CacheFly vs EdgeCast: What are the differences?

CacheFly: A leading content delivery network provider based in Chicago, IL. CacheFly is the world’s fastest Content Delivery Network (CDN), delivering rich-media content up to 10x faster than traditional delivery methods. Launched in 2002 as the first TCP anycast-based CDN, CacheFly pioneered the ability to deliver rich-media content faster and more reliably than traditional delivery methods; EdgeCast: The world's fastest and most reliable content delivery network. EdgeCast is a content delivery network (CDN) that helps companies accelerate and deliver static and dynamic content to end users around the world. Major customers include Yahoo!, Tumblr, Pinterest, Wordpress, and Imgur. The company has about 4,500 customers (as of June 2012) and carries about 5% of the world’s internet traffic.

CacheFly and EdgeCast can be primarily classified as "Content Delivery Network" tools.

Some of the features offered by CacheFly are:

• Up to 10x faster performance
• Lower bandwidth costs
• Scalable, on-demand capacity

On the other hand, EdgeCast provides the following key features:

• Caching- From whole sites to mobile, our acceleration and delivery services will bring you to the world's digital doorstep.
• Application Delivery- Accelerate delivery of your web applications and non-static content.
• Streaming- Flash, Silverlight, or HTTP – live or on-demand, we'll deliver it better than anyone.