The PerfOps suite offers many tools to help you troubleshoot and measure your network performance with ease. One of the most often used tools is the Traceroute diagnostic tool. It is used to determine the path that an Internet Protocol (IP) packet takes from a source device to a destination device on a network. It works by sending packets with increasing Time to Live (TTL) values to the destination device and noting the go-between devices that return an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) "time exceeded" error message.

PerfOps traceroute tool analyzes the list of intermediary devices returned by the traceroute, network admins can identify the routers and switches that are involved in delivering packets from the source to the destination. This information can be used to troubleshoot network connectivity issues, optimize global network performance, and ensure that traffic is being routed efficiently.

Traceroute is a commonly used tool for diagnosing network problems. Let’s learn more about how PerfOps traceroute tool works, some of the benefits, and how it can fit into your network diagnostics.

How to Use the PerfOps Traceroute Tool

To use the traceroute tool in PerfOps, you can follow these steps:

1. Visit the PerfOps website at https://perfops.net/
2. Click on the "Tools" option in the menu bar at the top of the page.
3. Scroll down and click "Networking Utilities"

4. Click to choose the "Traceroute" tool tab

5.  Enter the IP address or domain name you want to trace in the "Target" field. Then enter your desired location for the traceroute.  Here we have chosen “example.com” for the domain and “Los Angeles, CA” for the location. IPV4 is the default but you can also choose IPV6.

6.  Click on the "Run Test" button to begin the process.

7.  Wait for the tool to complete the traceroute. The tool will show you the traceroute results, including the list of hops, the IP addresses of each hop, and the time it took to reach each hop.

NOTE: Make sure you analyze your results. By doing so, you can identify any network devices that are causing a delay or packet loss. If you see high RTT values or a high percentage of packet loss at a particular hop, it may indicate a problem with that network device or the network connection between that device and the previous hop.

What are the benefits of PerfOps Traceroute Tool?

Network Testing on Demand
Debug and benchmark your services using our network of global servers.

Network Troubleshooting
The PerfOps traceroute tool is excellent for diagnosing network problems from any location on our monitoring network. It can help determine where packets are being dropped or where there is excessive latency. This can help network administrators locate the problem's source and take corrective action.

Network Optimization
Traceroute can be used in network design to determine the best path for data to travel. It can help network administrators to optimize their networks for maximum efficiency. If you notice latency issues, a traceroute can easily help pinpoint network errors.

Test Global Routing
Another powerful benefit of using the PerfOps traceroute tool as opposed to the traceroute utility on your local Command Line Interface, is that you have the ability with PerfOps to run a check from any of our global locations and see the route from the requested location to your device.

As you can see PerfOps can be an essential tool that can provide valuable information for network administrators, network designers, and security professionals.

PerfOps Tools Add IPV6

Most recently, the PerfOps team has integrated IPv6 support into the network tools. In addition to the Traceroute tool, PerfOps tools allow customers to run latency, ping, MTR, DNS Lookup and HTTP tests on all the 300+ PerfOps nodes worldwide; more than 190 of those also support IPv6. With this latest addition, our tools work for IPv6 as well. Said network tests can be run from the Perfops Panel, the CLI (Command Line Interface) tool or the API (Application Program Interface).

Try PerfOps Traceroute Tool Free

Want to try the traceroute tool before you purchase the PerfOps suite? Check out this free resource and get a free traceroute “world view” https://perfops.net/traceroute-from-world. For more information on the PerfOps suite, visit PerfOps.net for more information.

Whether you are looking to research, switch, or add additional DNS providers for redundancy, it's important to consider several factors and ask the right questions that will determine the provider that best suits your organization's needs.

Where is your DNS traffic located?

Do you know where the bulk of your traffic is coming from? Depending on the demand and location of your queries, your "Best DNS" choice can vary drastically.

Let's take a look at this scenario if North America is where you want to focus your efforts. In the example below you can see we are comparing 11 DNS providers over the last 7 days.

DNS Speed Consistency

As you can see in the visual above Cloudflare, NS1, DNS Made Easy, and DNSimple has the fastest average speeds. Another thing they have going for them is consistency. If you were interested in DNS stability, you wouldn't choose a DNS provider that had the fastest performance one day, and the worst in the following days. Erratic performance and uptime are a giant red flag.

DNS Provider Uptime Test

Based on the results of the performance testing, we narrowed down our top 4 providers shown below. Uptime is s critical component of your DNS strategy and you want to choose a provider with 100% uptime. It is also helpful to know which providers have had historical outages. They happen, and they can be costly. Another reason to have secondary DNS implemented. Thankfully, DNS Made Easy, Cloudflare, DNSimple, and NS1 are all showing 100% uptime during the testing timeframe.

DNS Interval Testing

With PerfOps you can choose from set timeframes of 60 minutes, 24 hours, 7 days, and 30 days. Additionally, if you are wanting an even more specific timeframe for troubleshooting purposes you can pinpoint a custom time period. For instance, you can look at several months at a glance to review overall performance and notice performance trends.

Server Performance - Why it Matters

Let's just say you already have a DNS provider and you want to further investigate server performance. After you have already reviewed speeds, with a single click you unlock a bevy of information that is valuable for your IT team. In the example below we chose DNSimple as the provider we wanted to review. The raw logs shown in the image below, provide pages of information you can access that sheds light on what nameservers are showing best in different cities. If you wanted to break down the information even further you can click on "view" and gain access to the full report of that particular name server.

View Name Servers - City and State

There are no limits to what PerfOps can do when it comes to providing important data that can help you make informed decisions about your DNS network. Did you know that you can even capture data on a city and state-specific level? Based on the image above, we can see that Buffalo, New York is at the top of the list. If you wanted to break down that information further, you can type your desired city in the "select city" and then click "apply filter". The image below represents that detailed view of all nameservers in Buffalo. This city is performing quite well for DNSimple showing 1-2 milliseconds for their nameservers. If there was an issue, you could check out the raw logs, and to a traceroute to see if there are routing problems.

DNS Testing for All

Benchmark testing is important to make sure your network is running optimally at all times. Considering what locations are most important to your organization and running performance tests regularly is a beneficial asset to your DNS infrastructure.

This blog continues our best CDN series. Today we will be analyzing CDN performance and uptime in Japan over the last seven and 30 days.

Tip: Are you new to CDNs? Visit our What is a CDN resource to learn more.

Japan: Online Market Trends and Consumer Behavior

While Japan has only the 11th largest population in the world with just over 125 million people, it has the 3rd largest GDP, which surpassed $5 trillion in 2019. According to the International Trade Administration, e-commerce in Japan experienced a staggering 89% growth between 2012 and 2018. It’s predicted that by 2025, e-commerce will reach an impressive US$ 3.4 billion.  This correlates with the fact that by 2019, 92.7% of the Japanese population was an internet user, up from 29.99% in 2000.

Due to Japan’s heavy internet penetration and GDP, it’s imperative that CDNs provide the fastest, most reliable services possible in this region.

Let’s find out who the top 10 CDNs in Japan are and how they stack up against each other.

Best CDNs Japan: CDN Speed Comparison

Below is a graph of the top 10 performing CDNs in Japan over the last 30 days.

*last 30 days of this writing

Out of all the CDNs we monitor, the above providers were the top-performing in Japan, with Akamai coming in as the clear winner of the group. Each provider in this comparison has solid speeds, which indicates that Japan has great CDN coverage.

To fully demonstrate just how important this data can be for troubleshooting networks or choosing a CDN provider, let’s take a quick look at the speeds of providers that didn’t make the top 10. As you can see below, there are some clear under-performers. There is also evidence that some of these CDNs were experiencing issues with performance, which greatly affected their overall average.

While the CDNs that didn’t make the top 10 that fell in the middle were still under 30 milliseconds and in an acceptable range, the most under-performing five ranged from 65.9 ms to as much as 222.42 ms. Again, this is performance based on the last 30 days and isn’t necessarily indicative of the providers’ regular speeds in Japan. But with PerfOps, you can view historical snapshots for up to 22 months to ensure a CDN is (or would be) meeting your needs and expectations.

