Q: 1.
What is the difference between SimplyCDN and Bunny? Knowing that you use Bunny, what are the benefits of using you and not Bunny directly.
2. Is it possible to automatically deploy to SimplyCDN using GitHub?
3. Which providers currently supported by SimplyStatic currently support deployment via Gtihub?
4. When using SimplyCDN with SendGrid provided by you, can we keep Wordpress Offline/Local or is an active instance still required?
5. In case the forms in SimplyCDN work autonomously without depending on WP, how the authentication and validation process is carried out, I would like to understand the Forms/SendGrid in SimplyCDN a little more.
6. In the case of SimplyStatic Integration with GitHub, can we have an "organization" type account in "Private" in a simple way? No need to manage SSH keys?
7. When hiring SimplyCDN, can we host Staticos sites natively (Not Wordpress)? In other words, can we deploy other static sites via Github for example?
I currently use CloudFlare Pages and Google Firebase. Because I'm not able to increase my limits of 100 projects with CloudFlare. That's why I'm keeping an eye on SimplyCDN.
Sorry for my translation, and the focus on SimplyCDN. Because I already know the SimplyStatic Plugin, which is fantastic and I intend to take advantage of this deal.
Patrick_SimplyStatic
Jun 27, 2024A: Hey vitorf,
happy to answer your questions!
1) BunnyCDN is "just" the CDN, but SimplyCDN combines a couple of things:
- BunnyCDN as the static site hoster
- A proxy solution to forward form submissions to your inbox
- SendGrid to handle all the e-mails via SMTP (including DCIM/SPF setup)
SimplyCDN also handles the entire configuration inside of BunnyCDN for your website (including creating edge rules for caching, redirects, mapping domains, RSS feeds, proxy comments..)
However, in the spirit of open source and sharing what I know, I can also provide you with an example configuration in case you need the flexibility of BunnyCDN (which has improved a lot since the initial release of SimplyCDN, honestly!).
2) No, the SimplyCDN integration does not rely on GitHub; you can deploy directly to it.
However, you can achieve a similar setup with GitHub and BunnyCDN by using the GitHub action here: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/bunnycdn-storage-deployer
3) Uff, pretty much everyone you can think of:
- Cloudflare Pages
- GitHub Pages
- Netlify
- Vercel
- Kinsta Static Site Hosting
- Render
- BunnyCDN (also available without GitHub)
and a bunch more.
4) No, WordPress doesn't need to be online in that scenario, as we handle the forms-to-email process (including all the CORS and proxy setup) for you.
5) We handle the validation for you (spam detection, stripping out unwanted stuff etc.) before sending you the details to your e-mail inbox.
However, I would still recommend using something like Google reCaptcha or Cloudflare Turnstile to limit the number of spam submissions 😬
6) Yes, we support personal accounts and organization accounts, and you can use public and private repositories.
There is no need for SSH keys at all. We handle everything with your personal access token.
For that to work in an organization setup, you only have to make sure that the user with the token has read/write access to the organization's repository.
7) No, we just support statically converted WordPress websites right now 🙂
8) Okay, it's not "8," but I wanted to quickly mention that there are no project limits on BunnyCDN (and thus also not on SimplyCDN!).
Thank you for the answer.
1. Is there a Simply CDN Trial/Demo for me to learn about?
2. On SendGrid, will we be able to send across multiple domains? Any form submission limits?
Today we have a lot of reference balance in Bunny, it would be great to use it, but I really like the idea of using SimplyCDN.
Thank you very much for all your attention, I am validating some sites with the free Static before making the purchase, I wanted a complete solution that makes exporting easier and your CDN will be something interesting.
Verified purchaser
Hey vitorf,
I am following up on your additional questions (as, for whatever reason, I can't reply directly to your comment..)
1. Is there a Simply CDN Trial/Demo for me to learn about?
We don't offer that anymore, but I'm happy to provide you a demo for testing - just shoot me an email at support@simplystatic.com (or support@simplycdn.io) and I'll sign you up!
2. On SendGrid, will we be able to send across multiple domains? Any form submission limits?
No, the messages will always be sent from xxx@simplycdn.io (depending on the cluster your project will be set to)
We don't have submission limits, but we have a fair-share clause just in case we get some crazy numbers without any warning (100k submissions per week from a single project, for example).
Hi Patrick,
"However, in the spirit of open source and sharing what I know, I can also provide you with an example configuration in case you need the flexibility of BunnyCDN (which has improved a lot since the initial release of SimplyCDN, honestly!). "
Could you do this on a git, if there is an easy way to capture emails without adjustments to individual forms if you could share that too it would be amazing