Transparent Edge
Spanish sovereign CDN and security platform with 70+ PoPs in 40+ countries, built on Varnish Enterprise.
📍 Spain 🇪🇸, Madrid
Product overview
Transparent Edge Services S.L. is Spain's first and only homegrown CDN provider, positioning itself as a European sovereign edge delivery and security platform. The current company formed in 2021 through the merger of three Spanish technology firms with a combined 15+ years of experience in content delivery and cybersecurity. The platform runs on Varnish Enterprise software across 70+ PoPs in 40+ countries, including three PoPs in Spain (a unique differentiator as the only CDN with multiple Spanish locations). Coverage spans Europe, North America, South America, and Asia-Pacific. The company deploys its CDN infrastructure on provider networks including Stackscale. Transparent Edge's Perimetrical cybersecurity suite integrates WAF, anti-DDoS protection at layers 3, 4, and 7, bot mitigation, anomaly detection, and IP analysis directly into the edge platform. Additional services include edge transcoding for live video, an image optimizer, origin shielding, and sub-second cache invalidation. Notable clients include major Spanish digital newspapers El Confidencial and El Español, along with CMS provider Bitban Technologies serving 500 million+ monthly users. The company employs approximately 16 people. KEY FEATURES: - 70+ PoPs in 40+ countries, built on Varnish Enterprise, three Spanish PoPs (unique market position) - Integrated Perimetrical security suite with WAF, L3/4/7 DDoS protection, and bot mitigation - Flat-rate per-GB pricing with no request charges, no purge fees, no origin-based surcharges - Edge video transcoding, image optimization, and sub-second cache invalidation - Spanish sovereign CDN serving major digital media outlets (El Confidencial, El Español)