Now let’s examine the top 10 providers in Japan over a 7-day window and see if there’s any difference.

*last7 days of this writing

As we can see, the average speed for each of these CDNs over the last 7-days didn’t change much from our 30-day results. A couple of providers switched ranks but overall, the speeds remained consistent.

In case you’re curious, the most underperforming CDNs changed somewhat during this window. CDNetworks and BlazingCDN, which averaged 86.58 / 65.9 ms over the 30-day window (likely due to a network routing issue) jumped down to 19.13 / 19.25 ms. However, the bottom two CDNs remained more or less the same at 222.38 / 190.5 ms.

Best CDN Uptime Japan

Let’s look at one more dataset: uptime. Why? Because speed is only as good as a CDN’s reliability. Being the fastest doesn’t really matter if service is prone to degradation or outages.

Uptime analysis, last 30 days

*last 30 days of this writing

Analyzing average uptime is interesting in this scenario as every single provider ranking changed. Still, every provider but Akamai maintained a high uptime during the 30-day period.  

CDN Uptime Last Seven Days

Aside from CacheFly jumping from 5th to 1st place and CDN77 moving from 8th to 5th, there were only a few subtle changes and the uptime averages remained more or less the same.

*last 7 days of this writing

Keep in mind that this data is based on real-user monitoring (RUM) measurements and doesn’t reflect the actual uptime of these providers. It also doesn’t mean any of these providers were actually down or non-functioning. Some false positives can occur, but this is still valuable intel into individual CDN stability and reliability.

Multi-CDN Solution: Avoid Outages While Boosting CDN Speed and Performance

In today’s ever-virtualizing world, it’s imperative that CDNs deliver content as quickly and reliably as possible. That said, because of this and the often volatile nature of CDNs, it’s best practice for companies to use two or more CDNs. This is because having multiple CDNs prevents outages and helps to boost overall performance. And while managing several CDNs can be a daunting task, there are multi-CDN services that exist to help make things much easier and more streamlined.  

Two notable Multi-CDN services are:

• Constellix Multi-CDN Management
• NS1 Multi-CDN

Best CDNs in Japan: It’s All About Data and Analytics

With PerfOps, CDN providers and organizations alike are empowered with the necessary information to make informed decisions or to improve routing and network issues.  We have the most comprehensive DNS and CDN data in the world, which allows us, brands, and providers to work together to ensure the best customer experience for all.

This blog continues our best CDN series. Today we will be analyzing content delivery network performance and uptime in the United Kingdom over the last seven and 30 days.

Tip: Are you new to CDNs? Visit our What is a CDN resource to learn more.

United Kingdom: Online Market Trends and Consumer Behavior

Out of a population of 67+ million, nearly 95% of UK residents are internet users. The UK has enjoyed a flourishing online economy for many years, with 2019 seeing $693 billion GBP in sales.  

In 2020, 87% of purchases were made in Great Britain alone. This is a clear indicator that fast and reliable CDNs are critical for both small and enterprise-level businesses in the UK.

How do you know which content delivery network is best for the UK? Easy—by analyzing the data. So let’s get to it!

Best CDNs UK: CDN Speed Comparison

Below is a graph of the top 10 performing CDNs in the United Kingdom over the last 30 days.

*last 30 days of this writing

The data above gives us an overview of the fastest CDN providers in the UK. The graph also gives us insight into the stability and performance of each compared provider. Of course, fluctuations occur over time, which is why we’ll also be examining the same providers within a 7-day window below.  

*last 7 days of this writing

So what does this data tell us?

Besides the average speed for each of these CDNs over 30 and 7-day windows, we can see that overall, the UK has excellent content delivery network coverage from these top 10 providers. In some of our previous analyses in other regions, we’ve noticed much larger discrepancies in speeds in each timeframe. While Limelight, Edgecast, jsDelivr, and AWS hold the top four spots consistently, each is only marginally faster than the other, and the rest of the six providers are close on their heels.

Best Content Delivery Network Uptime UK

Okay, so we know speeds are comparable between this group of CDN providers. But uptime is just as important, if not more so than speed. This time, we’ll be analyzing the CDNs by uptime, which will give us greater insight into the reliability of each.  

Uptime analysis, last 30 days

*last 30 days of this writing

When analyzing average uptime, we see a much different ranking. AWS jumps to the #1 spot while Limelight drops 3rd to last and Akamai falls to last place.  

Let’s take a look at the last seven days to see how uptime compares.

Uptime Last Seven Days

*last 30 days of this writing

Once again, we see a shift in rankings when examining 7-day uptime averages. AWS holds strong at #1, with Fastly, Edgecast, and CacheFly close behind, while Akamai rose to 7th place and Blazing CDN dropped to last. Keep in mind that this data is based on real-user monitoring (RUM) measurements and doesn’t reflect the actual uptime of these providers. It also doesn’t mean any were actually down or non-functioning. Some inconsistencies can occur, but this is still valuable intel into individual CDN stability and reliability.

Multi-CDN Solution: Avoid CDN Outages and Increase  Performance

Considering the critical role that CDNs play in delivering online content, it’s important that brands choose the fastest and most reliable CDNs in the areas where their customer base is most concentrated. It’s equally important for CDN providers to offer a superior content delivery experience for their customers. That said, with the volatile nature of CDNs, it’s best practice for companies to use two or more CDNs.

Of course, managing multiple CDNs can become a laborious task. Fortunately, there are multi-CDN services that solve this pain point. Using a Multi-CDN solution not only prevents outages, but it also boosts overall performance too.

Two notable Multi-CDN services are:

• Constellix Multi-CDN Management
• NS1 Multi-CDN

Analytics For CDNS: Top-Performing Content Delivery Networks Are a Must in the UK

Speed and reliability is “king” when it comes to content delivery. With PerfOps, CDN providers and organizations have access to powerful, unbiased data to help them make informed decisions.  Brands can view and compare providers and analyze performance, and CDN providers can see how they compare against other providers and use the data to troubleshoot and improve network efficiency.  

This blog continues our best CDN series. Today we will be analyzing CDN performance and uptime in India over the last seven and 30 days.

Tip: Are you new to CDNs? Visit our What is a CDN resource to learn more.

India: Online Market Trends and Consumer Behavior

With a population of 1.38 billion, 61% of which are internet users, the speed and reliability of services and applications are paramount for every organization in India with an online presence. In fact, India experienced a 41% growth in internet penetration over the last decade, making it the second-largest online user base. It’s also one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, contributing approximately 8% to the GDP.  

Now for the good stuff—the data!

Best CDNs India: CDN Speed Comparison

Below is a graph of the top 10 performing CDNs in India over the last 30 days.

*last 30 days of this writing

The above data provides a big-picture view of which CDN provider is fastest in India. It also gives you an idea of each CDN’s overall stability. It’s important to note, however, that fluctuations do occur, as we will see when analyzing the same providers within the last seven days below.

*last 7 days of this writing

When examining averages during the last seven days, speeds are relatively consistent, but some of the providers rose or dropped in rank. While AWS, 5cents, LimeLight, and Google Cloud held their top positions, Azure jumped up three spots while Bunny dropped to last place. That’s why monitoring CDN performance is so important, especially when commits are involved.

Best CDN Uptime India

The next part of the puzzle is uptime. After all, if your CDN provider isn’t reliable, it doesn’t matter how fast they are. Here’s how the same providers compare when looking at their uptime performance over the last seven and 30 days.

*last 30 days of this writing

As you can see, rankings change considerably when analyzing by uptime. While almost all the providers had a consistent uptime performance, LimeLight and Akamai were significantly lower in uptime over the last 30 days.

Uptime Last Seven Days

Here’s a look at performance over the last seven days.

*last 30 days of this writing

During the seven day period, AWS and Bunny held strong in the top two, while Fastly outperformed Google Cloud and 5cents. LimeLight recovered from its uptime performance, but Akamai is still experiencing issues. That doesn’t mean Akamai is down, but it does show that India may be a weak spot for this particular CDN provider, at least until its network issues are resolved in the region.

