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CDN

To speed up loading of your page, you can use a CDN to store all the files in different servers around the world and serve them faster to your users.

KeyCDN

  • Transfer: 0.04 - 0.14 $/GB
  • Free pull (paid push) storage
  • Points of presence: 30+
  • Transfer discounts start from 40TB
  • Minimum usage: $4/month
    (minimum payment is $29)
  • Open KeyCDN

CDN77

  • Transfer: 0.049 - 0.185 $/GB
  • Free storage (up to 50GB)
  • Points of presence: 32
  • Transfer discounts start from 21TB
  • Minimum recharge: $199
    (valid for 1 year)
  • Open CDN77

CloudFront

Cloudflare

  • One of the biggest CDN providers offers a very generous free tier. The free tier has no usage limits and offers access to all the points of presence. It's perfectly fine for small and medium hobby projects.
  • Paid plans start from $20/month and offer additional features like image optimization, better support, and even a 24/7/365 uptime guarantee in the highest plan.
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Why should I use a CDN?

Most common benefit is the speed improvement - content of your website is distributed in different Points of Presence around the world. Each time someone visits your website, the CDN will deliver the files from the closest location, making your website load faster. Also, using a CDN can save you some bandwidth, as the large files will no longer be served from your servers.

Having a CDN can help you in case of a DDoS attack (Distributed Denial-of-Service). Instead of all the traffic coming to your servers and killing them almost instantly - unless you are prepared for traffic spikes 1000x bigger than the average (in which case, you are probably terribly overpaying for the hosting most of the time 😉), those companies have specialized solutions for defending against a DDoS (a lot more traffic is needed to take them down).