Speed up your websites, applications and downloads
Low Latency Worldwide
With Gcore CDN, your users will reach your app as if the hosting is always located in the same location as they are.
Dynamic Content Acceleration
Our dynamic content acceleration makes web applications smoother and more responsive, speeding up the delivery time of generated content.
Outstanding Availability
Gcore CDN can easily protect the server from overloading during unexpected traffic surges or denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
Advanced functionality
IPv4 / IPv6
Our entire infrastructure supports both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols
Global network
We invest in our global network to free you from having to buy expensive infrastructure.
180+ PoPs
worldwide
200+ Tbps
network capacity
30 ms
avg. latency worldwide
85%
avg. cache hit ratio
2,000,000
requests per seconds
14 Tbps
daily peak bandwidth
Use Cases
Web Applications & E-commerce
Improved website speedAcceleration of the dynamically-generated assetsImage compression and transformation on-the-flyInstant playback for your product videoAvailability during traffic surges and DDoS-attacksTLS encryption and access controlGames & Software Assets
200 Tbps of global network capacityContent prefetchingLarge file delivery optimizationCache sharding for better latencyOrigin server shieldingVideo Streaming
200 Tbps of global network capacityReduced TTFB for instant playbackBetter connectivity for stream integrityMicro-segmented caching for live videoRAM caching for live videoPublic and restricted access controlOrigin server shielding
Optimized for video streaming
Gcore CDN is an optimized solution well-suited for video-on-demand (VOD) and live streaming.
Image Optimization as a Service
Image Stack by Gcore is a cloud-based image optimization tool that helps website owners and web developers simplify their working routines. It helps cut bandwidth costs and improve user experience by just applying small changes in URL query strings and your website settings.
Convert to WebP, AVIF
Compressing images in WebP or AVIF formats could deliver up to 85% file size savings at a given quality level.
Control image quality
Set the quality level for your website images, thereby controlling the webpage load speed and the amount of transmitting CDN traffic.
Resize images
It allows you to reduce your original image's height, width, and scale by adding just a few query strings.
Crop images
It allows you to reduce the excessive image area beyond the established parameters and deliver it to the users.
Extended API and DevOps-Ready
Gcore CDN is ready to complement and enhance your infrastructure’s automation.
Extended API allows you to benefit from our CDN without impacting your regular operations.
Go to product docs → { "cname": "cdn.example.com","originGroup": 132,"origin": "example.com","secondaryHostnames": ["first.example.com","second.example.com"],"le_issue": true,"description": "My resource" } 
Built-in web security
- SSL/TLS Encryption
- Advanced access policies
- L3, L4, L7 DDoS mitigation
- Next-gen WAF
Protect your web application from unauthorized access and different denial-of-service (DDoS) attack vectors.
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LetzAI rapidly scales AI-powered image generation for global users
Everywhere Inference reduces the latency of our output and enhances the performance of AI-enabled apps, allowing us to optimize our workflows for more accurate, real-time results.Misch Strotz, CEO and co-founder, LetzAIA futuristic tram journey, blending reality and imagination, created with LetzAI. Destination: To the MoonLaunched as a skunkworks project from within Neon Internet, LetzAI is quickly becoming a go-to platform for high-quality AI-generated images. With a mission to democratize and personalize AI-powered image generation, it has emerged as one of the most popular and high-quality options on the market. To support its rapid growth and scale seamlessly, LetzAI partnered with Gcore for advanced AI and cloud infrastructure.Global GPU shortages threaten to derail a new AI image generation ideaIn 2023, Neon Internet CEO and co-founder Misch Strotz was struck by a clever idea: give Luxembourg residents the power to easily generate local images using AI. Within a month, Luxembourg-focused LetzAI V1 went live.Encouraged by strong local demand, Strotz and his team began working on a global version of the platform. The vision? An opt-in AI platform empowering brands, creators, artists, and individuals to unlock endless creative possibilities by adding their own images, art styles, and products. “Other AI platforms scrape the internet, incorporating people and their content without permission. We wanted to put the choice and power in each person’s hands,” Strotz explains.Before long, the team began working on V2. In addition to generating higher quality and more personalized AI-generated images, V2 would drive consistency across objects, characters, and styles. After uploading their own photos and creating their own models, users can blend them with other models created by the community to create an endless number of unique images.However, LetzAI faced a significant hurdle in training and launching V2—a global GPU shortage. With limited resources to train its models, LetzAI needed a reliable partner to help evolve its AI-driven platform and keep it operating smoothly.Finding a trusted, Europe-based AI partnerIn the search for a fitting partner, Strotz spoke to major vendors including hyperscalers and various Europe-based providers. Meeting Gcore’s product leadership team made the decision clear. “It was amazing to meet executives who were so knowledgeable about technology and took us seriously,” recalls Strotz.Gcore’s approach to data security and sovereignty further solidified the decision. “We needed a trusted partner who shared our commitment to European data protection principles, which we incorporated into the development of our platform” he continues.Maximizing AI efficiency by training on local GPUsLetzAI opted for Gcore’s state-of-the-art NVIDIA H100 GPUs in Luxembourg. “This was the perfect option, allowing us to keep our model training and development local. With Gcore, we can rent GPUs rather than entire servers, making it a far more cost-effective solution by avoiding unnecessary costs like excess storage and idle server capacity,” Strotz explains. This approach provided flexibility, efficiency, and high performance, tailored specifically for AI workloads.LetzAI was able to adapt its app to run in containers, configure model training tasks to run on GPU Cloud, and use Everywhere Inference for image generation and upscaling. “Everywhere Inference reduces the latency of our output and enhances the performance of AI-enabled apps, allowing us to optimize our workflows for more accurate, real-time results,” Strotz says.In just two months, LetzAI V2 launched to serve users around the world. And Strotz and team were already developing its successor.Empowering creativity with scalable, high-performance AI infrastructureWith Gcore’s continued support, LetzAI quickly deployed V3. “The Gcore team was incredibly responsive to our needs, guiding us to the best solution for our evolving requirements. This has given us a powerful and efficient infrastructure that can flex according to demand,” says Strotz.Running V3 on Gcore means LetzAI users experience fast, reliable performance. Artists, individuals, and brands are already putting V3 to use in interesting ways. For example, in response to what LetzAI calls its ‘AI Challenges’, a Luxembourg restaurant chain prompted residents to create thousands of images using its model of a pizza.In another example, LetzAI teamed with digital agency LOOP to dress PUMA’s virtual influencer and avatar, Laila, in a Moroccan soccer jersey. According to Strotz, “PUMA had struggled to make clothing look realistic on Laila. When they saw our images, they said the result was 1,000 times better than anything they had tried.”That wasn’t the only brand intrigued by V3’s possibilities. After LetzAI posted V3-generated images of models wearing Sloggi underwear, Sloggi’s creative agency STAN Studios asked LetzAI to generate more images for market testing.Always looking for new ways to support creators, LetzAI also launched its Image Upscaler feature, which enhances images and doubles their resolution. “Our creators can now resolve common AI image issues around quality and resolution. Everywhere Inference is pivotal in delivering the power and speed needed for these dynamic image enhancements,” notes Strotz.Platform evolution and AI innovation without limitsAs its models exceed user expectations worldwide, LetzAI can rely on Gcore to handle a high volume of requests. Confident about generating a limitless number of high-quality images on the fly, LetzAI can continue to scale rapidly to become a sustainable, innovation-driven business.“As we further evolve—such as by adding video features to our platform—our partnership with Gcore will be central to LetzAI’s continued success,” Strotz concludes.
fan.at expands audience reach and boosts subscription revenue by 133%
By expanding our game coverage, we’ve seen a surge in new subscriptions, leading to a 133% increase in revenue within just one quarter, which is a great result. Raphael Hollenstein, Senior Software Engineer at fan.at fan.at is a sports broadcaster and streaming platform for football and handball sporting events. The company’s website and mobile app offer sports fans hundreds of live streams of men’s, women’s, and youth games, plus on-demand videos, personalized feeds, highlights, news, voting, live ticker, player statistics, and match results. Viewers can enjoy live streams and replays of games from major leagues and championships like the Bundesliga, Premier League, and Gold Cup. With video content from 50,000 games played by 15,000 teams per season, fan.at delivers high-volume broadcasts to an engaged and growing viewer base. Lacking scalability to support multi-stream delivery fan.at wanted to meet the growing demand for more game coverage, expanding beyond major national leagues to include smaller regional clubs and junior leagues. The company faced a significant challenge in adding these live streams. “Our previous streaming partner could not support our plans to scale, so we initially brought the technology in-house. This meant that we needed to establish a new streaming setup and supporting infrastructure under tight deadlines,” said Raphael Hollenstein, Senior Software Engineer at fan.at. While the company had automated cameras installed at football and handball venues to record games, it lacked the necessary infrastructure to efficiently ingest, transcode, and deliver multiple streams to its growing audience. This prompted the team to explore external solutions. “When we spoke to providers, many couldn’t offer the functionality we needed, like graphical overlays and sponsor inserts, while others were simply too expensive for managing multiple simultaneous streams. It wasn’t a scalable option,” explained Hollenstein. fan.at turned to Gcore for a solution that could support its current and future growth plans, attracted by features like free encoding, which significantly reduces costs. Gcore offered all the essential functionality, including simultaneous live streaming of multiple matches, video-on-demand (VOD), the ability to add sponsor inserts and overlays, and the option to create and edit video clips using the API. fan.at selected Gcore Video Streaming and CDN due to its high-quality, low-latency performance, scalability, and global reach—all of which were essential for supporting the broadcaster’s expansion plans and meeting the demands of additional streams and a larger audience. Delivering game-changing sports coverage to a global audience fan.at integrated Gcore Video Streaming and CDN into its existing workflow, enabling a smooth transition that strengthened its streaming capabilities without disruption. “The Gcore implementation was seamless, and the platform provides everything we need in one place, from live ingest to low-latency global delivery,” said Hollenstein. “It’s been a game-changer, allowing us to focus on scaling our content without the technical hurdles.” Using Gcore’s fast and flexible CDN, fan.at can deliver large, continuous data streams with minimal buffering and latency for an uninterrupted viewing experience. “With Gcore, we no longer have to worry about transcoding our media,” said Hollenstein. “Gcore’s solution automatically converts video files between formats so that our content is always delivered at the highest quality and accessible to all viewers, regardless of internet stability, bandwidth, resolution, or screen size.” With the right technology foundations in place, fan.at could install over 130 additional cameras at sports venues, successfully expanding coverage of smaller regional club games. The efficient management of these additional streams by Gcore made the expansion process simple and hassle-free for the team. Meeting customer demand for these games unlocked new financial opportunities for the broadcaster. “By expanding our game coverage, we’ve seen a surge in new subscriptions, leading to a 133% increase in revenue within just one quarter, which is a great result,” Hollenstein notes. Elevating live sports viewing experience and fan engagement Fast clip creation is crucial for enriching the game experience and broadening audience reach on social media. “We use the API to create instant highlight videos from live streams, which is exactly what we needed,” said Hollenstein. “We can produce clips almost instantaneously, which is crucial when managing up to 300 cameras during peak weekends.” The ability to create short videos for social media has also helped to grow brand awareness and interaction. “Within four months of implementing Gcore, social media engagement with video content rose by 43%, and video views on Instagram increased by 64%,” added Hollenstein. Gcore enables fan.at to create customizable graphical overlays, superimposing information like scores, player stats, and logos directly onto the footage. This feature offers fans additional context that complements the on-field action and improves the viewing experience. The broadcaster can also insert HTML overlays like sponsor banners, alerts, and a time clock into live streams, enhancing visual appeal and engagement. Streamlining broadcast operations and reducing streaming costs fan.at streamlined operations and reduced costs by consolidating its streaming infrastructure with Gcore’s integrated transcoding and VOD storage solutions, eliminating the need for multiple providers. We’ve seen a 13% reduction in VOD storage costs and an 85% decrease in transcoding expenses compared to our previous providers. Raphael Hollenstein, Senior Software Engineer at fan.at Additionally, Gcore’s automated video streaming and production workflows saved the engineering team 500 working hours over four months, further enhancing operational efficiency. Continued innovation to grow and engage a diverse audience By partnering with Gcore, fan.at has successfully expanded its broadcast capabilities beyond major leagues to include coverage of football games from smaller clubs, reaching a wider audience. The collaboration enabled the broadcaster to meet growing demand, optimize streaming performance, and enhance viewer engagement. Looking ahead, fan.at plans to rely on Gcore to add live commentary, innovate further with video editing, and explore new interactive features to continue delivering high-quality entertainment to an ever-growing audience.
