What are the comparisons between Azure Content Delivery Network product features?
Important
Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic) will be retired on September 30, 2027. To avoid any service disruption, it is important that you migrate your Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic) profiles to Azure Front Door Standard or Premium tier by September 30, 2027. For more information, see Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic) retirement.
Azure CDN from Edgio will be retired on November 4, 2025. You must migrate your workload to Azure Front Door before this date to avoid service disruption. For more information, see Azure CDN from Edgio retirement FAQ.
Azure Content Delivery Network includes three products:
- Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft
- Azure CDN Standard from Edgio (formerly Verizon)
- Azure CDN Premium from Edgio (formerly Verizon).
The following table compares the features available with each product.
| Performance features and optimizations | Standard Microsoft | Standard Edgio | Premium Edgio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dynamic site acceleration | Offered via Azure Front Door | ✓ | ✓ |
| General web delivery optimization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Video streaming optimization | via General Web Delivery | via General Web Delivery | via General Web Delivery |
| Large file optimization | via General Web Delivery | via General Web Delivery | via General Web Delivery |
| Origin Port | All TCP ports | All TCP ports | All TCP ports |
| Global server load balancing (GSLB) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fast purge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Asset pre-loading | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Cache/header settings (using caching rules) | ✓ using Standard rules engine | ✓ | |
| Customizable, rules based content delivery engine | ✓ using Standard rules engine | ✓ using rules engine | |
| Cache/header settings | ✓ using Standard rules engine | ✓ using Premium rules engine | |
| URL redirect/rewrite | ✓ using Standard rules engine | ✓ using Premium rules engine | |
| Mobile device rules | ✓ using Standard rules engine | ✓ using Premium rules engine | |
| Query string caching | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4)/Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) dual-stack | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| HTTP/2 support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Routing preference unmetered | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Security | Standard Microsoft | Standard Edgio | Premium Edgio |
| HTTPS support with content delivery network endpoint | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom domain HTTPS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom domain name support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Geo-filtering | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Token authentication | ✓ | ||
| DDoS Protection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bring your own certificate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Supported TLS Versions | TLS 1.3, TLS 1.2, TLS 1.0/1.1 - Configurable | TLS 1.2, TLS 1.3 | TLS 1.2, TLS 1.3 |
| Analytics and reporting | Standard Microsoft | Standard Edgio | Premium Edgio |
| Azure diagnostic logs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Core reports from Edgio | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Custom reports from Edgio | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Advanced HTTP reports | ✓ | ||
| Real-time stats | ✓ | ||
| Edge node performance | ✓ | ||
| Real-time alerts | ✓ | ||
| Ease of use | Standard Microsoft | Standard Edgio | Premium Edgio |
| Easy integration with Azure services, such as Storage, Web Apps, and Media Services | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Management via REST API, .NET, Node.js, or PowerShell | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Compression MIME types | Configurable | Configurable | Configurable |
| Compression encodings | gzip, brotli | gzip, deflate, bzip2, brotli | gzip, deflate, bzip2, brotli |
Migration
For information about migrating an Azure CDN Standard from Edgio profile to Azure CDN Premium from Edgio, see Migrate an Azure Content Delivery Network profile from Standard Edgio to Premium Edgio.
Note
There is an upgrade path from Standard Edgio to Premium Edgio, there is no conversion mechanism between other products at this time.
Next steps
- Learn more about Azure Content Delivery Network.