Alibaba Cloud CDN vs Tencent Cloud CDN

Alibaba Cloud CDN9.0Visit TCTencent Cloud CDN9.0Visit

Alibaba Cloud CDN #5 in Content Delivery Network (CDN) Platforms 9.0/10 Paid ✓ 2 of 3 features Visit Alibaba Cloud

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TC Tencent Cloud CDN #7 in Content Delivery Network (CDN) Platforms 9.0/10 Paid ✓ 1 of 3 features Visit Tencent Cloud

• Alibaba Cloud CDN fits best

  Teams seeking a feature-rich, usage-priced CDN

• Tencent Cloud CDN fits best

  Tencent Cloud users needing delivery and edge rules

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Side by side

Feature	Alibaba Cloud CDN 9.0/10 Visit ↗	TCTencent Cloud CDN 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	9.0
Ranking	#5 in Content Delivery Network (CDN) Platforms	#7 in Content Delivery Network (CDN) Platforms
Best for	Teams seeking a feature-rich, usage-priced CDN	Tencent Cloud users needing delivery and edge rules
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	—
Free plan	Not checked yet	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Live chat, Tickets, Docs	Docs, Tickets
Integrations	5 integrations	3 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Alibaba Cloud CDN 2/3 · Tencent Cloud CDN 1/3
Video delivery	✓	✓
Edge compute	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Origin shielding	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Pricing model	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Included bandwidth	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Edge locations	Not checked yet	3200
Our review
Pros	Caches and delivers content through more than 3,200 worldwide nodes Supports video delivery, image processing, and programmable EdgeScript logic Provides real-time traffic monitoring and log delivery to Simple Log Service	Supports cache rules, purge, prefetch, and cache warming. Includes image optimization and edge scripts with rule-engine extensions. Offers minute-level traffic, bandwidth, request, and hit-rate monitoring.
Cons	No free plan is available Pay-as-you-go rates vary by acceleration region The 100 GB outbound plan is limited to Mainland China and has one-year validity	No free plan is available. Usage-based billing may be harder to budget than a fixed-price plan. Some integrations are specific to Tencent Cloud services.
Our verdict	Alibaba Cloud CDN delivers cached content from distributed points of presence, routing users to nearby nodes. It serves websites, downloads, large files, and on-demand or live video, with more than 3,200 worldwide nodes. The feature set… Read the review →	Tencent Cloud CDN delivers cached website assets from distributed acceleration nodes, serving static content, large-file downloads, and audio/video on demand. It is aimed at teams that need content delivery alongside controls for cache… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Alibaba Cloud CDN — where it wins

  • Caches and delivers content through more than 3,200 worldwide nodes
  • Supports video delivery, image processing, and programmable EdgeScript logic
  • Provides real-time traffic monitoring and log delivery to Simple Log Service

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is available
  • Pay-as-you-go rates vary by acceleration region
  • The 100 GB outbound plan is limited to Mainland China and has one-year validity

• Tencent Cloud CDN — where it wins

  • Supports cache rules, purge, prefetch, and cache warming.
  • Includes image optimization and edge scripts with rule-engine extensions.
  • Offers minute-level traffic, bandwidth, request, and hit-rate monitoring.

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is available.
  • Usage-based billing may be harder to budget than a fixed-price plan.
  • Some integrations are specific to Tencent Cloud services.

• Alibaba Cloud CDN9.0/10 · Paid

  A usage-priced CDN with broad delivery, image processing, edge logic, and monitoring features.

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• TCTencent Cloud CDN9.0/10 · Paid

  A CDN with cache controls, access rules, image optimization, and edge scripts.

  Visit Tencent CloudFull verdict →