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CDNShark beta program: looking for ~25 testers (CDN, VPS, hosting, email, storage, 1 year included)
Hi LET,
Some of you may already know us. We've been a Provider and Host Rep here since 2016, selling web hosting and Cloud VPS under the Hostfav name. We haven't posted offers on LET since 2017, but Hostfav never stopped. We've kept serving private clients directly all this time, and we're now moving them onto our new platform.
That platform is CDNShark, our own CDN and cloud infrastructure. It covers CDN, DNS, storage, streaming, VPS, hosting, email, private origin tunnels and a private LLM gateway, all under one account. We're about to open it to the public. Before that we're running a closed beta program with about 25 selected testers who will actually use it and tell us what breaks. Testers get a year of services at no cost while they help us test.
This is not a giveaway or a raffle. There's no random draw and it isn't first come, first served. We read every application and pick testers based on what they plan to run.
What CDNShark is
CDNShark is a CDN and cloud platform we built and operate ourselves. There's no white-labelled reseller panel on top of someone else's network. We run the edge nodes, anycast routing, DNS, object storage, and the control panel you'll use.
- Nearly 30 edge / traffic-router locations across North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa and South America.
- Anycast front door, so visitors reach the nearest location without GeoDNS tricks
- One account and one control panel for everything below
Products
| Product | What it is |
|---|---|
| CDN | Pull zones and full-site proxying with custom domains, free SSL, cache purge, and our own WAF rules and bot protection |
| DNS | Anycast authoritative DNS, managed from the same panel |
| S3-compatible storage | Globally clustered object storage buckets, S3-compatible API, presigned uploads, and CDN delivery |
| Video on Demand | Upload a video and we transcode it for adaptive streaming (coming soon) |
| Live streaming | Stream to our ingest and it's delivered over the CDN |
| Cloud VPS | KVM VPS with an NVMe or enterprise-SSD tier, 1 Gbps shared port, noVNC console, snapshots, backups, and custom ISO |
| Web hosting | Each account gets isolated PHP hosting, delivered and accelerated by our global CDN |
| Mailboxes on your own domain, with webmail | |
| SharkCaptcha | Self-hosted, privacy-friendly CAPTCHA for your forms (invisible proof-of-work, no image puzzles) |
| Private Origin Tunnel | Serve a site through the CDN from a machine with no public IP or open ports. A small connector dials out to us (like Cloudflare Tunnel) |
| Private LLM Gateway | Put your own local LLM (Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM, llama.cpp) behind an OpenAI-compatible HTTPS endpoint, through the same outbound connector |
| Backup & Sync | Desktop backup and file-sync apps that store to your CDNShark storage |
Test our network
- Looking glass (New York): https://lg-newyork.cdnshark.com/
- Our ASN (AS19054) on bgp.tools: https://bgp.tools/as/19054
Why we need beta testers
Everything above is running in production today, with a small group of real users on it. A handful of accounts can't cover every setup or catch every problem, though. Before we open to the public we need more people, with more varied use, to push it further:
- Real-world traffic and setups. Your site, your stack, your odd DNS records. We want to see how the platform handles setups we didn't design it around.
- Rough edges in the panel. Confusing screens, missing options, anything you had to guess at.
- Bugs. There's a bug-report button inside the control panel, and every report reaches us directly.
- Honest feedback before launch. We'd rather hear "this is annoying" from 25 LET users now than from paying customers later.
We're not after a "free stuff" rush. We're looking for people who will set something real up, use it for a while, and tell us what they think.
What selected testers get (1 year, no charge)
| Service | What's included |
|---|---|
| CDN | Free plan: 1 domain, 5 pull zones, 1TB bandwidth/month, 10 GB storage. |
| Cloud VPS | 2 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 40 GB NVMe or enterprise SSD · 1 IPv4 · 5 TB bandwidth @ 1 Gbps (shared). Location: New York (US). Port 25 is blocked in both directions (no mail servers); send mail via CDNShark Email or any SMTP provider on 587 |
| Web hosting | 1 hosting account · 5 GB storage · 2 databases · 5 subdomains. Hosted domains count toward your CDN plan's included domains |
| 5 mailboxes, 5 GB each | |
| SharkCaptcha | 2 sites |
| Private Origin Tunnel | Included |
| Private LLM Gateway | Included |
| Backup / Sync | Included |
| S3 storage | Included |
| Video on Demand | Coming soon. It will be added to beta accounts once it launches |
| Live streaming | Included |
No card is needed and no invoices are sent during the beta year. Beta accounts only see the free beta plans, so you can't order something paid by accident.
What we ask of testers
- Actually use at least one or two of the services. A real site, project or workload is better than a benchmark and delete.
- Report bugs and friction through the in-panel bug reporter (or reply in this thread).
- The normal rules apply: no spam, no abuse, nothing illegal. Abuse gets the account closed.
How to apply
Apply here: https://www.cdnshark.com/beta
Tell us briefly what you'd use it for. The more concrete, the better: "a WordPress site with ~5k visitors a day behind the CDN, plus email for the domain" tells us far more than "testing".
Please include your LET username in the form (there's a field for it), so we can match your application to this thread and your forum account.
How we choose testers. Every application is read by a person, not picked at random. We look for:
- A real use case. Something you'd actually run on the platform, not a benchmark and delete.
- A good mix. We want testers spread across the products (CDN, VPS, hosting, email, storage, streaming, tunnels, LLM gateway), so a less common use case helps your chances.
- Willingness to give feedback. Bug reports and honest opinions are the whole point of the beta.
We'll review applications and approve them in batches. If you're selected, you'll get an email with a link to set your password. The link is valid for 7 days, so keep an eye on your inbox. Places are limited to about 25, so we can't accept everyone who applies.
After the year
We'll email you at least 30 days before your beta year ends. You will never be charged unless you choose a paid plan yourself. You can move to a paid plan or simply let it end. Depending on how the beta goes, we may also extend the free period for active testers.
Terms and policies
Beta testers agree to these when applying:
- Beta Program Terms: https://www.cdnshark.com/policy/beta
- Terms and Conditions: https://www.cdnshark.com/policy/terms
- Acceptable Use Policy: https://www.cdnshark.com/policy/aup
- All policies (privacy, refund, DMCA, GDPR): https://www.cdnshark.com/policy/privacy
Happy to answer questions in the thread.
— Nath, CDNShark
Comments
GLWS shark :3
GLWS
glws!
@CDNShark
Thanks,
averagedatahoarder
GLWB
Thanks for the interest!
Applying here: Unfortunately, I can't take applications in the thread. The form at cdnshark.com/beta creates your account and emails you a link to set your password, so we need it to go through there. It will take a minute.
We can't offer unlimited bandwidth, even for the beta. Network feedback is exactly what we're looking for.
May I apply without providing my full name? - No KYC, but we need your full name.
How can this be done with only 1TB?
Also, do you run your own servers or are you resellers?
Ok
GLWS! it looks nice, ill try it out
Nice, like to try .
Edit: sent