The Challenge
As web applications grew richer and more media-heavy, CacheFirst identified recurring challenges faced by their customers:
- Slow page load times impacting user satisfaction and SEO
- High latency for global users accessing content from distant regions
- Inefficient caching strategies causing repeated backend requests
- Rising infrastructure costs tied to bandwidth and storage
- Complex setup and pricing models in traditional CDN providers
To compete effectively, CacheFirst needed a scalable, cost-efficient, and technically robust platform that could deliver performance without overcomplicating deployment or pricing.
XpertVault’s Role
XpertVault partnered with CacheFirst to support the platform’s technical foundation and service delivery model.
Our involvement focused on:
- Strengthening infrastructure reliability for high-speed content delivery
- Supporting caching and routing architecture for consistent performance
- Enabling scalable service components that grow with customer demand
- Aligning DevOps practices to support rapid iteration and rollout
The objective was to ensure CacheFirst could deliver performance at scale without compromising stability or cost control.
The Solution: CacheFirst Performance Platform
CacheFirst delivers a comprehensive performance optimization layer for modern websites and applications.
Key components include:
Global CDN
- Content served from 100+ points of presence (PoPs) worldwide
- Reduced round trips by delivering content from the nearest data center
- Faster load times for users across regions
Solid Cache (Advanced Caching)
- Database-backed caching for longer cache retention
- Reduced backend load and improved response consistency
- Cache purge and warm-up capabilities for controlled updates
Image Optimization
- Real-time image optimization, transformation, and generation
- Reduced payload size without sacrificing visual quality
- Faster page rendering for image-heavy websites
API Gateways
- Efficient routing of incoming requests
- Improved backend request handling
- Support for scalable microservice-based architectures
Storage Replication
- Automatic replication across multiple regions
- High availability with reduced access latency
- Cost-efficient storage pricing model
Together, these components form a unified platform focused on speed, reliability, and simplicity.
The Impact
CacheFirst’s platform delivered tangible benefits to its customers:
- Noticeable improvements in page load speed
- Higher user satisfaction and engagement
- Reduced backend load and infrastructure strain
- Lower operational costs through efficient caching and storage
- Improved SEO performance due to faster content delivery
The simplified onboarding and pay-as-you-go pricing model also lowered adoption barriers for startups and growing businesses.
The Result
CacheFirst positioned itself as a cost-effective, performance-driven alternative to traditional CDN providers.
With a scalable technical foundation and optimized delivery architecture, the platform continues to grow while supporting:
- Global content delivery
- Media-heavy applications
- High-traffic websites
- Performance-sensitive digital products
The platform remains flexible, extensible, and ready to support future AI-driven and media-centric features.
