Shared and Dedicated
Two things decide what you can use: whose edges carry your services, and whose
addresses they answer on. The protection itself (pipeline, rules, rate limits, WAF,
cache, TLS, logs, API) is the same everywhere.
Edges
|
Shared |
Dedicated edges |
| Edges |
our anycast edges |
reserved for you, in our datacenters or at your site |
| Locations |
FRA1, FRA2, EYL1 |
your choice |
| vServices |
one order per FQDN, plus up to 20 aliases |
up to 100 per account, you create and delete them; aliases unlimited |
| Flow export, Upstream figures, escalation above the edge |
— |
agreed per site, see Sites |
| Branding |
challenge and error page text |
full white-label |
| Billing |
per order, price list |
per edge node and per vService (highest count in the billing period), plus traffic |
Addresses
|
Shared anycast |
Own prefixes (dedicated prefix or BYOIP) |
| Address of a vService |
one anycast IPv4 and IPv6, pool EU or DE (Germany only, on request) |
from your own /24 IPv4 and /48 IPv6, or your prefix over AS215197 |
| IP pools: assign, release, move, swap, rotate, block addresses |
— |
yes |
| Standby prefixes you announce yourself |
— |
yes, validated by us in advance |
| Edges |
shared |
shared or dedicated |
| Billing |
with the vService |
BYOIP on shared edges: per active vService (highest count in the billing period), plus traffic; the prefixes are free |
How a vService comes and goes
|
Shared |
Own prefixes on shared edges (BYOIP) |
Dedicated edges |
| Create |
order it with its FQDN in the customer portal; it appears in the portal and in GET /services |
POST /services (or Services → Add vService): address from one of your prefixes, on our edges at every site that announces it, live at once |
POST /services (or Services → Add vService): on your edges, address from your pool, live at once |
| Configure |
PATCH /services/{fqdn} and the endpoints of each configuration page |
same |
same |
| Remove |
cancel the order |
DELETE /services/{fqdn} (or Advanced → Delete vService) |
same |
| Who |
the account that ordered |
the main account of your company only |
the main account of your company only |
POST /services and DELETE /services/{fqdn} answer 403 for a Shared account. Setting up
dedicated edges, own prefixes or flow export goes through support.