Fawkes Games Thwarts DDoS Attacks for Seamless Gaming Experiences
Founded in 2022, Fawkes Games Ltd is a European indie gaming studio known for publishing popular massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) such as Shaiya and Last Chaos. The company’s mission is to breathe new life into forgotten games and reignite passion within their communities. When faced with significant cybersecurity challenges, Fawkes partnered with Gcore to implement a robust DDoS protection solution, ensuring exceptional gaming experiences for players worldwide. Rising Popularity Attracts Persistent Cyber Threats Fawkes offers end-to-end game operations services, including hosting, community building, user acquisition, retention, and streamlining user feedback. In 2023, the company faced a series of sophisticated DDoS attacks, resulting in service disruptions and a decline in player satisfaction. The attacks began as persistent short bursts and escalated into vast connection floods, peaking at 2 Tbps. The company’s existing security provider was unable to manage the scale and multi-vector nature of these attacks, which bypassed conventional security measures, causing significant disruption to the company’s operations. “From the moment we went live, our servers were under constant threat. We were bombarded with attacks that overwhelmed our infrastructure and affected gameplay. The attacks demanded a significant portion of our resources, with up to 30% of our engineering time dedicated to DDoS mitigation alone,” explains Nico, Operations Director at Fawkes. The attacks not only strained the company’s resources but also jeopardized its reputation for delivering stable and immersive gaming environments. Tailored Countermeasures to Combat Sophisticated DDoS Attacks Fawkes needed a robust security solution that could handle persistent and constantly evolving DDoS attacks. After evaluating various options, the company selected Gcore as the ideal partner to bolster its security posture. Gcore’s distributed network infrastructure and advanced technologies, including its user datagram protocol (UDP) challenge-response system, aligned perfectly with the team’s requirements for neutralizing large-scale DDoS attacks. “Gcore’s features enabling us to limit connections per IP and implement user challenge protections were exactly what we needed,” comments Ivan, Technical Director at Fawkes. Deploying Gcore DDoS Protection marked a turning point for Fawkes. Gcore developed a tailored defense strategy with protocol-specific countermeasures that were integrated into Fawkes’ infrastructure using a proxy server. The integration process was seamless and efficient, minimizing disruptions and quickly fortifying the company’s defenses. Mitigating DDoS Attacks with Ease and Increasing Operational Efficiency The results were immediate and impactful, both for the company and its global gaming community. With Gcore DDoS Protection in place, Fawkes successfully thwarted multiple botnet attacks. Gcore’s mitigation systems effectively neutralized these attacks before they ever reached Fawkes’ infrastructure, ensuring that services remained flawless and uninterrupted. “Since implementing Gcore, we’ve successfully mitigated massive DDoS attacks without our players experiencing any disruption, underscoring the exceptional performance and reliability of our services,” says Nico. The implementation of Gcore DDoS Protection not only ensured service stability but also marked a significant improvement in operational efficiency at Fawkes. The reduction in time spent on DDoS mitigation freed up valuable resources for game development and community engagement initiatives. “With Gcore, we’ve achieved a newfound stability in our operations, which has undoubtedly enhanced the gaming experience of our player community,” comments Ivan. A Strategic Partner to Stay Ahead of Security Threats The strategic collaboration between Fawkes and Gcore extends beyond immediate problem-solving. Through regular updates and strategic discussions, Gcore proactively assists Fawkes in staying ahead of potential cybersecurity threats. “Open communication with Gcore, including during attacks, provides us with peace of mind and confidence in our security measures,” concludes Nico. Gcore has enabled Fawkes to overcome complex cybersecurity challenges, secure game operations, and reinforce its commitment to providing an outstanding gaming experience to player communities worldwide. Looking ahead, this partnership underscores the critical role of advanced cybersecurity in the ever-evolving landscape of online gaming.
