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Looking For WebSocket CDN Service | Budget $5-10/Mo
Hey folks, I’m looking for a global CDN that supports WebSocket to speed up a site hosted in Hong Kong. Budget is around $5 for 250GB bandwidth, so nothing too fancy. Would be great if it has decent coverage in the APAC region. Not planning to use Cloudflare — I need CNAME support to point my domains directly to the CDN.
Anyone got any suggestions or hidden gems worth checking out? Would more than appreciate any tips given!
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WebSocket is generally not cache-able.
Each edge server would have to connect to the origin server for WebSocket connections.
Delivering WebSocket service over CDN doesn't have much performance benefit.
You can restructure the website: move WebSocket endpoints to a separate hostname.
The primary website, without any WebSocket endpoints, goes over a CDN.
WebSocket endpoints should not go over CDN, but you can deploy multiple replicas near the audience and direct the clients to the nearest replica.
Cloudfront
1TB/mo free
Secbit, which is owned by Cera
SecBit mCDN is your best choice, relying on Cera's local DDoS protection bandwidth in the Asia-Pacific region, providing excellent performance whether targeting Mainland China or international audiences.The WebSocket feature can be activated by submitting a support ticket. However, their mCDN control panel has not yet been perfected and currently offers fewer features.To experience more robust functionality, you need to choose the SCDN product.
You can't cache Websockets therefore there is no CDN for it.
CDNs that "support" websockets just proxy the traffic 1:1 through, so they don't break your existing websocket.
I agree with this point. They have excellent capabilities and DDoS defense measures in the Asia-Pacific region. Moreover, they are not unknown entities; their parent company has been deeply involved in this market for many years.
Yeah, I do know websocket can’t be cached — not a problem. I just want to hide my origin IP and get better connectivity. So the CDN is basically acting as a plain reverse proxy here, no caching required.