider that can do CNAME flattening
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| HTTP/2 | ||
| HTTP/3 | ||
| WebSockets
Technology for bidirectional communication in client-server apps
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| IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6? | Custom enablement | |
| Compression
Reduce file size for faster delivery
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Resend from origin | |
| Origin pull - protocolHTTP only or HTTPS possible too? | HTTP and HTTPS
Match client to edge request protocol is possible
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| Origin pull - Host headerUse client > edge value? Set specific value? | Set specific Host header value or forward value from client to edge request. Support for AWS Origin Secret Key Header | |
| Origin Shield
One POP pulls from origin, other POPs pull from the shield POP
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| Waiting RoomDuring peak traffic, route users to a virtual waiting room | ||
| Push / uploadStore your content directly on CDN, no customer origin | FTP or Cloud Storage can be enabled | |
| Cache control - CDN caching | Origin headers are honored. Can config caching overrides | |
| Cache control - client caching | Origin headers are forwarded to client. Can config overrides | |
| Serve Stale
CDN serves cached but expired content in case origin is in trouble
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CacheFly support team can activate this edge behaviour | |
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Purge
Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN
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Purge Speed | |
| Purge - capabilities | Purge all and by directory, not by tag or header | |
| Analytics | Near real-time, lots of metrics | |
| Log files | Pull via FTP or have pushed with Log Streaming to customer endpoint
Logs are 5 minutes delayed
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| API | Purge, analytics, configuration | |
| HTTPS & Content Protection | ||
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| CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net | Free. Automated. | |
| Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate | ||
| Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN | Upload your own Certificate or Include Automatic Certificate | |
| Token authentication | Self-service activation/configuration | |
| Geo blocking | Self-service activation/configuration. Predefined and custom rules | |
| Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content | ||
| Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content | Available in a Custom/Private CDN scenario | |
| IP white/blacklisting | Custom rules can be scripted (by support team at no extra charge) | |
CacheFly Support
CacheFly provides support via email and phone to all customers, 24/7. Extra support services are available at an additional cost.Learn more about CacheFly support.
| Documentation | Yes, public | |
| Human support | All customers get 24/7 email and phone support and a dedicated implementation/solutions engineer. Extra support ('Elite managed') available at a fee with SLA for support response time | |
| Status Page | CacheFly status page |
Contact CacheFly
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