F5 Distributed Cloud CDN

High-Performance Content Delivery via the F5 Global Network

Instant performance gains for your applications

Enhance your user experience with fast content delivery for web applications and APIs using the F5 Global Network and intelligent traffic steering.

Integrated CDN with One-Click Activation – Instantly enable CDN on existing applications with a seamless, integrated experience that simplifies onboarding and accelerates time to value.
Cacheability Insights for Targeted Enablement – Identify where CDN delivers the most impact with detailed app insights that highlight performance gains and cost savings potential.
Granular Cache Control with Lightning-Fast Purge – Fine-tune caching policies with precision and instantly invalidate content globally to maintain freshness without compromising performance.

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Decrease bandwidth and infrastructure costs with smart caching

Reduce origin and data transfer costs while accelerating performance with intelligent caching that maximizes edge delivery, lowers origin load, and minimizes egress traffic.

Origin Offload & Cost Efficiency – Serve content from the edge to reduce origin compute load, lower infrastructure costs, and improve scalability.
Egress & Bandwidth Optimization – Reduce egress data transfer costs by serving requests at the edge, minimizing origin fetches through intelligent compression and efficient global delivery.
Improved SEO Performance – Improve Core Web Vitals for better SEO rankings and faster user experiences that directly increase engagement and revenue.

Extend the reach of your apps and APIs with a global CDN

Leverage the F5 Global Network to deliver content closer to users with intelligent caching, granular control policies, and instant purge capabilities that reduce latency and ensure content freshness worldwide.

Global Edge Network – Deliver content from strategically distributed points of presence to minimize latency and provide fast, reliable access for users everywhere.

Product Overview

Accelerate content delivery across environments

F5 Distributed Cloud CDN provides a faster, more secure way to deliver applications and APIs through a unified delivery and security platform. Built into the F5 ADSP, it combines high-performance global content delivery with consistent WAAP policy enforcement from a single console. One-click activation accelerates adoption, while integrated observability and cacheability insights reduce operational overhead. The result: up to 50–80% faster page load times, lower origin load, and reduced cloud egress costs.

F5 Global PoPs

Manage and protect application workloads and cache content from points of presence (PoPs) on the F5 global network.

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Core Capabilities

Built on a high-performance, secure global private network, F5 Distributed Cloud CDN enables rich digital experiences for end users. Distributed Cloud CDN integrates with critical app security services to empower your organization as it pursues multi-cloud and edge-based initiatives.

Predictable caching benefits

Easily see cacheable content volume for your web apps.

Rapid cache purging

Sub-1 minute cache purging globally.

Custom caching rules

Start with smart defaults and make granular adjustments as needed.

Flexible caching deployment

Enable caching on a per-app basis, without routing all traffic through CDN.

Simplified enablement

Activate CDN directly in a load balancer with one click.

End-to-end observability

Monitor cache hits, bandwidth, and latency trends for every request.

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