Google Front End

Google, Mountain View, California, United States

Google Front End (GFE) is Google's globally distributed reverse proxy that accepts client connections at the network edge and routes requests to Google services.

It provides TLS termination, request routing, load balancing, and protection against denial-of-service attacks, and is available only as the underlying infrastructure for Google Cloud Load Balancing and other Google services.

According to our data, Google Front End is the 10th most popular load balancer on the web.
It has 2.3% of the load balancer market share and is detected on 0.2% of all websites.

Statistics based on 3.8M+ analyzed websites. About this data

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📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 Google Front End Awards

⚡ Sites Using Google Front End

We have data on 5,903 websites that use the Google Front End load balancer. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Google Front End is blog.google.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 blog.google #54 United States American English
2 arxiv.org #155 United States English
3 developers.google.com United States English
4 newsweek.com #251 United States English
5 disneyplus.com #324 English
6 auone.jp #336 Japan Japanese
7 mayoclinic.org #391 English
8 material.io #1,043 United States English
9 sky.com #1,053 United Kingdom British English
10 avast.com #1,122 United States American English
11 waze.com #1,126 United States English
12 puma.com #1,434 United States English
13 virginmedia.com #1,437 United Kingdom English
14 apis.google.com United States English
15 developer.mozilla.org United States American English
16 justwatch.com #1,547 Germany English
17 thekitchn.com #1,750 United States English
18 snap.com #1,852 United States English
19 dn.se #2,013 Sweden Swedish
20 expressen.se #2,110 Sweden Swedish

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Google Front End:

Most of the sites using Google Front End are from Japan and the United States.

  • Japan 22.7%
  • United States 21.2%
  • Sweden 4.7%
  • United Kingdom 3.6%
  • Germany 3.5%
  • Taiwan 3.2%
  • France 3%
  • Brazil 2.8%
  • Spain 2.6%
  • Other 32.7%

Most Google Front End users speak English, Japanese, or Spanish.

  • English 60.1%
  • Japanese 15.1%
  • Spanish 4%
  • Swedish 2.9%
  • French 2.7%
  • German 2.6%
  • Chinese 2.5%
  • Portuguese 2.1%
  • Finnish 1.1%
  • Other 6.9%

The Google Front End load balancer is especially popular on .com top-level domains.

  • .com 46.1%
  • .jp 4.9%
  • .org 3%
  • .co.jp 2.8%
  • .se 2.5%
  • .io 2.2%
  • .net 2.1%
  • .com.br 1.7%
  • .de 1.3%
  • Other 33.4%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Google Front End include business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping.

  • Business 18.8%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 9.1%
  • Online Shopping 7.3%
  • Internet Services 6%
  • Entertainment 5.3%
  • General News 5.3%
  • Travel 4.7%
  • Education/Reference 4.4%
  • Software/Hardware 4.3%
  • Other 34.8%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Google Front End alternatives.

RankName
1
Varnish
Stockholm, Sweden

An open-source HTTP accelerator and reverse caching proxy that caches content from web servers to reduce load times, and supports native TLS termination and Kubernetes deployments.

FreeOpen source$$$
2
Google Cloud Load Balancing
Mountain View, California, United States

A managed load balancing service that distributes application traffic across virtual machines and containers on Google Cloud.

$0.025+/unit/hour
6
Envoy
San Francisco, California, United States

A high-performance, open-source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications and large microservice "service mesh" architectures.

FreeOpen source
14
HAProxy
Newton, Massachusetts, United States

An open-source load balancer and reverse proxy for TCP and HTTP-based applications.

FreeOpen source$$$
18
Ngrok
San Francisco, California, United States

A globally distributed reverse proxy platform that creates encrypted tunnels and consolidates load balancing, API gateway, and firewall capabilities for applications, APIs, and network services.

Free$10+/month

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

What is the company behind Google Front End?

Google Front End is owned by Google LLC, headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States.

Which country uses Google Front End the most?

The majority of Google Front End users are from Japan.

Who uses Google Front End?

According to our data, Google Front End is used on thousands of sites, including blog.google, arxiv.org, and developers.google.com.

Do academic institutions use Google Front End?

Yes. In total, we know of 3 academic websites in the United States that use Google Front End.

How does Google Front End stack up against the competition?

Google Front End is a moderately popular load balancer, ranking ahead of 11 other load balancers we track.

What are the alternatives to Google Front End?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Google Front End may include Google Cloud Load Balancing, Ngrok, and Varnish.

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