Tip: Keep in mind, that these analytics are based on RUM data, and don’t reflect the actual uptime of a provider. Some false positives can occur, but overall, this gives you the best picture of CDN stability and reliability during a specified time range.

Multi-CDN Solution: Avoid CDN Outages and Increase  Performance

In our ever-growing virtual climate, it’s critical that brands provide a superior online customer experience. This includes delivering digital content quickly and efficiently. . Due to the volatile nature of CDNs, it’s best practice for organizations to use more than one. While managing multiple CDNs can become tedious, there are multi-CDN services that alleviate this pain point. Using a Mult-CDN solution prevents outages and boosts overall performance as your content is served via the fastest, most reliable resource.

Two notable services are:

• Constellix Multi-CDN Management
• NS1 Multi-CDN

It’s All in the Data: Best-Performing CDNs in India

The speed and reliability in which your organization’s content is delivered is crucial for success in the online marketplace. Luckily, PerfOps gives businesses and providers the unbiased data they need to make informed decisions. Organizations can see which providers perform best where their customers are, which can be helpful with traffic optimization and negotiating commits. CDN providers can use our data to troubleshoot their network and fix traffic routing issues. This is a win-win for everyone.

No matter which one you choose, all PerfOps products are about the data. We’re committed to providing high-value DNS, CDN, and Cloud analytics for providers and businesses. The data derived from our analytics software is the most accurate and robust DNS, CDN, and Cloud data in the world.

Rest assured, as far as providers go, there are no “red-headed stepchildren” here. No bias. No number skewing. The data is what the data is. Pure and simple.

Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s talk products. In this blog, we’ll be covering the differences between PerfOps premium vs our free product, CDNPerf.

Which Product Do I Need?: PerfOps or CDNPerf?

Because we offer a free version of our product, many people ask us what the difference is between the two and why they would pay for the premium version if speed and uptime history is free. The answer is simple:

More data, more options, more power.

PerfOps’ premium services are geared toward CDN providers or enterprise-level organizations that operate on their own networks, though the services are available to anyone. PerfOps also offers unparalleled troubleshooting tools that help pinpoint network issues. Users can quickly identify problems and finetune their traffic for faster, more efficient routing. CDNPerf, on the other hand, is frequently used by businesses that do not run on their own infrastructure and are shopping for providers or who are wanting to monitor the performance of their current provider(s). It’s perfect for users that don’t require detailed network data and only need to compare providers.

PerfOps Premium vs. CDNPerf

Both products gather data and measure CDN performance, and they both offer useful insights into how a CDN is behaving. Depending on your unique requirements will ultimately determine which product is best for you.

That said, there are some notable differences between the two. Check out the table below and compare the features for yourself.

The Power Is in the Data

There you have it! The difference between PerfOps premium and CDNPerf boils down to more advanced and powerful features, including troubleshooting capabilities, as well as more customizable options. To ensure your CDN service provides the ultimate experience, monitoring performance is key. The same goes for domain owners shopping for providers. That’s why we offer a free and premium version—everyone deserves raw, unbiased data!

As the demand for media-rich content grows, so do the performance expectations of consumers. One of the greatest challenges online businesses face is to deliver large amounts of content to audiences spread out across the globe as quickly as possible.  

The solution is a content delivery network (CDN).

CDNs Explained

A CDN is a geographically distributed network of servers designed to increase website loading times regardless of where end users are located. Often referred to as an edge server, CDNs ensure queries are routed to the resource closest to where the end user resides. Since the physical distance between your content and your users is shortened, the time it takes for content to appear on a user’s screen is significantly decreased or eliminated altogether.

How Do CDNs Work?

The reason CDNs are able to enhance the speed of your website is because it improves latency. This is possible through content caching servers located at strategically positioned points of presence (PoPs) around the world. Since the physical gap between servers and end users is closed, data has less distance to travel. Think of it in terms of GPS. There are many different ways to get to a destination, but unless you’re sightseeing, you want the fastest route. That’s where a CDN comes in. Much like GPS, which chooses the fastest driving route by default, when using a CDN, requests are always sent via the fastest option, or more specifically, the closest location to the requester.

Who Uses CDNs?

Any brand that offers dynamic content to a large and/or global audience can benefit from a CDN. Most major brands use multiple CDNs for optimal end-user experiences. Examples of dynamic content include e-commerce sites, social media platforms, gaming sites, video sites, or any other website or application with media-rich content and multiple users.

CDN Benefits

Here are some quick facts as to why CDNs are beneficial to domain owners:

• Scalable
• Faster page load times
• Enhanced performance
• Improved stability
• Audience segmentation
• Decreased server load
• Packet loss reduction
• Bandwidth reduction

Cons of CDNs

Like anything else, content delivery networks do have some downsides:

• High costs for large volumes of traffic
• Outages and performance degradation
• Support
• Location gaps

Tip: Using Multi-CDN can eliminate the risk of outages, performance degradation, and fill in any location gaps.

Recommended CDNs

We frequently analyze content delivery network speed and performance. Here are some of our top recommendations for high-performing CDNs:

1. Limelight
2. ArvanCloud
3. CacheFly
4. EDJX
5. G-Core
6. Melbicom (SwiftyCDN)
7. 5centsCDN
8. Nusec
9. Blazing CDN
10. BunnyCDN
11. Globo CDN

CDNs in a Nutshell

Overall, the benefits of a CDN, especially when using more than one, far outweighs the cons. CDNs will reduce latency, greatly improve load times, and provide an overall performance boost for your site by delivering content based on the geographical location of your end users.

Related Resources:

CDN for Dummies – A Stupid Easy Guide

Best CDNs: United States

Best CDNs: China

This blog continues our best CDN series. Today we will be analyzing CDN performance and uptime in the Great White North (aka Canada) within the last seven and 30 days.

Let’s get started!

Tip: Are you new to CDNs? Visit our What is a CDN resource to learn more.

Online Market Trends and Consumer Behavior in Canada

In 2021, Canada had 36.39 million internet users, up from 35.72 in 2020. That's approximately 96% of the Canadian population. By 2026, the country’s usage is predicted to grow to 39.26 (Statista). Couple that with a GDP of 1.643 trillion, the 10th largest in the world, and it's clear that businesses with a large Canadian audience require fast and reliable CDNs.

How Does PerfOps Work?

PerfOps gets its performance metrics via real user metrics (RUM) from resources around the world. PerfOps, as well as our free performance monitoring service CDNPerf, analyzes over 300 million tests per day, with data updates occurring on the hour. Measurement is based on a 2,500-millisecond timeout limit. If a query takes longer than this, we consider it a timeout. Performance is measured according to how long it takes for a user to download a 500-byte image from a prospective CDN.

Best CDNs Canada: CDN Speed Comparison

Now it's time to analyze the data! The graph below shows the CDN performances of the top 10 performing CDNs in Canada (averaged over the last 30 days).

Provider Speeds (milliseconds) within last 30 days

Google      23

Limelight  24

AWS   24

5cents    24

Cachefly  25

Fastly   25

Akamai   29

Cloudflare 30

ArvanCloud  33

CDN.net 33

This data not only tells us which CDN is fastest in Canada on average but also gives us a better glimpse into their stability. As seen in the graph below, there are fluctuations over the last 30 days.

While the majority of CDNs show relatively consistent performance, there are some noticeable anomalies. For example, AWS experienced a spike that slowed their speeds to 31 milliseconds on January 18 and 20th. CDN.net also had marginally increased speeds, up to 37 milliseconds on January 28 and February 13. In addition to analyzing speeds, PerfOps can help pinpoint network issues. Along with performance graphs, we provide raw data logs and an excellent traceroute tool for even greater precision troubleshooting.

Below is an example of our raw data tables.  The data in these tables include time, MS, CDN, User IP, User Agent, Continent, Country, City, ASN, and ISP:

For more precise details, you can select the option for View in the RAW column of the data log table.

Now let’s look at the same providers, but within the last seven days.

