StackPath CDN and Highwinds CDN are shutting down

[highclass]

Received the following email:

We have some important news to share. StackPath has decided to commit its entire focus to being the industry’s best cloud computing platform built at the Internet’s edge.

With this decision, we will discontinue our StackPath CDN and legacy Highwinds CDN products.

StackPath CDN and Highwinds CDN services will cease operations at 12:00 AM Central (midnight), November 22, 2023.

[quags]

I liked stackpath cdn as an alternative to cloudflare. Years ago I used incapsula which was bought out and the renewal rates were much higher. I looked into fastly which had no prices listed which I dislike and stackpath I could spin up on my own with the price there. I guess the writing was on the wall as live chat was discontinued with stackpath and they never were able to resolve being blocked in China which cloudflare has no issues with. I have no issues with cloudflare but have wanted a second alternative in case they are down. I still use stackpath dns and waf but their email makes it seem like they really want to focus on vps and edge cloud not cdn, waf - essentially all their purchases in the last 10 years. I am not confident the waf will be discontinued going forward.

[Operyl → quags]

Live chat wasn’t discontinued, they just hid it behind a support plan tier. Which is still a pretty stark warning, they seemed cash strapped.

[daflip]

This is a real pity. With this latest move it seems they just ate the new kid on the block. Akamai in my experience is not cheap, certainly not to the level Stackpath was. I saw big cost savings by switching from an Akamai CDN setup to stackpath.

As a Stackpath customer, I also received an email from Akamai welcoming me aboard. They provided a helpful where I could start a 90 day trial of several competing services ... none of which seemed like a like-for-like match, leaving me a bit confused. There's also no indication of pricing (typical Akamai). Seems like it's time to look for an alternative.

[highclass → daflip]

May I ask how much you were paying Stackpath per year, as Akamai "welcomed" you aboard and I don't think they are doing that for all customers?

[J_Shelby_J]

What’s a CDN?

[Ekaros → J_Shelby_J]

Content Delivery Network. Lot of disk space near customer, with big Internet pipe. Useful if you want to offload the heavy lifting of moving large files or video content.