This topic describes how to get started with Alibaba Cloud CDN.
More details about Alibaba Cloud CDN
Purchase guide
You are billed for basic services (required) and value-added services (optional) in Alibaba Cloud CDN. Choose a metering method based on your business requirements. For more information, see Billing overview.
Alibaba Cloud CDN provides cost-effective resource plans. For more information, see Guidelines for choosing resource plans.
Quick start
The following figure shows how to get started with Alibaba Cloud CDN.

Determine the acceleration region
Visitor location | Acceleration performance | Acceleration region |
Chinese mainland | All requests are redirected to points of presence (POPs) that are deployed in the Chinese mainland. Requests from outside the Chinese mainland are redirected to POPs that are managed by China Telecom (East China Division). | Chinese Mainland Only |
Regions outside the Chinese mainland | All requests are redirected to POPs that are deployed outside the Chinese mainland. Requests from the Chinese mainland are redirected to POPs that are deployed in Japan, Singapore, or Hong Kong (China). | Global (Excluding the Chinese Mainland) |
Global | All requests are redirected to the nearest POPs. | Global |
Advanced features and best practices
For more information, see Console Guide and Best Practices.
Feedback and suggestions
If you have questions or suggestions about Alibaba Cloud CDN, you can report them through the following methods. Alibaba Cloud customer service will follow up on your feedback.
If you find errors in the documentation, including link errors, content errors, and API operation errors, you can click the Feedback icon on the right side of the page to report the errors.
If you have questions about Alibaba Cloud CDN, submit a ticket.