NS1

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NS1 excels in intelligent DNS and traffic management, and can work with CDN or multi-CDN architectures to select the appropriate delivery path for different user requests. It is suited for teams that value resolution policy, traffic steering, and service availability, helping to enhance the entry-layer capabilities of content delivery.

CDNStatic content deliveryGlobal accelerationTraffic steeringIntelligent DNS

Overall Score

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Latency P50

52.00ms

Latency P95

73.84ms

Uptime

99.86%

Throughput P50

122.83 MB/s

Performance trend

Last 24 hours · P50 latency (ms)

Score Breakdown

Weighted Overall Score

Performance (40%)99

Reliability (30%)99

Coverage (20%)72

Security (Measured) (10%)70

Regional performance

Measured P50 latency per probe region · bubble color and size indicate latency

LatencyLowHigh

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Region	Latency P50	Uptime	Samples
Africa	107.00ms	99.62%	526
Asia	71.00ms	99.62%	1,295
Mainland China	81.00ms	99.77%	1,457
Europe	67.00ms	99.60%	1,052
North America	69.00ms	99.91%	1,174
Oceania	92.00ms	99.59%	607
South America	97.00ms	99.87%	688

Security score

Measured items contribute to the score; vendor claims are documented but not scored.

Measured Items

Automated Scan

TLS 1.3

No Weak Cipher Suites

Certificate Chain Integrity

HSTS

CSP

X-Content-Type-Options

HTTP/3 (QUIC)

OCSP Stapling

Declared Capabilities

Vendor-declared, not independently verified

WAFNot Available

DDoSNot configured

WAF / DDoS capabilities cannot be verified via active probing without crossing into attack behavior, so they are documented as vendor claims and excluded from the score.

Node Coverage

Claimed PoPs:0Probe-inferred, not an official full list

Node information is inferred through EDNS Client Subnet and Anycast probing for regional coverage evaluation. It does not represent an official full node list.

504 samplesUpdated 8/5/2026, 6:21:04 PM