Requests are served or code is executed from edge locations close to users. Cuts latency and origin load for globally distributed traffic.
32 API providers on the APIs.io network offer edge computing & cdn. The highest-rated are Amazon Lightsail, Microsoft Azure, Adobe Launch, Netlify, Swell.
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140+ Global Points of Presence70+ points of presence globally; offices in San Francisco, Galway, London, Singapore, Newcastle, NYC, Abu DhabiAkamai (CDN + Cloud + Security): hundreds of services across CDN + Edge + CloudApps platform with edge functionsAudio delivered via Fastly's global CDN; API hosted in EuropeCDN DistributionsCDN IntegrationCDN free tierCloud edition includes Fastly CDN, New Relic APM, AWS hostingEdge CachingEdge ComputingEdge DeploymentEdge Functions (Deno-based, 500k free invocations)Edge Functions and Edge MiddlewareEdge computing with the ThingsBoard Edge sidecar and bidirectional syncEnterprise: custom credits, multi-CDN, dedicated CSMFree: 300 credits/mo, unlimited deploy previews, global CDNFunded by Private Packagist subscriptions plus Bunny.net (CDN) and Aikido (security) sponsorshipsInfrastructure sponsored by Amazon Web Services (file hosting) and Fastly (CDN)Media returned as embedded object on Property records, CDN-hosted at highest available resolutionServer-side event forwarding via Edge NetworkService: Cloud CDNService: CloudFront (CDN)Service: Front Door (CDN)WeChat Cloud Hosting — containerized backend (Node.js / Go / Python / Java) with built-in WeChat API access, serverless MySQL, COS, CDN, gray deploys, logsWeb messaging via cdn.privacy-mgmt.com/unified/wrapperMessagingWithoutDetection.js with optional CNAME subdomain
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