Hive Streaming vs Windows Azure CDN comparison

Hive Streaming and Microsoft are both solutions in the CDN category. Hive Streaming is ranked #18, while Microsoft is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.0. Hive Streaming holds a 0.6% mindshare in CDN, compared to Microsoft’s 3.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Hive Streaming users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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93% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Hive Streaming

Ranking in CDN

18th

Average Rating

10.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Windows Azure CDN

Ranking in CDN

7th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the CDN category, the mindshare of Hive Streaming is 0.6%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Windows Azure CDN is 3.4%, up from 2.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

CDN Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Windows Azure CDN	3.4%
Hive Streaming	0.6%
Other	96.0%

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reviewer2231556

R&D Manager of Momindum at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

A stable platform that maximizes the business value of video streaming

Hive Streaming is used as we work with companies that have, most of the time, bad networks. We provide video and live streaming solutions for them. It's like YouTube, but for the enterprise. When the network is not really great, Hive helps to optimize the broadcast The optimization of the network…

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AlaaMadkhana

Pre Sales at eSense Software

Has provided exceptional performance for handling high web traffic

In my opinion, Windows Azure CDN is one of the best CDNs. We tried to replace it and made a business case to check other options such as Cloudflare, and we are using Cloudflare and tried Akamai, wanting to explore alternatives from OCI. One of the best features of Windows Azure CDN is that it has integrated WAF; it is not only CDN alone and it is a very smart and capable WAF. Windows Azure CDN is easily integrated with Azure services such as Azure Storage and Azure Web Apps, and sometimes we are using just Azure Front Door while the back end and database will be on OCI. The impact of Windows Azure CDN's dynamic content acceleration on our application performance is very significant. For one of our clients, we could not use anything other than Azure Front Door.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The optimization of the network is a valuable feature."

"One of the tool's best features is its ability to handle edge cases. For instance, we encountered a situation where we needed to remove certain files from public access. The solution offered a purge feature that allowed us to remove these files. This feature ensured that the files were deleted from all edge servers. Subsequently, we were able to upload new versions of the files."

"I enjoy engaging in discussions with colleagues possessing unique expertise. I leverage the three platforms—Azure, Google, and AWS extensively. This allows me to offer diverse solutions to customers, commonly referred to as a multi-cloud approach."

"The most valuable feature of Windows Azure CDN is its effectiveness."

"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that one can access Windows Azure CDN from anywhere."

"I like that CDN offers a routing feature."

"The fact that it just delivers what it is supposed to do is its most valuable feature...The initial setup is very straightforward."

"The UI is very intuitive."

"We use the product for faster content delivery with low latency."

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Cons

"Hive should let customers know about the carbon usage."

"Windows Azure CDN should lower its prices."

"Azure is continuously improving its CDN but the documentation should be up-to-date."

"There were a few bugs that were very disappointing. So, that is a part of the reason why we started using Fastly."

"The solution’s pricing could be improved."

"It is not a weakness of Windows Azure CDN; rather, it is the fact that it is outside Saudi Arabia, leading to some regulation issues."

"We have experienced issues with switch connectivity."

"The response time of the support team must be improved."

"They should include configuration for cache rules."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I rate the price of Windows Azure CDN a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is high."

"The solution's price depends on how much traffic you have. So, it was okay for us. Payments are to be made on a monthly basis since one has to pay for what they used."

"The solution's price is above the medium range."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a five out of ten."

"The tool's pricing is cheap."

"It comes at a relatively affordable cost."

"The pricing is extremely high, almost 9 out of 10."

"The tool's pricing is cheap."

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Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

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Large Enterprise

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	6

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One of the tool's best features is its ability to handle edge cases. For instance, we encountered a situation where we needed to remove certain files from public access. The solution offered a purg...

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In terms of pricing for Windows Azure CDN and the whole Microsoft products, you cannot compare networking alone or compute alone; you need a full solution.

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What needs improvement with Windows Azure CDN?

It is not a weakness of Windows Azure CDN; rather, it is the fact that it is outside Saudi Arabia, leading to some regulation issues. For computing, they could make a flex engine similar to other p...

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Overview

Hive Streaming allows you to reliably deliver video to any audience size in the highest quality and analyze the outcomes and trends of your video communication.

Hive Streaming

Windows Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) caches static web content at strategically placed locations to provide maximum throughput for delivering content to users. The CDN offers developers a global solution for delivering high-bandwidth content by caching the content at physical nodes across the world.

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