CDN vs Web Hosting: What Each Does for Your Website
Compare origin hosting and distributed delivery through practical static-site, CMS, and application examples, with a clear process for choosing a setup.
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Fundamentals
Understand the relationship between an origin, a content delivery network, and the people visiting your website. Start here before comparing features or changing DNS.
Choose a guide below, then follow its practical examples and related reading. Each article links to a primary technical reference so you can check the underlying guidance.
Journal guides
What Is a CDN? A Practical Guide to Content Delivery
Follow a request from browser to edge and origin, then learn which content is safe to cache and what to verify before expanding CDN coverage.