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CDNsun review: pay-as-you-go CDN at $30 per TB

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CDNsun, a Prague CDN since 2012, bills traffic as you go: $0.030 per GB in North America and Europe, $0.060 elsewhere, with no monthly minimum.

Pay as you goNo monthly minimumLive streamingVideo on demandCountry filteringCzech Republic

Our verdict on CDNsun

For a US adult video site, CDNsun offers ten North American cities and live and on-demand streaming, with no subscription. Pricing is flat, with no volume discount, which makes it expensive at scale.

Individuals must be 21 to sign up, and its SLA credits only pay out from $50.

CDNsun homepage claiming thirty data centers worldwide
CDNsun

The CDNsun network in North America

Ten of the thirty cities are in North America: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Jose, Seattle and Toronto. Ten more are in Europe, and ten higher-priced cities include Mexico City, São Paulo, Tokyo and Sydney. Each city can be switched on or off per service. Live and on-demand video run over HLS, DASH or RTMP, with multi-bitrate transcoding.

CDNsun pricing

The Business plan charges $0.030 per GB in North America and Europe, $30 per TB, and $0.060 in Asia-Pacific, South America and Africa, with the same unit price at any volume. It covers 20 websites with no monthly minimum. The Custom plan, for unlimited sites, starts at $200 a month on quote. Requests, SSL, API, streaming, raw logs, DDoS protection and transcoding are included, and storage is free up to 5 GB. That storage may only serve as a CDN origin, never for direct public downloads.

How CDNsun billing works

You prepay credit by card, PayPal or bank transfer, $10 minimum. Credit stays valid for a year, and each top-up extends the whole balance. Below the account’s overdraft limit, services are suspended. The free trial lasts 15 days with $5 of credit. The 100% uptime SLA pays credits of 5% to 50% of spend, but only when the credit reaches $50.

CDNsun strengths and limitations

Strengths

  • Streaming included in the per-GB price.
  • No monthly minimum.
  • Cities switchable per service.

Limitations

  • No volume discount.
  • SLA credits from $50 only.
  • Age 21 for individual accounts.
  • “Obscene” material banned in the terms, with no definition.

CDNsun vs bunny.net

bunny.net charges $0.01 per GB in North America and Europe, a third of CDNsun’s price, with volume pricing from $0.005 per GB on its high-volume network. CDNsun’s edge is per-city control and streaming included in the price.

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