Comparison Between EdgeOne and CDN Products
Tencent Cloud EdgeOne (referred to as EdgeOne below for short) is a comprehensively upgraded product of Content Delivery Network (CDN), offering richer features, more flexible configuration methods, and more convenient operations. Compared to the CDN product, EdgeOne not only has the original acceleration capabilities of CDN, but also provides security protection, edge functions, L4 proxy, and DNS resolution features. Through one-stop services, EdgeOne can address such problems as poor access quality, unstable access, and high attack risks in gaming, e-commerce, retail, and finance industries.
Note:
1. EdgeOne and CDN are two different products. The EdgeOne plans and extra packages you purchase are not applicable to the CDN product. Similarly, the resource packages purchased within CDN are also not applicable to EdgeOne.
2. EdgeOne provides different platform capabilities based on the plan you purchase. For details, see Comparison of EdgeOne Plans.
3. For the billing overview only about clean traffic, see About "clean traffic" billing instructions.
The following table introduces the major upgrades of EdgeOne:
Strengths | EdgeOne | Content Delivery Network (CDN) | Enterprise Content Delivery Network (ECDN) | Secure Content Delivery Network (SCDN) | |
Richer features | Static content delivery acceleration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ |
| Smart acceleration for dynamic content | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ |
| DDoS/CC protection | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Bot protection | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Web protection | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Traffic scheduling | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Custom fields for real-time log push | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Edge functions | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Rule engines | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| L4 proxy | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| DNS record hosting | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
More convenient billing modes | Plan mode | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Resource package deduction | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Billing only for protected traffic | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Postpaid mode for excess usage | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | |
Simpler and more flexible configuration methods | Quick global configuration of sites | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Scenario-based recommended configurations | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Free certificates | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |