About
Cloudflare CDN
Cloudflare is an infrastructure and web security company that provides content delivery network (CDN) and DDoS migration services. It is based in the U.S, with its headquarters in San Francisco, California.
Use Case & Application
Chinafy and Cloudflare both are related to a website and or web applications performance. However -
Chinafy specialises in web performance for China. The platform combines both intelligent China web resource compatibility solutions with a fully-managed China-specific infrastructure - including fast near-China CDN.
The Cloudflare CDN solution is widely used across various websites for acceleration and security purposes, with the majority of its solutions applied across global, non-China websites. More on Cloudflare China's solution under Cloudflare Enterprise below.
Chinafy and Cloudflare can be used in compliment. More in using Chinafy with Cloudflare.
Chinafy vs. CDNs
CDNs are not able to resolve any resource compatibility issues on the software layer that websites face in China.
That is why a number of Tier 1 CDN providers including AWS, Azure, and Alibaba Cloud partner with Chinafy to further help their end-users have a stronger digital presence in China. Chinafy conversely works closely with these partners to offer our clients access to their other solutions.
By combining an intelligent China web compatibility suite with a fully-managed infrastructure stack - including a multi-CDN - Chinafy helps websites and web applications load an average of 5.6x faster in China and display more fully.
Read more about
Chinafy vs. CDNs, and how they work in compliment from network to application layer optimisation.
Onshore vs. Offshore PoPs
Use of any onshore CDN PoPs in China, irrespective of provider, requires an ICP license which relatedly requires an onshore China business entity.
Without one, most companies are leveraging the provider's Global CDN, including Near-China PoPs.
Cloudflare Global CDN (Offshore) in China
The Cloudflare network offers static and dynamic content delivery, with PoPs in over 100 countries and built-in unmetered DDoS protection.
Cloudflare China CDN (Onshore)
Cloudflare does not operate it's own CDN or points-of-presence (i.e. POPs) in China. Instead they partner with Baidu and JD Cloud, and leverage their onshore PoPs
Pre-requisites to use Cloudflare China CDN include an ICP Filing or License, local hosting agreement with Chinese-based hosting provider, PSB Bei An, a legal entity in China/China-owned business or a China-based representation office. Companies remain the exclusive owner of customer data but data must be stored domestically in China.
Cloudflare China CDN starts at US$4-5K/mo.*
*Price referenced from 2021. Please reach out to Cloudflare Enterprise for more information.
Compatibility in China
Cloudflare CDN does not provide China compatibility solutions to handle for, resolving, or replacing resources that are blocked or inaccessible from China. Common technologies that interfere with a site’s functionality in China and may appear broken include Vimeo, Youtube, Twitter, Google APIs and more.
Please refer to Chinafy vs. CDN for more.
Do you use Cloudflare CDN? Use both Chinafy and Cloudflare CDN.
We regularly work with sites using various CDNs.
CDNs inherently do not fully address web performance issues in China, as they do not address nor resolve any third-party issues. However, it doesn't mean you can't use other features and or leverage their leading CDN capabilities outside of China.
Do you have a regulated entity and ICP license?
A) If no, no problem. Learn more about how Chinafy helps companies to achieve near-native onshore performance, offshore without a separate site, ICP license or onshore hosting to compliment your existing tech stack. Bolt-on China access.
B) If yes, reach out to us to see how you can combine Chinafy's intelligent web resource compatibility suite with Cloudflare CDN with Chinafy for Enterprise.