Analyzing different timeframes gives you an even deeper look into the performance of your CDN(s). As you can see,  performance rankings shifted from the 30-day average. When comparing the same providers in the last seven days, we get these results:

Provider Speeds (milliseconds) within last 30 days

AWS 23

Limelight 23

Google 23

Fastly  24

5cents 24

CacheFly 24

Akamai   28

Cloudflare  29

CDN.net 31

Arvan 32

During the last seven days, AWS grabs the leading spot while Google drops to third place and Limelight holds its number two position. Arvan and CDN.net swap rank, due to a marginal millisecond. Overall, speeds remained consistent compared to the 30-day average, with only slight variations.  While milliseconds don't seem like they'd make a large difference, they do add up. The fact is, just a one-second delay in page load times can lead to a 7% loss in conversions. Because of this, regularly monitoring  CDN performance is crucial for maximizing ROI and ensuring the best end-user experience.

Best CDN Uptime in Canada

Speeds aren't the only critical factor for CDNs.  Uptime is just as important if not more so, as no one will be served content if your CDN is down. Let's examine the same providers from the above examples using RUM uptime data (Canada, last seven days).

Provider Uptime (within last 7 days)

Fastly 98.75%

Google Cloud 98.71%

CacheFly 98.68%

5centz 98.48%

Cloudflare 98.42%

Limelight  98.33%

CDN.net 97.78%

Akamai  97.74%

Arvan 97.61%

AWS  89.99%

When comparing CDNs by RUM uptime, there are significant differences in how the CDNs rank. Fastly jumps to the number one spot while AWS drops to last and Google and CacheFly take the second and third positions.  

In this seven-day comparison, we can see that AWS had a noticeable drop in performance and availability, with its lowest uptime on February 15, at 80.77%. All other CDNs during this timeframe were, for the most part, stable.

Now let's compare uptime for a 30-day window.

In the last 30 days, Google overtakes the first spot while AWS still comes in last. Fastly drops to number two, while Arvan jumps up two spots.

This data is highly valuable for both organizations and CDN providers as it not only lets you track uptime and performance, it also helps pinpoint issues and areas that need improvement.  

Tip: Keep in mind, these analytics are based on RUM data, and don’t reflect the actual uptime of a provider. Some false positives can occur, but overall, this gives you the best picture of CDN stability and reliability during a specified time range.

Multi-CDN Solution For Best Performance and Uptime

As the data demonstrates, CDNs vary in speeds and uptime. Relying on only one puts your business at risk of a full-blown outage. This can be detrimental for brands that provide high-in-demand products and services. In today's online marketplace, it is best practice to use more than one CDN provider. Of course, this comes with its own set of challenges. Managing and configuring multiple CDNs can be laborious. You may also need to meet commits.  Fortunately, there are Multi-CDN solutions available that solve this issue.

Two notable services are:

• Constellix Multi-CDN Management
• NS1 Multi-CDN

The Best CDN: Performance Monitoring is Key to Success

As Canada has such a large internet user base and is a major contributor to the world's economy, CDN performance is a critical factor for businesses that cater to Canadian audiences.  With PerfOps or our free product CDNPerf, your organization can analyze provider data and use this information to make informed decisions, including what provider is best for your domain(s) and even to negotiate commits.  

CDN Providers can use PerfOps to troubleshoot network issues and to identify underperforming nameservers that could be affecting the overall performance of their services, and much more. PerfOps is the #1 trusted source that provides highly accurate, unbiased DNS, CDN, and Cloud metrics for domain owners and providers.

Don’t just take our word for it. Try it for yourself!

Related Resources:

How to Troubleshoot Your Network Using Traceroute

DNS Speed Performance Test

Best CDN providers in China

Best CDN providers in America

In this blog, we’ll be continuing our series on best-performing CDNs by country. Today’s focus is on Russia. This analysis compares CDN performance and RUM uptime metrics grouped by data sources within the last seven and 30 days of this writing.

First things first:

What is a Content Delivery Network (CDN)?

A CDN is a geographically distributed network of servers designed to improve the speed of web content delivery and reduce latency. When using a CDN, queries are routed to a resource closest to the end user’s location. Since the physical distance between your content and your users is closed, the time it takes for content to appear on a user’s screen after making a web page request is decreased or appears immediately. Any website or application that offers dynamic content such as video and images to a global audience is likely using a CDN, if not more than one.

What is Multi-CDN?

Multi-CDN is when a company uses more than one CDN. This is beneficial for several reasons. CDNs do provide a noticeable performance boost, but they are also vulnerable to service degradation and outages. When using multiple CDNs, speed and latency see even greater improvements as you have more than one CDN serving content to your users. Vulnerabilities are also greatly reduced, if not eliminated entirely, due to the added redundancy.

H2 Online Market Trends and Consumer Behavior in Russia

The Russian economy is the 11th largest in the world and contributed $1.48 trillion to the global GDP in 2020. (Investopedia). s According to Statista, Russia’s GDP is projected to climb steadily through 2026, when it is projected to reach over 1.9 trillion. While its overall economy isn’t as large as other nations, Russia has a vibrant, rapidly growing online user base. In 2020, 85% of the country’s 145 million residents were internet users—an increase of 22 million users since 2015.

E-commerce in Russia is really flourishing. While still in its early stages, its online economy growth rate is five times faster than its physical economy (Bne Intellinews). Due to its size and sparse regions, online shopping is predicted to play a critical role for areas where there are limited physical shopping choices.

Along with e-commerce growth, the use of social media and online entertainment is also on the rise. As of 2021, there were 99 million social media users in Russia, an increase of just over 5% or 4.8 million people over the span of one year (Datareportal).

With such a fast-growing online market, internet speed and availability will be key. As e-retailers, social media, gaming, and entertainment sites serve media-rich content, top-performing CDNs play a large role in your website’s success.

Did you know?: We added 7 monitoring nodes in Russia so that businesses and CDN providers have access to even more precise metrics and greater insight into CDN performance.

How Does PerfOps Work?

Before we get into the CDN speed comparisons, let’s take a look at how we get our data and measurements. Performance metrics are based on real user metrics (RUM) from internet users around the world. PerfOps, as well as our free performance monitoring service CDNPerf, analyzes over 300 million tests per day, with data updates occurring on the hour. Measurement is based on a 2,500-millisecond timeout limit. If a query takes longer than this, we consider it a timeout. Performance is measured according to how long it takes for a user to download a 500-byte image from a prospective CDN.

Best CDNs Russia: CDN Speed Comparison

Now let’s deep dive into the data! The graph below shows the CDN performances of the top 10 performing CDNs in Russia (averaged over the last 30 days).

Provider Speeds (milliseconds) within last 30 days

G-Core Labs 21.65

CacheFly 36.52

5scentsCDN 38.32

CDN77 39.68

Azure 42.32

Cloudflare 43.48

CDNetworks 44.48

BunnyCDN 46.13

ArvanCloud 46.16

Google Cloud 47.39

This data not only tells us which CDN is fastest on average, but also shows the stability and fluctuations over the last 30 days. An interesting point of this particular set of analytics is 5scents, who ranked 3rd overall in performance. However, they were also less consistent, with large fluctuations in speed between January 16 and January 18.

What this tells us is that either the higher speeds were an anomaly or at that time, one or more of 5cents servers were experiencing issues. PerfOps can actually help you pinpoint what or where the problem is. We supply the raw data logs and also have an excellent traceroute tool for even greater precision troubleshooting.

Here is a look at how our raw data tables look and the information you will find, including time, MS, CDN, User IP, User Agent, Continent, Country, City, ASN, and ISP:

You can also view more data, by selecting View under the RAW column:

Now let’s look at the same providers, but within the last seven days.

This gives you an even closer look at performance in a shorter window of time. And while similar, CDN performance shifted slightly. When analyzing the same providers in the last seven days, these are the results:

Provider Speeds (milliseconds) within last 30 days

G-Core Labs 23.5

5scentsCDN 25.25

CacheFly 37.25

CDN77 40.63

CDNetworks 42.5

Azure 43.63

Cloudflare 45

ArvanCloud 47

Google Cloud 48.13

BunnyCDN 50.75

G-Core still leads the pack but saw a slight increase in speeds. CacheFly and 5scents swapped places, BunnyCDN fell from the 8th spot to last, while CDNetworks jumped up two spots up. This may not seem like much, but considering just a one-second delay in page load times can result in a 7% loss in conversions, keeping up with your CDN(s) performance is vital for maximizing ROI.

