CDN Guide
Ranked by Approximate Annual Revenue
| CDN Company | Annual CDN Revenue | Location | Year Founded | Strengths | Notes / Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akamai | $350M (2006 Est.) | Cambridge, MA | 1998 by Dr. Tom Leighton and Danny Lewin | The oldest, and most complete offering. Traditional CDN, ESD, Streaming, 20k servers, truly global. Expensive. | Apple iTunes Yahoo! Amazon E*TRADE The White House |
| Limelight Networks | $80M? - LLNW is private, with $130M equity funding from Goldman Sachs | Tempe, AZ | 200? by Bill Rinehart, Nathan Racinborski, Allan Kaplan, and Michael Gordon | Akamai's biggest challenger. Strong on ESD and Streaming (the high growth areas). | Microsoft X-Box Live MSNBC MetaCafe Stardoll |
| VitalStream (Internap) | $20M | Costa Mesa, CA | 2000 by Phil Kaplan | Very strong in Streaming with integrated Advertising | |
| Playstream (Internap) | $?M | Seattle, WA | 2000 by George Grubb | Self-Service streaming, on demand, live. | |
| Audio Video Web | $?M | Needham, MA | 1999 | Self-Service streaming, on demand, live. | |
| Savvis (Level3) | $18M | Denver, CO | Founded as Digital Island in 1996, sold to Cable and Wireless, Savvis, now Level3 | Traditional CDN. L3 acquisition will be 3rd corporate home for this CDN in 9 years. | |
| Navisite | Not Mentioned in Annual Rport | Andover, MA | Purchased Conxion in 2003 | Re-launched in the 3 major CDN areas: Streaming, ESD, and App Acceleration. | |
| CacheFly | Chicago, IL | 2005? | Online Pricing, Ordering, and provisioning. | Arizona State University Proctor and Gamble Trillian 10 Locations 5 US, Perth, Tokyo, 3 EU | |
| Mirror Image | $13M | Tewksbury, MA | 1999 | Another older CDN, with strengths in traditional cacheing. | Advertising Council Bridgestone/Firestone Furniture.com Orvis Burton Snowboards Forbes The New York Times WeatherBug |
| Panther Express | Private | New York, NY | 2005 by Kevin P. Ryan and Dwight Merriman | Gawker Media Fotolog Veoh DailyCandy | |
| RapidEdge (Peer1) | <$1M - not mentioned in annual report | Vancouver, BC | September 2004 by Peer1 Network | Startup CDN with good pricing. Footprint mostly in Europe and North America. | |
| CacheLogic | Private | Cambridge, England | January 2002 | Leverages P2P technology - likely solid with very large files at lower price points | P2P Specialists using eDonkey and uMule systems with DRM. |
| Bit Gravity | Private Startup | Burlingame, CA | 2006 by Perry Wu and Barrett Lyon | Startup CDN. | |
| Itiva | Private Startup | Palo Alto, CA | 2006 by Michel Billard, CEO, Dr. Robert Arn, CTO, Derek Lownsbrough, and David Redekop, CFO | Startup CDN. | HomeTakes Real Estate Company |
| Jetcast | Private Startup | Burlingame, CA | Late 2006/ Jan 2007 | P2P CDN | |
| Oversi | Private Startup | Tenafly, NJ | Late 2006/ Jan 2007 | P2P CDN | |
| Highwinds Networks | Private Startup | Winter Park, FL | Late 2006/ Jan 2007 | Traditional CDN "Strike-tracker" | |
| CDNetworks | Private Startup | Asia | Late 2006/ Jan 2007 | P2P CDN | |
| China Cache | Chinese CDN | Asia | Traditional CDN |