How Sandbox Interactive Uses Gcore’s Cloud for Expanding Albion Online in Asia-Pacific Region
Sandbox Interactive is a Berlin-based game development studio that specializes in creating massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs). One of their most popular games, Albion Online, is a fantasy sandbox MMORPG featuring full-loot combat, a player-driven economy, and a classless “you are what you wear” skill system. The game is fully cross-platform, playable on PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android with a single account, and is localized into numerous languages including Japanese, Korean, Traditional/Simplified Chinese, and Indonesian. Albion Online has a global player base, and Sandbox Interactive decided to expand their game to the Asia-Pacific region to offer faster connection speeds and better ping for players throughout Australia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. The Challenge Sandbox Interactive faced a significant challenge when expanding Albion Online to the Asia-Pacific region. The company needed to ensure that the game’s infrastructure could support the high volume of data and traffic generated by players in the region. The company also needed to optimize the game’s performance to provide a seamless experience for players in the region. Additionally, Sandbox Interactive needed a cloud provider that could ensure secure and fast connectivity between different data centers for the seamless synchronization of data across different locations. The Solution Sandbox Interactive turned to Gcore, a leading cloud provider that offers a managed Kubernetes platform to support high-volume critical data projects. Gcore implemented the following Managed Kubernetes solutions to support Sandbox Interactive’s Big Data project. Deployment of Elasticsearch Cluster on Kubernetes in the Gcore Cloud Elasticsearch is a powerful open-source search and analytics engine that can be used to search, analyze, and visualize data in real-time. With Elasticsearch, Sandbox Interactive can store and process large volumes of data generated by players in the Asia-Pacific region, and quickly search and analyze this data to improve the game’s performance. Automated Container Management with Managed Kubernetes Platform Insta-scaling to help Sandbox Interactive easily scale their infrastructure, create new containers, and remove unwanted resources Ability to restart and update containers Continuous monitoring of container status Load balancing for control over the traffic and distribution of resources among the containers Deployment and updating of confidential information and application configurations without changing container images or exposing data Storage and management of confidential information such as passwords, OAuth tokens, and SSH keys The Results By using Gcore’s cloud platform, Sandbox Interactive was able to expand Albion Online to the Asia-Pacific region and offer a seamless gaming experience to millions of players in the region. The new server, Albion East, provides much faster connection speeds, better ping, and lower latency for players throughout Australia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. Additionally, the timings of game and server events, such as territory battles, Crystal League, Faction Warfare, maintenance, etc., are optimized for the region’s time-zones, making the game more accessible to millions of players in the Asia-Pacific region. The partnership between Sandbox Interactive and Gcore is a great example of how cloud providers can support high-volume critical data projects such as the EOSC platform. With Gcore’s managed Kubernetes platform, Sandbox Interactive was able to address their key challenges business challenges: Store and process large volumes of data generated by players Quickly search and analyze this data to improve the game’s performance Ensure secure and fast connectivity between different data centers for the seamless synchronization of data across different locations Additionally, Gcore’s onsite support engineers ensured quick resolution of unforeseen issues. One such issue resulted in a sudden increase in latency in the leased line. The cause was a cut fiber that affected the backbone provider who operates the line. Gcore immediately provided Sandbox Interactive with a second leased line that is operated by a different provider as a fallback solution. Gcore also implemented an automatic fallback to an IPsec tunnel in case the leased line were to suddenly fail completely. Gcore’s support was instrumental in successfully expanding our game to the new region. They were always available to discuss and agree on our requirements in person and provided a dedicated team of project managers and engineers. We highly recommend Gcore as the best choice for anyone seeking reliable cloud services. David Salz CTO & Co-Founder of Sandbox Interactive Sign up for Gcore Cloud
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