Best CDN Uptime in Russia

Another crucial aspect when it comes to monitoring CDNs is uptime. After all, if a CDN is down, your content isn’t being served to your visitors. In this example, we’ll be using the same providers from the above examples, but we’ll be analyzing them by RUM uptime (Russia, last seven days).

Provider Uptime (within last 7 days)

Cloudflare 99.19%

Google Cloud 99.05%

BunnyCDN 99.04%

CacheFly 98.98%

Azure 98.84%

5cents 98.48%

ArvanCloud 98.46%

G-Core Labs 98.23%

CDN77 98.18%

CDNetworks 77.74%

When comparing CDNs by RUM uptime, there are significant differences in how the CDNs rank. Cloudflare, which held the 7th spot in speeds within the last seven days comes in first place for uptime. Google Cloud also performs better in uptime than it did in speeds, while the faster providers had lower uptime.

In our seven-day analysis, CDNetworks had noticeably lower uptimes than all the other providers. Let’s check how they faired over a longer period of time, which can give more insight into their overall performance.

When compared over 30 days, we see that CDNetworks’ performance was 92.97% overall, but we also see where their performance starts to dip (yellow line). Starting on January 28, their uptime fell to 89.6%, and on February 1, to 74.93%. We also see a drop in RUM uptime for 5scents between January 6 and January 17. Their lowest was on the 15th, at 13.66%, but by the 18th, they were back on track, at 98.99%.

This data is highly valuable as it allows companies and providers to track uptime and performance, as well as pinpoint issues and areas that need improvement.  

Tip: Keep in mind, these analytics are based on RUM data, and don’t reflect the actual uptime of a provider. Some false positives can occur, but overall, this gives you the best picture of CDN stability and reliability during a specified time range.

Multi-CDN Solution For Best Performance and Uptime

As the examples above demonstrate, CDNs vary in uptime and speeds. Relying on only one can sometimes be problematic, especially if your domain runs mission-critical services or offers high-in-demand products and services. Due to consumer expectations, it is best practice to have multiple CDNs. The problem with this is that managing multiple CDNs can be tedious. However, there are Multi-CDN solutions that solve this issue.

Two notable services are:

• Constellix Multi-CDN Management
• NS1 Multi-CDN

The Best CDN: Performance Monitoring is Key to Success

As Russia is one of the fastest-growing online markets in the world, CDNs are a critical resource for domain owners. It is equally important to monitor CDN performance and uptime frequently to ensure optimal performance and user experience. With PerfOps or our free product CDNPerf, your business can compare and analyze provider data for yourself so that you can choose which CDNs best suit your needs. The data can also be used to ensure CDNs are meeting quality expectations and to help you negotiate commits.

CDN Providers can use PerfOps to compare their performance to other providers, troubleshoot their network, identify underperforming nameservers that may be affecting the overall performance of their services, and more. PerfOps is a trusted source that provides highly accurate, unbiased DNS, CDN, and Cloud metrics for domain owners and providers.

Don’t just take our word for it. Try it for yourself!

Related Resources:

How to Troubleshoot Your Network Using Traceroute

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Best CDN providers in America

The online marketplace grows more competitive by the day—especially for content-rich websites and applications. As America has the third-largest amount of internet users by population (next to China and India), a sizeable portion of global online activity is generated from the United States. America also happens to be the world’s current largest national economy.

A study by Alibaba recently found that 93% of US companies do business online for at least a portion of their day-to-day activities. Furthermore, at least 93% of Americans use the internet on a regular basis (Pew Research Center). By 2040, Nasdaq predicts that 95% of all sales will be e-commerce.

As demand for online content and services grows, so do consumer expectations. For example, according to WebsiteBuilderExpert, 46% of visitors will not revisit a poor-performing website and 1 in 4 users leave a website that takes more than four seconds to load. In fact, just a 0.4-second reduction in load times can increase traffic by 9%.

CDNs play a significant role in how a domain performs. In this blog, we’ll analyze the top 10 CDNs in the United States.

What is a Content Delivery Network (CDN)?

CDN is a term you hear constantly in the online world. Okay, but what is it and why is it important? In simple terms, a CDN is a geographically distributed network of servers designed to reduce latency and improve the speed at which web content is delivered. This is achieved because queries are routed to a resource closest to the requesting user’s location. A CDN closes the physical distance between your content and your users, thus shortening or eliminating the time it takes for content to appear on your screen after making a web page request. Any website or application that delivers large amounts of dynamic content to a global audience is using at least one CDN—or at least it should be.

What is Multi-CDN?

Another hot term in the industry is Multi-CDN. As the name implies, multi-CDN just means a company is using more than one CDN. While using one CDN provider offers a solid performance boost, having multiple CDNs provide significantly more improvements in speeds and efficiency. One downside to CDNs is that they can be vulnerable to service degradation and outages. Using multiple CDNs solves this issue due to the added redundancy.

Best CDNs(America)

Americans make approximately 20% of the world’s total income despite its small population compared to other countries.  According to Statista, revenue from online sales in America has grown from 424.9 in 2017 to 767.7 billion in 2021, and is predicted to hit 1,329.7 trillion by 2025. Needless to say, it’s crucial that domains in the US market are fast, secure, and reliable.

Knowing how your CDN(s) performs is a necessity.

In this blog, we’ll be comparing the top 10 performing CDNs in the United States based on a median average within the last seven and 30 days of this writing.

How Does PerfOps Work?

Before we get into the speed comparisons, let’s take a look at how we get our data and measurements. Performance metrics are based on real user metrics (RUM) from users across the globe. PerfOps, as well as our free performance monitoring service CDNPerf, gathers and analyzes over 300 million tests per day, with data being updated every hour. Measurement is based on a 2,500-millisecond timeout limit. If a query takes longer than this, CDNPerf considers it a timeout. CDN performance is measured according to how long it takes for a user to download a 500-byte image from a prospective CDN.

CDN Speed Comparison

Now let’s see how the data looks. The graph below shows the CDN performances of the top 10 performing CDNs (averaged over the last 30 days).

Provider Speeds (milliseconds) within last 30 days

Cachefly 25.13

Edgecast 25.55

Google Cloud 25.87

Limelight 26.06

Fastly 27.52

Azure 28.26

Cloudflare 29.03

5centsCDN 29.39

Akamai 29.45

CDN77 29.9

This data not only shows you the average speeds of a CDN, but it also shows fluctuations over your designated timeframe. This can help providers troubleshoot their network or companies pinpoint web traffic issues or discrepancies.

Of course, a lot can happen in 30 days. Let’s look at the same providers within the last seven days.

As you can see, the results have changed, not by much, but there are some differences.

Provider Speeds (milliseconds) within last 7 days

CacheFly 25

Edgecast 25.25

Google Cloud 25.63

Limelight 26.13

Fastly      27.75

Azure      28.25

Cloudflare  28.88

5cents     29.13

CDN77    29.38

Akamai   29.75

CacheFly still leads the pack for best performance in the United States. In fact, the only order change we see here is that CDN77 outperformed Akamai by 1.25% and edges up to the ninth spot. Almost all the CDNs saw a marginal increase in speeds over the 7-day time period, except for Limelight and Fastly, who actually saw a slight increase.

If you conduct a significant amount of business in the United States, this data can help you determine which CDNs are best suited for your content. As a provider, this data can help to improve latency and performance in areas that are important to your customers.

CDN Performance on a State Level

To further refine your results, you can also compare CDNs by state. We’ll use the state of California for our example and stick with the seven-day timeframe that we had in our last example.

Once again, we see CacheFly as the top performer (21.5), but Google Cloud moves up to a close second (22.5), while Edgecast drops to third (24.38). We also see Cloudflare drop to 9th place (25.5), while Akamai remains the slowest of the top 10 (26.5). We monitor over 20 CDNs, and you can compare whichever CDNs you want, all of them at once, or just look at the analytics for a single provider, depending on the data you need.

