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Overlay CDN switching versus Integrated CDN

This page helps you compare the difference between Overlay CDN switching and Integrated CDN

Overlay CDN switching

negotiate all CDN contracts yourself
contract with 3rd party performance metrics
large overhead costs for metrics
large overhead costs for operations
no streaming performance optimised metrics
metrics not EU privacy compliant
long time to market
no integration with CDNs
lowest common denominator
a lot of custom tooling required
unenforced, DNS based switching
no intelligent load balancing algorithm
no security control
no cache flushing control
no aggregated CDN logs
no cost benefits
daily operational burden
serious one time investment
not available under €5000/month budget
CDNs and clouds only

Integrated Multi CDN

no need for CDN negotiations
one contract partner
free metrics
operational services included
streaming performance optimised metrics
metrics are EU privacy compliant
provisioning in one business day
deep integration with CDNs
the most feature rich streaming platform
stacked with professional workflow tools
active enforced dynamic load balancing
price/Performance optimised algorithm
central geo fence and anti deep linking features
central cache flushing
aggregated CDN logs and reports
slash CDN TCO up to 50%
open API for workflow automation
no investment
starting at €999 including all features and 25TB / month
build a hybrid CDN: mix CDNs and private edge caches
mix Jet-Stream CDN contracts with your own
remote origin management
live stream provisioning
asset management
realtime live & vod transmuxing
professional HTML5 video player
ad insertion management
manage user rights
manage live streams and vod titles individually
unified, well documented API
unified GUI to manage everything
realtime statistics and historical reports
professional support by streaming experts
many more features…

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