🆚 Alibaba Cloud CDN vs. Azure CDN

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Azure CDN is twice as popular as Alibaba Cloud CDN.
🌎 Azure CDN is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
🌍 Alibaba Cloud CDN is more popular in China, Indonesia, and Hong Kong.

Alibaba Cloud CDN

Azure CDN

Type

Content delivery network

About

Alibaba Cloud CDN is a globally distributed content delivery network service provided by Alibaba Cloud.

It operates a worldwide network of more than 3,200 points of presence, with over 2,300 located in mainland China, uses intelligent scheduling to route requests to optimal edge nodes, supports advanced routing and protocol optimizations, and provides APIs for automation and integration.

Azure Content Delivery Network is a global solution for delivering high-bandwidth content by caching it at strategically placed physical nodes across the world.

Azure CDN Standard (classic) will be retired on September 30, 2027, and Microsoft advises migrating to Azure Front Door.

Headquarters

Hangzhou, China

Redmond, Washington, United States

Website

alibabacloud.com #2,130

azure.microsoft.com

Pricing

Downstream traffic, 0–50 TB$0.07/GB

50–100TB$0.06/GB

100TB-1PB$0.03/GB

Free version ✔️First 30 days

Outbound data transfers (first 10TB)$0.081/GB

10–50 TB$0.075/GB

50–150 TB$0.056/GB

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Azure CDN technology is 1.6 times more popular than Alibaba Cloud CDN.

Total websites

Market share

CDN

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Azure CDN is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, while Alibaba Cloud CDN is more popular in China, Indonesia, and Hong Kong.

United States

China

Indonesia

United Kingdom

Australia

Canada

Netherlands

Germany

France

Hong Kong

Awards

🥈 Second most popular in China in the CDN category.
🥈 Second most popular in Indonesia in the CDN category.
🥉 Third most popular in Hong Kong in the CDN category.
🥉 Third most popular in Cambodia in the CDN category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Singapore in the CDN category.

⭐ 4th most popular in Denmark in the CDN category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Turkey in the CDN category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Norway in the CDN category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Ireland in the CDN category.
⭐ 5th most popular in the Netherlands in the CDN category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Azure CDN is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and marketing and merchandising, while Alibaba Cloud CDN is more commonly used on blogs and wiki, and games sites.

Business

Online Shopping

Marketing/Merchandising

Fashion/Beauty

Education/Reference

Finance/Banking

Health

Travel

Internet Services

Software/Hardware