You also have the option of analyzing performance by city (major global cities only), by ASN, by continent, or by multiple countries or states at once.

Monitoring CDNs by Uptime

While speed and latency are critical, uptime is perhaps the most vital because if a CDN is down, visitors won’t be served your content. Let’s take a look at the same 10 providers from the above examples, but this time, we’ll analyze them by RUM uptime (United States, last seven days).

Provider Uptime (within last 7 days)

Edgecast 98.94%

Azure       98.87%

5cents      98.76%

CacheFly 98.71%

Fastly       98.6%

Limelight    98.13%

Cloudflare   97.86%

CDN77     97.86%

Google Cloud  97.76%

Akamai    97.26%

When comparing CDNs based on uptime, we see some notable differences. Edgecast moves to the top spot when it comes to uptime, whereas CacheFly drops to fourth place and Google Cloud drops to the ninth spot. Each CDN has a high uptime percentage, but as the graph shows, uptime fluctuates for all of them, with Google Cloud being the most inconsistent during this timeframe; highest uptime at 98.79%, lowest at 96.90%. Edgecast and Azure had the highest and most consistent.

Tip: Keep in mind, these analytics are based on RUM data, and don’t reflect the actual uptime of a provider. Some false positives can occur, but overall, this gives you the best picture of CDN stability and reliability during a specified time range.

Multi-CDN Solution For Best Performance and Uptime

Since CDNs play such a crucial role in today’s online marketplace, its best practice to have more than one CDN. This not only helps ensure users have the best experience, but also lets your domain avoid the pitfalls of CDN vulnerabilities and outages. That’s where a Multi-CDN solution comes in. Rather than managing each CDN separately, which can be tedious and error-prone, there are services that allow you to manage all your CDNs in one place.

Two notable services are:

• Constellix Multi-CDN Management
• NS1 Multi-CDN

The Best CDN: Performance Monitoring is Key to Success

As CDNs play such a major role in how users connect with online content, it’s imperative that you monitor CDN performance and uptime frequently. A poor-performing CDN can be detrimental to your business. With PerfOps, you can see provider data for yourself and choose which CDNs best suit your needs. Providers can use PerfOps to improve their network and to pinpoint underperforming nameservers that may be affecting the overall performance of their service. PerfOps is the only source in the industry that provides highly accurate, unbiased DNS, CDN, and Cloud metrics for companies and providers alike.

Don’t just take our word for it. Try it for yourself!

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Anyone who has investigated the cause behind a network issue knows how daunting it can be to pinpoint the problem. With so many different variables, the answer can be elusive. In our last blog, we explained how you could test your DNS speeds in PerfOps. Today, we’ll be showing you how to use our Traceroute tool to troubleshoot network issues and improve DNS speeds.

For demonstration purposes, we’ll be using Amazon Route 53’s speed data in Africa, which we retrieved in our DNS Speed Performance tip.

Using Raw Data to Troubleshoot Networks

In the graph below, we are comparing Route 53 nameservers in Africa. The data shows that one nameserver appears to be experiencing issues, which can result in slower query resolution and overall speed for the area.

Note: This is for example purposes only.

While three nameservers in this graph are relatively consistent within their own network, there appears to be a rogue server. While not always the case, this can indicate a routing issue. To get a better idea of what’s going on and to see whether or not it’s something that needs to be fixed, you can run a traceroute.

NS 1 (pink): 41.14 ms

NS 2 (green) 51.15 ms

NS 3 (red) 71.06 ms

NS 4 (blue) 107.19 ms

The easiest way to do this is to locate the nameserver and node ID from the raw logs in the table below the graph. To view the raw data for the slowest server with the most fluctuation, double click on the line graph at the point you want to view. In this case, we chose the highest peak, which had a speed of 168.17 ms.

PerfOps Raw Data Logs

After double-clicking on your desired point of the graph, you can scroll through the raw logs. This provides you with a breakdown of your speeds in milliseconds, the provider name, nameserver, whether DNSSEC is enabled, the Node ID, Node IP, Continent, Country, City, ASN, and ISP.

Find the instance you are looking for. In this case, we want to investigate the nameserver that had an unusually high speed: ns-1497.awsdns-59.org.

The next thing you need to do is copy the NS address. Navigate to Tools > Network Utilities. Once on the Network Utilities page, paste the NS address into the field for IP or Host Name. In the location field, type your desired location (in this case, Africa), and then choose how many results you would like to see. For this example, we chose 10.

Be sure that the option for Traceroute is selected (the active selection will be underlined), and then click Run Test.

After running the traceroute, you will see ASNs for each location in Africa, up to the limit you set. For each location, you will see the hops along the network path. Hops are the endpoints that a query travels from point A to point B. We’ll use the first result (Johannesburg) as our example.

As you can see, queries start off fast, but once they get to the fourth hop in the route, there is a significant change in speed. This may be completely normal, it could indicate a technical problem with a node or server, or it could demonstrate a routing issue.

Note: Hops designated by asterisks represent servers that timed out and dropped the UDP packet.

Here’s where it gets interesting and dare we say … fun!

To determine what the issue is, you first need to know where the problem is occurring. You can easily do this by copying the IP address in the hop and searching for the location using a tool like db-ip.com.

Reading Your Traceroute Data

The path in this traceroute originates in Johannesburg and ends in Dublin, Ireland. It starts off quickly but slows down significantly at hop 4, which is still in Johannesburg, South Africa. Hops 5-7 are located in London, England, and from there, the query path moves efficiently to the final destination, Dublin, Ireland.

A network administrator could use this information to determine if the path the packets were taking was optimal for speeds or if improvements could be made within the network to enhance performance.

Traceroutes for Troubleshooting and Improving Speeds

As you can see, running a traceroute gives you valuable information on the path a query takes in your network. This can help you improve DNS speeds, troubleshoot connectivity issues, or identify potential server failures and other issues.

Have you checked your DNS speeds lately? When it comes to online performance, speed is king! The faster your service resolves queries, the quicker end users get to their destination and the happier your customers will be.

Here’s the thing:

When it comes to DNS speed, every millisecond over your competitors’ speeds could mean a lost customer. The good news is, there’s a way to test your speeds and to see just how your DNS speeds stack up against the competition.

How to Use DNS Speed Data to Improve Your Network Performance

With PerfOps, you can measure your DNS speeds against multiple providers using a variety of variables, such as location, timeframe, ASNs, and more.

To get an idea of where your speeds stand globally, just select the providers you want to compare without selecting a location. For the example below, we chose 12 notable providers to compare speeds within the last 30 days.

What you see here is each provider’s speeds averaged for the world, which is a great starting point.

DNS Providers: Average Speeds Worldwide

To see an average world speed, choose the provider(s) you want to view, leave location as default (all continents), and group by Data Sources.

1. Cloudflare 10.28 ms

2. DNS Made Easy 20.08 ms

3. Constellix 20.09 ms

4. NS1 23.67 ms

5. UltraDNS 24.09 ms

6. Route53 30.39 ms

7. DNSimple 31.99 ms

8. GoDaddy  36.2 ms

9. Azure 37.18 ms

10. Dyn 38.69 ms

11. Google Cloud 48.59 ms

12. Akamai 74.15 ms

Compare Your DNS Speeds Based On Where Your Customers Are Located

The above example provides valuable insight into how you stack up against other providers, but is far from the bigger picture. Even if your speeds are higher when compared globally, don’t panic. Regional comparisons can tell you much more.

Let’s compare the same group of providers for North America.

DNS Providers: Average Speeds North America

1. Cloudflare 6.45 ms

2. DNS Made Easy 9.06 ms

3. Constellix 9.06 ms

4. NS1 9.63 ms

5. GoDaddy 12.51 ms

6. DNSimple 13.09 ms

7. UltraDNS 13.7 ms

8. Dyn 14.57 ms

9. Route53 17.85 ms

10. Azure 24.02 ms

11. Google Cloud 38.5 ms

12. Akamai 54.17 ms

Now let’s look at another example, this time, using Oceania.

