MaxCDN

A well-regarded mid-market CDN provider known for developer accessibility and competitive pricing, positioned between enterprise-focused CDNs and bare-bones alternatives.

MaxCDN was a prominent content delivery network (CDN) provider founded in Los Angeles, California, that built a strong reputation among developers, digital publishers, and e-commerce businesses for its fast, reliable, and easy-to-use infrastructure. The company differentiated itself through straightforward pricing, a robust API, and tight integrations with popular platforms like WordPress, making it a go-to CDN solution for small-to-medium businesses and developers who needed enterprise-grade performance without enterprise-grade complexity. At its peak, MaxCDN served billions of requests daily across a globally distributed network of edge servers. In 2016, MaxCDN was acquired by StackPath, a Dallas-based edge computing and security platform that sought to consolidate CDN and edge services under a unified brand. Following the acquisition, MaxCDN's services and customer base were migrated into the StackPath platform, and the MaxCDN brand was gradually phased out. StackPath positioned itself as a next-generation edge platform combining CDN, WAF, and DDoS protection capabilities. StackPath itself later announced an end-of-life for its CDN services, meaning the infrastructure and customer relationships that originated with MaxCDN were ultimately wound down. MaxCDN's legacy endures in its influence on developer-centric CDN adoption and its role in popularizing affordable, high-performance content delivery for the broader web ecosystem.