DNS Providers: Average Speeds Oceania

1. DNS Made Easy 14.73 ms

2. Constellix 14.73 ms

3. Cloudflare 18.71 ms

4. DNSimple 29.14 ms

5. NS1 31.35 ms

6. UltraDNS 35.33 ms

7. Route53 48.89 ms

8. Azure 60.81 ms

9. Dyn 67.42 ms

10. GoDaddy 126.49 ms

11. Akamai 130.95 ms

12. Google Cloud 132.07 ms

As you can see, speeds change when specifying location and rankings fluctuate too. But this tool isn’t just good for seeing how your speeds compare to other providers.

Identify Weak Spots in Your Network

PerfOps also helps you identify regions where your network could use improvement or help pinpoint areas that need troubleshooting. For example, if your speeds in a region have been at a consistent speed, but then suddenly increase, this can be an indication that something is amiss.

To analyze only your speed and performance, you would only select your Provider name and then choose the region(s) you want to see.

Let’s say you want to see your speeds for all regions for comparison. Select the option in PerfOps to group by continent and you will see a result similar to the one below. In this example, we used Route 53.

Test DNS Speeds by Nameserver

By the graph above, you can immediately tell that the slowest performing speeds are in Africa (shown in green). And while speeds in other continents are relatively consistent, Africa demonstrates inconsistencies. To identify which nameserver is experiencing slower speeds, just turn the option for name servers to ON.

This graph shows a clear difference between one nameserver that is affecting the overall speed average in Africa. PerfOps even tells you which nameserver, which makes troubleshooting and/or improving speeds easier.

Regularly Test and Compare Your DNS Speeds for Optimal Performance

Regularly testing and comparing your speeds in PerfOps can ensure you catch issues quickly and eliminate unnecessary latency. It also reveals areas where your network can use improvements and shows where you stand when compared to other providers.

Reston, VA, December 2, 2021 – Tiggee LLC, parent company of DNS Made Easy and Constellix has announced the acquisition of PerfOps and its enterprise data monitoring suite. Adding PerfOps to the Tiggee family enhances the company’s position in the DNS and Cloud industry and will allow Tiggee to leverage its direct knowledge and 20-plus years of experience to increase the effectiveness and value of PerfOps for the industry as a whole.

The acquisition included retaining PerfOps employees, which was important to the previous investors and current CEO Filip Bujas, as well as new owner Steven Job, who values the skill and experience the PerfOps team brings to Tiggee.

“The PerfOps team did an outstanding job with establishing this platform as an industry leader in the network performance monitoring market,” says Max Moldenhauer, Managing Partner of Sunfish, previous majority shareholder of PerOps. “After taking over as CEO in 2020, Filip Bujas and his team managed to grow monthly revenues by 500% in just over 12 months. Sunfish Partners and Finch Capital were happy to actively support PerfOps during its entire journey, including finding a perfect new home for the platform under the Tiggee LLC umbrella.”

Speaking on the company’s success and future direction, current CEO Filip Bujas says: “Even with our growing success, as time went on, we realized that for PerfOps to reach its full potential, we needed a new partner with the right vision and expertise. We found that partner in Steven Job, owner and president of Tiggee LLC. This acquisition provided PerfOps with the financial support, technical experience, and leadership that it needed. Steven’s vision and commitment to transparency matched our ideals. I can say with confidence that current and future PerfOps customers are very lucky, as this acquisition will allow us to continue our mission, but with more direction and time for steady and long-term, planned development.”

Tiggee is dedicated to providing accurate and unbiased DNS, CDN, and Cloud metrics available to everyone. The company plans to continually expand and upgrade all aspects of the PerfOps platform and has already implemented new features such as DNS checks over TCP or UDP, including DNSSEC, and the ability to check from numerous record types. Development is also in the works for tools that will further guide IT teams in troubleshooting and pinpointing root causes of server and network issues quickly and efficiently.

“This is a perfect acquisition of teams with similar interests and desires. Both companies have the desire to increase the digital experience for all users on the internet; by providing reliable tools that help service providers increase performance and uptime,” says Steven Job. “DNS Made Easy and Constellix have over 22 years of enterprise service level offerings.  Adding a company like PerfOps to our portfolio strengthens our already leading position as being the most trusted solution for multi-CDN and multi-Cloud service.”

Along with its premium options, the PerfOps suite includes its free analytics resources DNSPerf, CDNPerf, and CloudPerf which will remain as free services for the whole of the internet. . Each resource in the PerfOps suite is designed to help providers and on-prem companies improve their network performance, speeds, and to make the lives of IT professionals easier.

“PerfOps is the industry leader in CDN and DNS benchmarking. With such a vast RUM and synthetic testing network, PerfOps offers the perfect combination of analytics and data-based marketing solutions for network services providers. Large industry players, such as Akamai, Nominet UK, Limelight, and Tencent are premium PerfOps’ customers, and our free platform is utilized by countless companies, including Google, Cloudflare, and Discovery Channel to name a few” says PerfOps CEO Filip Bujas.

With Tiggee’s and PerfOps’ combined experience and collection of DNS and CDN data, the industry as a whole will have the ability to access new and invaluable network information and troubleshooting tools that will help them strengthen their own networks. Tiggee and its subsidiaries, DNS Made Easy and Constellix, are always looking toward the future and evolving their services based on customers’ needs. User experience is pivotal in Tiggee’s expansion plans, as well as its decisions to improve and develop new DNS technologies and solutions.

About Tiggee LLC

Tiggee LLC, parent company of DNS Made Easy and Constellix, was founded in 1999 by Steven Job to improve internet reliability and the online experience as a whole. Tiggee is an industry leader in global IP Anycast enterprise DNS services that provides advanced DNS, Multi-Cloud, and Multi-CDN services for organizations worldwide.

Connect with Tiggee at www.tiggee.com. To learn more about DNS, Multi-cloud, or Multi-CDN services, visit Tiggee subsidiaries DNS Made Easy, Constellix, and PerfOps.

For more information contact our Senior Director of Brand Marketing:
Jessica Belvedere
Connect on LinkedIn
+1-240-803-2750
Jbelvedere@tiggee.com

• PerfOps is the industry leader in CDN and DNS benchmarking

• Unbiased data and metrics for providers and networks

• Development is in the works for tools to guide IT teams in troubleshooting and pinpointing root causes of server and network issues quickly and efficiently.

In our last blog, we spotlighted the Oceania region and showed you how you can use DNSPerf and PerfOps to compare providers. Today, we’ll be focusing on Africa, the top providers there, and how you can use this data to make better DNS business decisions for your domain. This will give you greater insight into your current or potential provider’s performance.

You should have the fastest, highest-quality DNS for regions you cater to most.

Why DNS Speeds and Performance are Crucial Global Businesses

Africa currently makes up approximately 3% of the global GDP, but experts predict that there will be $5.6 trillion in business opportunities in Africa by 2025. The continent is home to over 1.2 billion people, the majority of which falls into the working-age demographic, and is one of the most resource-rich areas on the planet. With the rapidly growing telecommunications platforms and agribusinesses, organizations need to focus on DNS performance in this region more than ever before.

The Top 5 Strongest Countries in Africa based on GDP in 2021

When it comes to the world economy, Africa is exhibiting fast GDP growth in several markets. Below are the top 5 producers:

Nigeria - 514 billion

Egypt - 394 billion

South Africa - 330 billion

Algeria - 151 billion

Morocco - 124 billion

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You already know you need fast DNS in Africa. We’re going to show you how to get it.

DNSPerf: Free DNS Provider Data Performance

DNSPerf is the leading source for free, easy-to-read DNS data. As soon as you hit the homepage, you’ll see a table of DNS providers ranked by raw performance/world by default.

But you need a more accurate picture of DNS performance in Africa.

To achieve this, all you need to do is choose Africa from the Location dropdown menu. Once you’ve done this, you’ll see provider query speeds for Africa only. Anything depicted in green is considered acceptable by industry standards. Orange denotes less than ideal speeds. Providers in the red are struggling with query resolutions in the region.

Of course, the lower the query speed the better, and providers in the top 10 are more likely to provide the best performing DNS in Africa. While there are other factors to consider, this is a good rule of thumb to go by when reviewing your current provider’s performance or when you’re shopping for a new one.

But you should have top DNS speeds and quality:

DNS Quality is Just as Important as Speed

Speed is just one aspect of your DNS performance. You also want to take the quality of DNS into consideration. To do this, just click on Quality in the menu bar. When you view by quality, rankings shift, as you’ll see in the gif below. For Africa, Limelight was ranked #1 in raw performance, but it dropped to #27 in terms of quality. Exoscale DNS, Constellix, and DNS Made Easy were the only providers that stayed in the top 10, with Exoscale rising from 10  to #1.

Uptime: 24/7 Reliability is Crucial for Your Domain

Okay, so we covered speed and quality. But there’s one more major factor to consider: Uptime. If your DNS provider isn’t reliable in Africa, where you conduct all, or a significant amount of your business, speed and quality means less.

The fact is, you should be able to count on your DNS provider to keep you online.

Let’s take a look at how sorting by Uptime gives you even greater insight into DNS providers’ performances in Africa. In the gif below, you’ll see yet another shift in rankings.

Another convenient feature of DNSPerf is that you can view historical data performance as well. Doing this will give you a better understanding of a provider’s performance over a significant period of time.

PerfOps: Premium DNS Data

If you need a higher level of detail, the ability to troubleshoot latency, or want to compare multiple providers, PerfOps offers the most comprehensive insights in the industry.

With PerfOps premium data, you can achieve faster speeds even if you’re struggling with your own network or that of your current provider.

See the difference for yourself:

The graph below compares the top 10 DNS providers in Africa (based on raw performance in the example above). This shows you the DNS performance by day for each of the providers for a 30-day window. If you hover over the graph, it also gives you a list of each provider’s speeds.

We grouped by data sources in this example, but you can also group by:

• Continents
• Countries
• US States
• Cities
• ASN
• ISP

Here’s an example of how it looks when grouped by continents:

Along with graphs that compare speed and performance, you can also view the raw data logs of each provider. This is invaluable for troubleshooting and identifying weak points for servers in a network.

There are a plethora of ways to view and sort the DNS data you need in PerfOps. And what we’ve shown you here is just the tip of the iceberg! But don’t worry, we’ll be releasing a full series of blogs breaking down how PerfOps can help you.

Top 10 DNS Providers for Africa

Here is a list of the top 10 performing DNS providers in Africa in the last 30 days of this writing (based on raw performance):

1. Limelight DNS
2. Gransy AnycastDNS
3. Zilore
4. Wordpress.com
5. Rage4
6. Constellix
7. DNS Made Easy
8. Cloudflare
9. RcodeZero
10. Exoscale DNS

H3 It Starts with the Data: Choosing the Best DNS Provider For Your Organization Shouldn’t Be a Guessing Game

PerfOps free and premium tools are an unbiased way to make DNS decisions. With data on speed, performance, uptime, and quality you can validate provider-made claims about their network and narrow down your choices based on the unique needs of your organization. With our premium options, you can troubleshoot latency issues, identify weak spots, and more. DNS is critical to the online marketplace. You should have all the information you need to make informed decisions and improve your DNS at your fingertips.  

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Australia (Oceania): Have You Checked Your DNS Performance Lately?

Any organization with an online presence understands the importance of its website. That’s why companies invest thousands of dollars in design, user interface (UI) development, and site optimization.

But that’s only part of the puzzle.

Your website or online application can have all the bells and whistles, but if you aren’t fully optimizing your DNS, you’re losing money—plain and simple. Luckily, there are tools that can help your organization make the most of its domain strategy.

The first step is to get to know your current or potential DNS provider a little better. In this blog, we’ll show you how.

DNSPerf: The Industry’s Leading Source in Free DNS Provider Performance Data

As soon as you land on the homepage for DNSPerf, you’re greeted with a table of DNS providers ranked by raw performance for the world in the last 30 days. This is a great start.

But what if your business caters to people in a specific region?

Let’s say you operate an organization that exclusively (or mostly) services Australia or New Zealand. While helpful, the default “world” view isn’t giving you the most accurate picture. To compare DNS providers for the area that matters most to your business, you would want to select Oceania as the location.

Why is this important?

For starters, there are more than 43 million people in the Oceania region—that is about 0.54% of the world’s population. If your organization conducts most of its business here, you want to ensure your DNS provider has fast and reliable service that’s as close as possible to your consumers.

As you can see in the example above, provider ranks and speeds vary considerably when you switch from “World” to “Oceania.”

If you are comparing providers, you can see which has top speeds (in milliseconds) for that region. The higher on the list, the faster the DNS performance. Speeds color-coded in green are considered acceptable by industry standards. Those in orange are slightly below average, and providers in the red are severely under-performing.  

DNS Quality: Fastest Doesn’t Always Mean Best When it Comes to DNS

Speed is critical for query resolution, but the quality of your DNS service is just as important. While we have the option of comparing uptime between providers, we also measure the quality of service. Quality reflects the availability of a DNS provider’s individual nameservers. A single server failure puts more stress on other servers in a network, which in turn, can negatively affect your domain. Quality history is a good indicator of how reliable and strong a provider really is.

If you examine the data from a quality perspective, you’ll often see provider rankings shift. While Exoscale and Sectigo were number one in speeds in the last 30 days (as of this writing), Azure, Constellix, and DNS Made Easy were the top three-ranking providers in quality. Consistency is key, though, which is why you can view data from previous months, up to two years. For example, in October of 2020 and November 2019, Azure, Cloudflare, and Constellix were in the top three.

PerfOps: The #1 Premium DNS Data Source

If you thought the above information was cool, you haven’t seen anything yet! PerfOps’ premium data resources provide comprehensive insights into DNS performance that can be fine-tuned to your exact specifications.

Check out the difference.

The following graph shows a comparison of eight different providers. Not only do you see how they stack up against each other, but you also see how steady the performance of each provider was during the period selected (last 30 days).

You can also get historical views of provider performance in 30-day increments or get as laser-focused as a specific day and time.

For an even deeper dive, you can view data based on each providers’ individual nameservers rather than the combined data.

But guess what? It gets better.

Along with the graphs for speed and performance comparisons, you can also view the raw data logs of each provider to further pinpoint their strengths and weaknesses.

A Real-world Example of Using PerfOps Data

For example purposes, let’s say you’re an NS1 user and you’ve been getting customer complaints about load times in Sydney. Considering nearly 12% of the Oceania region and 19% of Australia’s population live in this city, you want to get to the bottom of any noticeable latency issues.  If your site is fully optimized for the web, you might think there’s nothing you can do. But with PerfOps, you’ll have access to data that can help identify potential culprits on the DNS side.

When you run a PerfOps performance check for Oceania, you’ll quickly notice that one of NS1’s servers is underperforming in comparison to some of their own nameservers (as well as other providers if you included them in the check). For instance, in Sydney, DNS4.P01.NSONE.NET resolves in 7 ms, but DNS1.P01.NSONE.NET takes 106 ms. Since NS1’s nameservers have been ranging from 2-48 ms in Sydney for the last 30 days, this could indicate a problem in their network. Now, you can provide NS1 with specific information, such as date, time, node IP, and round trip time (RTT) of request, which can be used to troubleshoot the issue on their end.

Top 10 DNS Providers for Australia and the Oceania Region

While there are many factors that affect DNS speed and performance, the data doesn’t lie. Here are the top 10 DNS providers for the Oceania region.

1. Exoscale DNS
2. Sectigo
3. Constellix
4. DNS Made Easy
5. WordPress.com
6. Rage4
7. Gransy AnycastDNS
8. Cloudflare
9. Digital Ocean
10. Softlayer

Choosing the Best DNS Provider For Your Organization Should Start with Data

With these free and premium tools, you can make DNS decisions that truly fit the unique needs of your organization—and pinpoint potential issues with your current provider’s network. With unbiased data on speeds, uptime, and performance quality at your fingertips, you can narrow down your prospects and confidently shop for DNS providers based on solutions and scalability.

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